Earthquake -proof (抗震的) buildings
There are a number of ways buildings can be made strong enough to stand up to earthquakes. The simplest way is to make them much (strong). A building strong enough not (destroy) by a large earthquake, however, would probably look more like a bunker (地堡) than a nice place to live .
So engineers have looked for other ways. One is to make the building that can swing (摇摆) from side to side. is to design it so that it doesn't sit directly on the ground but on something that allows it to move a bit with the earthquake. If only a small part of a building (fall) down in an earthquake, damage can be (great) reduced, so buildings are often designed to do this as well.
However, (make) new earthquake -proof buildings is expensive, but with the (develop) of science and technology more efforts will be made to solve problem in the future.
