行星撞地球最遭殃國家盤點 中國上榜
Scientists have drawn up a league table of the countries which will be worst affected in the event of an asteroid strike.
有科學家們已經制定出了一張表單，內容是當發生小行星撞擊地球時，將遭受到最嚴重後或影響的國家名單。
They have identified for the first time those which will suffer catastrophic loss of life or be so crippled it will be almost impossible for them to recover.
科學家們首次確定了在發生災難時，那些將出現巨大生命傷亡以及財產損失，嚴重到幾乎沒有可能復原的國家。
Developed countries make up the majority of those on the list, but China is there too because of the sheer number of people who would die.
這份名單中發達國家佔了絕大多數，不過因爲中國人口數量龐大，若真的發生撞擊地球的災難，傷亡程度更是不言而喻。
Even smaller countries like Sweden are in grave danger because of the damage to their infrastructure.
儘管國土面積不大，但瑞典這樣的國家也處於危險之中，因爲災難將對基礎設施造成極大的破壞。
The list has been compiled by researchers from the University of Southampton using software called called NEOimpactor, short for NASA's ‘NEO’ or Near Earth Object programme.
這份名單是由來自難開普敦的研究學者們利用一項名爲NEOimpactor的軟件所測算出來的，NEO是美國宇航局近地面項目的英文縮寫。
Overall the top ten countries most at risk are: China, Indonesia, India, Japan, the U.S, the Philippines, Italy, the U.K, Brazil and Nigeria.
前十位國家最危險的是：中國，印度尼西亞，印度，日本，美國，菲律賓，意大利，英國，巴西和尼日利亞。
Looking at population loss, the U.S, China, Indonesia, India and Japan are most in danger.
論及人員傷亡，美國，中國，印度尼西亞，印度和日本首當其衝。
Those countries which face massive devastation to their infrastructure are Canada, the U.S, China, Japan and Sweden.
基礎設施將遭到嚴重破壞的國家包括了加拿大，美國，中國，日本和瑞典。
