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Perhaps, we notice electricity most when we don't have any.
或許我們最關注電的時候就是沒有電的時候。
On July 13th, 1977, New York City experienced a blackout.
1977年7月13日，紐約市經歷了一次大停電。
For twenty-five hours, New Yorkers were without lights or elevators or alarms.
整整25個小時，紐約人過著沒有電燈、電梯和警報器的生活。
Lightning had knocked out power lines north of the city, and the utility company's backup equipment malfunctioned.
閃電摧毀了城市北部的電線，公用事業公司的備用設備還出現了故障。
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.
保持電力運轉需要安排很多方面，不僅僅是機械方面的，還有人力方面，維護這些系統要花很多錢。
The utilities have to maintain their lines.
公用事業公司必須維護他們的線路。
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.
在美國，98%的家庭和企業都從一個龐大的電力系統中獲得電力，這個系統由電網組成。
These power lines are naked live wires carrying half a million volts.
這些電力線是攜帶50萬伏特的裸線。
It's up to the linemen to inspect and repair every part of the grid, usually without shutting down the power.
電網的每一個部分都要由線路員來檢查和維修，通常不需要關閉電源即可做到。
Yeah, Bill, I was going to start making a gradual left turn and start heading over towards the line.
是的，比爾，我正準備慢慢地左轉，然后朝著那條線走去。
One of the most daring techniques is used on very high voltage tension lines.
最大膽的技術之一是用在非常高壓的張力線上。
It's pretty dangerous I feel because you're mixing aviation with, with electricity.
我覺得這很危險，因為你把航空和電混在一起。
One, you're depending on the helicopter everything mechanical to go right.
第一，你要依靠直升機的一切機械裝置才能正常工作。
If it goes wrong, you're going to drop out of the sky like a rock.
如果出了問題，你會像石頭一樣從天上掉下來。
If the lineman makes a mistake, you're going to vaporize.
如果線路員犯了錯誤，你會蒸發的。
These linemen and pilots work for Agrotors Incorporated.
這些線路員和飛行員為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.
作為為數不多的幾家嘗試這些高壓線的公司之一，該公司擁有行業內的最佳安全記錄。
It's dangerous work that only a handful of people in the world are qualified to do.
這是一項危險的工作，世界上只有少數人有資格做。
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。因為我要把頭盔蓋在頭盔上。
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.
這項工作所需的服裝是一套由不銹鋼線制成的輕型盔甲。我們有一條帶子綁在褲子上，使它成為褲子和夾克之間的導電連接。電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.
在這種情況下，衣服的金屬絲不會流入工人的身體。
We are dressed in a stainless steel suit fully conductive, fire-proof, no max, everything we have is fully conductive.
我們穿著一套導電、防火的不銹鋼套裝，我們所有的東西都是絕對導電的。
