the earthquake demolished a block of housing,地震摧毁了一片房子

a block of:一块

This is a block of undeveloped land.

这是块未开发的土地。

and that one over there appears to have very little damage, you know, apart from brokenwindows,而那边的建筑物除了玻璃被震毁以外只遭受到少许损坏

appear to:看来像是； 看来似乎

The students appear to be completely out of hand.

学生们似乎已完全无法控制了。

apart from:除 ... 以外

Apart from the injuries to his face and hands, he broke both legs.

他除了脸部和双手受伤以外，两条腿也断了。

From a societal point of view,从社会角度出发

point of view:观点； 看法； 见解

I incline to another point of view.

我倾向另一观点。