Electricity works everywhere
電無處不在
Almost everyone today uses electricity in one way or another.
如今,幾乎人人都在以這樣或那樣的方式使用著電。
It is hard to imagine what life in our cities would be like without it.
很難想象,如果沒有電,城市里的生活會是什么樣子?
Electricity lights streets and buildings, and warms people and animals.
電點亮了街道、大廈,給人們和動物帶來了溫暖。
It heats food in cookers and cools it in refrigerators.
它加熱炊具里的食品或冷卻冰箱里的食品。
It drives trains and works traffic lights and lifts.
它驅動火車,使交通信號燈、電梯運轉。
It also works the machines in factories that make all kinds of goods.
它還可以讓工廠里的機器運轉,制造各種各樣的物品。
Everyday wonders such as computers and televisions use electricity to bring entertainment and news to millions of families.
電腦和電視用電把節目和新聞帶給數百萬家庭的日常奇跡。
In villages and on farms, electrical machines milk the cows and chop their food.
在村莊和農場上,電機為奶牛擠奶并為它們剁碎食物。
They also cool the milk and churn the butter.
它們也能讓牛奶變涼,攪拌黃油。
Indeed, electricity finds as much work to do in the countryside as it does in the cities.
實際上,電在農村和在城鎮一樣,有著許多的工作要做。