地道美語聽力播客647:斷電經(jīng)歷（雙語）

George: Whoa, what happened?
喬治：哇，這是怎么回事？
Inga: The lights went out. Did we blow a fuse, or is this a blackout?
因加：燈滅了，是保險絲被燒壞了，還是斷電??？
George: Well, I don’t see any lights on in any of the houses down the street. It’s pitch black out there.
喬治：哦，我看街上的其他房屋里也沒有燈光，外面漆黑一片。
Inga: So it’s another power outage. Somehow the circuits got overloaded again. I wonder how long we’ll have to do without electricity this time.
因加：所以就是又停電了。怎么電路又超載了，我想知道咱們得停電多久啊。
George: I wonder if it’s our power grid or if this is a citywide blackout. All right, we’d better light a few candles. There’s no telling how long this will last.
喬治：我想知道是否使我們的電網(wǎng)停電還是全市性的停電。好吧，我們最好點上幾根蠟燭，也沒有人說這電得停多久。
Inga: No, it’s not like last summer when we had rolling blackouts because of the surge in demand due to the heat. Do you remember how we passed those hours of darkness?
因加：不，這次停電不像去年夏天由于高溫而需求激增所導(dǎo)致的我們不得不輪流斷電。你還記得我們是怎么度過那數(shù)小時的黑暗的嗎？
George: Yes, I do. What are you suggesting?
喬治：嗯，我記得。你想說什么？
Inga: I’m just saying that there’s no reason to waste a perfectly good blackout.
因加：我只是想說，我們沒有必要浪費掉這一段美好的停電時光。