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2020考研英语时事阅读:大火导致曼哈顿停电

Authorities scrambled to restore electricity to Manhattan following a power outage that knocked out Times Square’s towering electronic screens, darkened marquees in the theatre district and left businesses without electricity, elevators stuck and subway cars stalled. The New York City Fire Department said a transformer fire on Saturday evening at West 64th Street and West End Avenue affected more than 73,000 customers along a 30-block stretch from Times Square to about 72nd Street and Broadway.

Many Broadway musicals and plays cancelled their Saturday evening shows, including Hadestown, which last month won the Tony Award for best musical. Several cast members from the show put on an impromptu performance in the street outside the theatre for disappointed audience members.

Some shows like Frozen were among the Broadway shows to announce it had cancelled performances. When the lights went out early Saturday evening, thousands of people streamed out of darkened Manhattan buildings, crowding Broadway next to bumper-to-bumper traffic.

文本选自：The Guardian(卫报)

 

【单词】

restore

英 [rɪˈstɔː(r)] 美 [rɪˈstɔːr]

v. 恢复(某种情况或感受);使复原;使复位;使复职;修复;整修

stall

英 [stɔːl] 美 [stɔːl]

n. 货摊，摊位，售货亭(尤指集市上的);牲畜棚;马厩;牛棚;(房间内的)小隔间，淋浴室，洗手间

v. (使)熄火，抛锚;故意拖延(以赢得时间);拖住(以赢得时间做某事)

block

英 [blɒk] 美 [blɑːk]

n. (方形平面)大块;立方体;(公寓、办公、教学、医院等)大楼;(成组建筑中的)一栋楼房;四面临街的一方块楼群;街区

v. 堵塞;阻塞;堵住(某人的路等);挡住(某人的视线等);妨碍;阻碍

impromptu

英 [ɪmˈprɒmptjuː] 美 [ɪmˈprɑːmptuː]

adj. 无准备的;即兴的;即席的

【译文】

停电导致时代广场高耸的电子屏幕电力完全中断，剧院区的天幕变暗，商业停电，电梯停滞，地铁车厢停运，当局争先恐后地恢复曼哈顿的电力供应，纽约市消防局表示，星期六晚上在西64街和西区大道发生变压器火灾，影响了从时代广场到大约72街和百老汇30个街区内的7.3万多名顾客。

许多百老汇音乐剧和戏剧取消了周六晚上的演出，包括上个月获得托尼奖最佳音乐剧奖的《冥界》。几位演员班底在剧场外的大街上为失望的观众即兴表演。

像《冰雪奇缘》在内的一些百老汇剧目，宣布取消了演出。周六晚上，当灯光熄灭时，成千上万的人从黑暗的曼哈顿建筑物里涌出来，挤在百老汇大街上，车水马龙。

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