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英文原文
Mrs.Brand (from her porch): Steve? What was that?
Steve: Guess it was a meteor, honey. Came awful close, didn't it?
Mrs. Brand: Much too close!
(People stand on their porches, watching and talking in low tones. We see a MAN screwing in a light bulb on a front porch, then getting down off the stool to turn on the switch and finding that nothing happens. A MAN working on an electric power mower plugs in the plug. He turns on the switch, on and off, but nothing happens.
Through the window of a front porch a WOMAN is seen dialing her phone.)
Woman: Operator, operator, something's wrong with the phone, operator!
(MRS. BRAND comes out on the porch.)
Mrs. Brand (calling): Steve, the power's off. I had the soup on the stove, and the stove just stopped working.
Woman: Same thing over here. I can't get anybody on the phone, either. The phone seems to be dead.
First Voice: Electricity's off.
Second Voice: Phone won't work.
Third Voice: Can't get a thing on the radio.
Fourth Voice: My power mower won't move, won't work at all.
(PETE VAN HORN, a tall, thin man, is seen standing in front of his house.)
Van Horn: I'11 cut through the back yard . . . see if the power's still on on Cherry Street. I'll be right back!
Steve: Doesn't make sense. Why should the power and the phone line go off all of a sudden?
Don: Maybe it's an electrical storm or something.
Charlie: That doesn't seem likely. Sky's just as blue as anything. Not a cloud. No lightning. No thunder. No nothing. How could it be a storm?
参考译文
布兰德夫人（从门廊里叫道）：史蒂夫？怎么回事？
史蒂夫：亲爱的，我想是流星。距离我们很近，不是吗？
布兰德夫人：太近了！
（人们站在门廊上，四周张望着，小声地说话。一个男人在前门廊上旋转一个灯泡，然后从凳子上下来，打开电闸，结果发现电灯没亮；另一个男人在摆弄一个电动割草机的插座，打开电闸，开了又关，割草机还是没动静；透过前门廊的窗子可以看到一个妇女在拨电话。）
妇女：接线员，接线员，电话出什么故障了？接线员！
（布兰德夫人从门廊往外看。）
布兰德（叫道）：史蒂夫，断电了。炉子上煮的有汤，但是炉子刚才熄火了。
妇女：这儿也一样，我的电话也是谁也打不通，电话好像死了。
第一个声音：断电了！
第二个声音：电话线断了！
第三个声音：收音机没信号！
第四个声音：我的电动割草机没动静，一点都开不动！
（皮特.范.合恩是个高高瘦弱的男人，他正站在家门口。）
范.合恩：我想抄近路过后院，看看樱桃街有没有电，我马上就回来！
史蒂夫：没用。为什么电和电话线会突然断掉呢？
顿：可能是场雷电风暴什么的。
夏利：看来不像，天空这么蓝。没有乌云，没有闪电，没有雷声，什么都没有，怎么可能是暴风雨呢？
