(单词翻译:单击)
These self-taught electricians are often regarded with gratitude by residents.
居民们非常感谢这些自学成才的电工 。
I am not a hero but there is risk.
我不是英雄,但风险是存在的 。
I sometimes talk to people from the electric company, and they teach me how to make connections, so I don't get caught.
我有时和电力公司的人交谈,他们教我如何连接,这样我就不会被抓住 。
It can be dangerous.
这可能很危险 。
Today, life without electricity is unimaginable.
如今,没有电的生活是无法想象的 。
Las Vegas.
拉斯维加斯 。
Well, people are like insects.
嗯,人就像昆虫一样 。
They just love light and they're drawn to it, and they want to, they want to see what it's all about.
他们只是喜欢光、被它吸引,他们还想看看它是什么样的 。
And, so the casino operators and everybody here put a lot of light out and it just draws people in.
赌场的经营者和这里的每个人都把灯点亮来吸引人 。
It just says, "We're having a party here. Come on in. Come on in."
它的意思是:“我们在这里开派对,进来吧,进来吧 。”
In Vegas, the theory is: If you build it, they will come.
拉斯维加斯存在一条理论:如果你建造了,他们就会来 。
And, if you build it and cover it with lights, they will come and spend money.
而且如果你建造它,并且点亮了灯,那他们就会来花钱 。
Without electricity this town would just be another sleepy place in the desert.
如果没有电,这个小镇将成为沙漠中另一个沉睡的地方 。
From space, it's the brightest manmade spot on the planet.
从太空看,它是地球上最明亮的人造点 。
Millions of bulbs that all, at one time or another, burn out and need to be changed.
数以百万的灯泡不时会被烧坏,然后再更换 。
Every night, crews from the Young Electric Sign Company go to work repairing and replacing bulbs.
每天晚上,青年电气公司的工作人员都会去修理和更换灯泡 。
One of their biggest jobs is the Fremont Street Experience.
他们最大的工程之一就是在弗锐曼街大体验 。
On a grid above pedestrians shine two million bulbs and a seventy million dollar light show.
行人的头顶上闪耀着200万个灯泡和价值7千万美元的灯光秀 。
The town never shuts down, but things are little slower after midnight.
这座城市从不休息,但午夜过后的生活节奏会变慢 。
That's when the crews test the system and make repairs.
那是机组人员测试系统并进行维修的时候 。