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These self-taught electricians are often regarded with gratitude by residents.
居民們非常感謝這些自學成才的電工。
I am not a hero but there is risk.
我不是英雄，但風險是存在的。
I sometimes talk to people from the electric company, and they teach me how to make connections, so I don't get caught.
我有時和電力公司的人交談，他們教我如何連接，這樣我就不會被抓住。
It can be dangerous.
這可能很危險。
Today, life without electricity is unimaginable.
如今，沒有電的生活是無法想象的。
Las Vegas.
拉斯維加斯。
Well, people are like insects.
嗯，人就像昆蟲一樣。
They just love light and they're drawn to it, and they want to, they want to see what it's all about.
他們只是喜歡光、被它吸引，他們還想看看它是什么樣的。
And, so the casino operators and everybody here put a lot of light out and it just draws people in.
賭場的經營者和這里的每個人都把燈點亮來吸引人。
It just says, "We're having a party here. Come on in. Come on in."
它的意思是：“我們在這里開派對，進來吧，進來吧。”
In Vegas, the theory is: If you build it, they will come.
拉斯維加斯存在一條理論：如果你建造了，他們就會來。
And, if you build it and cover it with lights, they will come and spend money.
而且如果你建造它，并且點亮了燈，那他們就會來花錢。
Without electricity this town would just be another sleepy place in the desert.
如果沒有電，這個小鎮將成為沙漠中另一個沉睡的地方。
From space, it's the brightest manmade spot on the planet.
從太空看，它是地球上最明亮的人造點。
Millions of bulbs that all, at one time or another, burn out and need to be changed.
數以百萬的燈泡不時會被燒壞，然后再更換。
Every night, crews from the Young Electric Sign Company go to work repairing and replacing bulbs.
每天晚上，青年電氣公司的工作人員都會去修理和更換燈泡。
One of their biggest jobs is the Fremont Street Experience.
他們最大的工程之一就是在弗銳曼街大體驗。
On a grid above pedestrians shine two million bulbs and a seventy million dollar light show.
行人的頭頂上閃耀著200萬個燈泡和價值7千萬美元的燈光秀。
The town never shuts down, but things are little slower after midnight.
這座城市從不休息，但午夜過后的生活節奏會變慢。
That's when the crews test the system and make repairs.
那是機組人員測試系統并進行維修的時候。
