介绍： How will family members leave the area during the chaos following an earthquake?

如何让一家人在地震的混乱中安全离开？

Everyone should agree on a meeting point outside of the area - perhaps in a town several miles away.

大家应该商定一个地震区外的会合点──可能是在几英里外的某个市镇。

Also important is an a...

介绍： How will family members leave the area during the chaos following an earthquake?

如何让一家人在地震的混乱中安全离开？

Everyone should agree on a meeting point outside of the area - perhaps in a town several miles away.

大家应该商定一个地震区外的会合点──可能是在几英里外的某个市镇。

Also important is an arrangement for family members to communicate if there is an earthquake.

同样，协商好地震时家人的联络方式也很重要。

If an earthquake happens in a large city, many of the telephone lines within the city are likely to be down.

地震若发生在大城市，市里的许多电话线路很可能中断，

The few remaining working lines will be busy with the calls that naturally occur after a disaster and it will be difficult to call from one part of the city to another.

剩下的为数不多的可用线路会很忙，因为灾难之后自然会有许多电话，要从市里的一个地方打到另一个地方会很困难。

It might, however, be possible to call outside the city.

但可能通向市外的电话是通的。

A sensible arrangement is to have all of the members of the family call to check in with a friend or relative who lives more than a hundred miles away.

明智的安排是，让所有的家人都给一个住在一百多英里之外的朋友或亲戚打个电话，以报平安。