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Woman: Same thing here. I can't get anybody on the phone, either. The phone seems to be dead.
女人：这儿也是。电话打不通，好像是坏了。
First Voice: Electricity's off.
第一个声音：停电了。
Second Voice: Phone won't work.
第二个声音：电话不通了。
Third Voice: Can't get a thing on the radio.
第三个声音：收音机一个台也收不到。
Fourth voice: My power mower won't move, won't work at all.
第四个声音：我的电动割草机不动了，完全不转了。
(PETE VAN HORN, a tall thin man, is seen standing in front of his house.)
（皮特·范·霍恩，一个又高又瘦的男人，站在他的房前。）
Van Horn: I'll cut through the back yard... see if the power's still on on Cherry Street. I'll be right back.
范?霍恩：我从后院抄近路……去樱桃街看看那里是否有电。我一会儿就回来。
Steve: Doesn't make sense. Why should the power and the phone line go off all of a sudden?
史蒂夫：真是奇怪。怎么会突然停电，连电话也不通了呢？
Don: Maybe it's an electrical storm or something.
唐：也许是雷暴或其他什么原因吧。
Charlie: That doesn't seem likely. Sky's just as blue as anything. Not a cloud. No lightning. How could it be a storm?
查理：不大可能吧。天空蓝汪汪的，连一片云都没有。更别说闪电了，什么都没有。怎么可能是雷暴呢？
Woman: I can't get a thing on the radio. Not even the portable.
女人：收音机一个台都收不到。甚至连手提收音机也一样。
Charlie: Well, why don't you go downtown and check with the police, though they'll probably think we're crazy or something. A little failure and right away we get all excited.
查理：那你为什么不到镇上去问问警察呢？不过，他们也许会认为我们是疯了或是怎么了。不过是一个小小的停电，我们就大惊小怪的。
Steve: It isn't just the power failure, Charlie. If it was, we'd still be able to get a broadcast on the portable.
史蒂夫：这可不是简单的停电，查理。如果是的话，我们还是可以用手提收音机收听到广播的。
(There's a murmur of reaction to this. STEVE walks over to his car.)
（听到这，人们议论纷纷。史蒂夫走向他的汽车。）
Steve: I'll run downtown. We'll get this all straightened out. (STEVE gets into his car, turns the key. The engine is dead. He then gets out of the car.)
史蒂夫：我去一趟镇上。我们会让一切恢复正常的。（史蒂夫钻进车里，转了一下车钥匙。发动机却没有任何反应。他又从车里钻出来。）
Steve: I don't understand it. It was working fine before—
史蒂夫：怎么回事？以前都是好好的——
Don: Out of gas?
唐：没油了吧？
Steve: (shakes his head) I just had it filled up.
史蒂夫：（摇头）我刚给车加满油。
