The potential for litigation may be greatest in the ruined mountain landscape of guizhou province in the southwest , where mercury has been mined for centuries .
诉讼可能性最高的地方是在西南贵州省的被破坏了的山区,在那儿开采水银已经有几个世纪之久。
I have known more people whose lives have been ruined by getting a ph.d. in physics than by drugs .
我知道越来越多人的生活,在获得博士学位后被毁掉了超过了毒品。
But then the world was shaken by an economic catastrophe that toppled banks , destroyed businesses and ruined countless livelihoods .
但随后,全球遭遇了一场经济灾难的打击,这场灾难令银行倾覆、让企业倒闭,并毁掉了无数人的生计。
He returns later , rich and educated and sets about gaining his revenge on the two families that he believed ruined his life .