地道美语听力练习:经历停电

George: Whoa, what happened?
乔治：哇，发生了什么事？

Inga: The lights went out. Did we blow a fuse, or is this a blackout?
英嘉：灯灭了。是我们家的保险丝烧了，还是因为停电了？

George: Well, I don't see any lights on in any of the houses down the street. It's pitch black out there.
乔治：嗯，我看见街上没有一家房子的灯是亮的。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.
英嘉：所以又停电了。不知怎的，电路又超负荷了。我不知道这次停电要持续多久。

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.
乔治：我想知道是我们这个电网断电了，还是全城都停电了。不要紧，我们最好点一些蜡烛。目前还不知道要持续多久。

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?
英嘉：不，去年夏天因为天气酷热，用电需求激增，所以轮流停电，但这次可不一样。你还记得我们是怎么度过那黑暗的几个小时的？

George: Yes, I do. What are you suggesting?
乔治：是的，我记得。你有什么提议？

Inga: I'm just saying that there's no reason to waste a perfectly good blackout.
英嘉：我只想说，我们没有理由把这难得的一次停电时光浪费掉。