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Perhaps, we notice electricity most when we don't have any.
或许我们最关注电的时候就是没有电的时候。
On July 13th, 1977, New York City experienced a blackout.
1977年7月13日，纽约市经历了一次大停电。
For twenty-five hours, New Yorkers were without lights or elevators or alarms.
整整25个小时，纽约人过着没有电灯、电梯和警报器的生活。
Lightning had knocked out power lines north of the city, and the utility company's backup equipment malfunctioned.
闪电摧毁了城市北部的电线，公用事业公司的备用设备还出现了故障。
It takes a lot to keep the electricity working, not just in machinery, but in manpower and it, it costs a lot of money to maintain these systems.
保持电力运转需要安排很多方面，不仅仅是机械方面的，还有人力方面，维护这些系统要花很多钱。
The utilities have to maintain their lines.
公用事业公司必须维护他们的线路。
In the United States, 98 percent of homes and businesses receive power from a vast electrical system that is woven together with a web of power lines, a grid.
在美国，98%的家庭和企业都从一个庞大的电力系统中获得电力，这个系统由电网组成。
These power lines are naked live wires carrying half a million volts.
这些电力线是携带50万伏特的裸线。
It's up to the linemen to inspect and repair every part of the grid, usually without shutting down the power.
电网的每一个部分都要由线路员来检查和维修，通常不需要关闭电源即可做到。
Yeah, Bill, I was going to start making a gradual left turn and start heading over towards the line.
是的，比尔，我正准备慢慢地左转，然后朝着那条线走去。
One of the most daring techniques is used on very high voltage tension lines.
最大胆的技术之一是用在非常高压的张力线上。
It's pretty dangerous I feel because you're mixing aviation with, with electricity.
我觉得这很危险，因为你把航空和电混在一起。
One, you're depending on the helicopter everything mechanical to go right.
第一，你要依靠直升机的一切机械装置才能正常工作。
If it goes wrong, you're going to drop out of the sky like a rock.
如果出了问题，你会像石头一样从天上掉下来。
If the lineman makes a mistake, you're going to vaporize.
如果线路员犯了错误，你会蒸发的。
These linemen and pilots work for Agrotors Incorporated.
这些线路员和飞行员为Agrotors Incorporated公司工作。
One of the few companies that attempts these high wire acts, Agrotors has the best safety record in the business.
作为为数不多的几家尝试这些高压线的公司之一，该公司拥有行业内的最佳安全记录。
It's dangerous work that only a handful of people in the world are qualified to do.
这是一项危险的工作，世界上只有少数人有资格做。
One of them is Spider Lockhart. Because I'm going to put the hood over top of my helmet.
洛克哈特就是其中之一。因为我要把头盔盖在头盔上。
The dress required for the job is a lightweight suit of armor made of stainless steel thread. And we have a strap on the inside that ties to the pants making it an electrical connection between the pants and the jacket. Electricity follows the path of least resistance.
这项工作所需的服装是一套由不锈钢线制成的轻型盔甲。我们有一条带子绑在裤子上，使它成为裤子和夹克之间的导电连接。电走的是阻力最小的路。
In this case, the metal threads of the suit rather than flowing into the body of the worker.
在这种情况下，衣服的金属丝不会流入工人的身体。
We are dressed in a stainless steel suit fully conductive, fire-proof, no max, everything we have is fully conductive.
我们穿着一套导电、防火的不锈钢套装，我们所有的东西都是绝对导电的。
