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Another translation example: 'Natural Disasters and the Human Factor. WHEN a car is well maintained'

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天灾与人为因素。车子保养得宜，乘客的安全就有保障。相反，如果不好好爱惜车子，并加以保养，乘客就会有危险了。从某个角度来看，地球的情况也差不多。有些科学家认为，人类的活动令地球的大气和海洋发生变化，以致天灾变得频仍，灾情日趋严重，令地球越来越不安全，人类备受威胁。至于前景，看来也不甚明朗。《科学》周刊（英语）一篇社论谈到气候的改变时说：“地球是人类惟一的安身立命之所，而我们好像正在对地球进行一个规模很大的实验，却不能肯定实验的结果。”要明白人类的活动如何令天灾越趋频繁严重，就需要认识一下若干基本的自然现象。比如说，猛烈的风暴到底是怎样形成的？猛烈的风暴。有人把地球的气象系统比作一副机器，这副机器把太阳能加以转换并分散到各处。由于热带地区吸收的太阳热能最多，因此地球表面出现温差，形成大规模的气流活动。地球每天自转一周，令潮湿的气流形成旋转的热空气，部分旋转的热空气演变成低气压，而这些低气压可能会形成风暴。

The text above is composed by a total of 365 characters. 337 of them (92%), highlighted in yellow, belong to the list of 1,000 most commonly used Chinese characters -
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English translation:

Natural Disasters and the Human Factor. WHEN a car is well maintained, it can provide safe transportation. But that vehicle when abused and neglected can be dangerous. In some respects, the same may be said of planet Earth. In the opinion of a number of scientists, human-induced changes in earth’s atmosphere and oceans have made our planet a dangerous place by contributing to more frequent and more severe natural disasters. And the future looks uncertain. "We’re in the middle of a large uncontrolled experiment on the only planet we have," said an editorial on climate change in Science magazine. So that we can better grasp how human activity might be affecting the frequency and severity of natural disasters, we need to understand a little about the underlying natural phenomena. For example, what causes severe storms, such as hurricanes, to form? Planetary Heat Exchangers. Earth’s climate system has been likened to a machine that converts and distributes solar energy. Because the Tropics get most of the sun’s heat, the resulting temperature imbalance sets the atmosphere in motion. Earth’s daily rotation causes this mass of moving, moist air to form eddies, some becoming depressions, or areas of low atmospheric pressure. Depressions, in turn, may develop into storms.

List of different Chinese characters contained in the text above:

天灾与人为因素车子保养得宜乘客的安全就有障相反如果不好爱惜并加以会危险了从某个角度来看地球情况也差多些科学家认类活动令大气和海洋发生变化致频仍日趋严重越备受威胁至于前景甚明朗周刊英语一篇社论谈到候改时说是惟身立命之所而我们像正在对进行规模很实验却能肯定结要白何繁需识下若干基本自然现象比猛烈风暴底怎样形成把系统作副机器这太阳转换分散各处由热带区吸收最此表面出温流每潮湿旋空部演低压可

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