During this chapter one, there was a high level of public awareness about the potential of nuclear catastrophe, and an indelible image was implanted in our collective minds that, in fact, a nuclear holocaust would be absolutely globally destructive and could, in some ways, mean the end of civilization as we know it.
在这个时期 民众很清楚地意识到 确实可能发生潜在的核灾难 一个难以抹掉的画面出现在 每个人的脑海中 那就是一次核灾难 将带来全球性的毁灭 而且，从某个角度来说，这也意味着人类文明将走到尽头