摘要
2012年9月22日午夜．曼哈顿夜空中布满了闪烁的绚丽帷幕。在远离北极的偏南地区，鲜有纽约人见过极光。可他们的惊叹太短了，几秒钟后，电灯开始暗淡闪烁，瞬间突然变得异常明亮，接着纽约州的电灯全部熄灭。90秒后，美国整个东部地区停电。
It is midnight on 22 September 2012 and the skies above Manhattan are filled with a flickering curtain of colorful light. Few New Yorkers have seen the aurora this far south but their fascination is short-lived. Within a few seconds, electric bulbs dim and flicker, then become unusually bright for a fleeting moment. Then all the lights in the state go out. Within 90 seconds, the entire eastern half of the US is without power.
出处
《大学英语》
2009年第7期28-31,共4页
College English
