In emerging markets past glories are often a foretaste of future triumphs.

在新兴市场，旧日辉煌往往预示着明日成功。

He said of his invention: This is only a foretaste of what is to come, and only the shadow of what is going to be.

于他发明，他是这：“这是之事预尝，也是之事影子。”

And so as people across Southern California woke up Saturday morning grateful for being spared this time, there was the sense that Friday night's temblor could have been just a foretaste of something bigger.

所以，当南加州各地民众周六早上醒，感激自己逃过一劫时，他们也感觉到，周五晚上地震可能是更大灾难前兆。