日本一年一度的汉字评选揭晓,“灾”字被选中,这是日本国民对刚刚过去的2004年的看法,从中也概括了这个岛国民众对灾害的心态。2004年公众的安全感总体上并不比 SARS 肆虐的2003年好多少,人们一再紧绷着安全这根弦,到了年底,其弦绷得更紧,以致使2005年的新年都过得十分沉重,没有欢乐,全球都笼罩在悲情之中——印度洋的地震与海啸,使全人 Japan’s annual Chinese character selection was announced, “disaster” is selected, which is the Japanese people’s view of the just past 2004, which also summed up the mentality of this island nation’s disasters. In 2004, the general public’s sense of security was generally not much better than in 2003 when SARS was rampant. People repeatedly tightened their strings of security. By the end of the year, their stringed strings had become tighter so that the 2005 New Year would have had a heavy, No joy, the world is enveloped in tragedies - the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, so that the whole person