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Daily Translation: A Power Cut during Movie Night

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Daily Translation
Author

Ryan Sun

Published

2026-10-05

中文原文

昨晚下班后,我打算在家安静看一部收藏很久的电影。我提前准备好零食和饮料,关掉房间的灯,打开电脑。电影才播放二十分钟,突然停电了,屏幕一下子变黑。房间里一片漆黑,我打开手机手电筒去检查电闸。反复试了好几次都没有恢复供电,我只好放弃看电影的计划。

My translation

Yesterday after work, I planned to watch a movie that had been stored for a long time. I prepared snacks and drinks in advance, turned off the light and opened my laptop. When the movie was played for only twenty minutes, the electricity was suddenly out, and the screen turned black. My room was full of darkness, so I opened my phone’s flashlight to check the circut gate. I had tried for a couple of times and the electricity didn’t recover, so I had to give up the plan of watching the movie.

Revised version

Yesterday after work, I planned to watch a movie that I had saved for a long time. I prepared snacks and drinks in advance, turned off the lights and opened my laptop. The movie had been only playing for twenty minutes when the power suddenly went out, and the screen went black. The room was completely dark, so I turned on my phone’s flashlight to check the circuit breaker. I tried a couple of times, but the power still didn’t come back. I had to give up the plan to watch the movie.

Key phrases

  • moive用save不用store
  • movie had been playing for …, 电影播放了20min,不是被动播放
  • power went out,停电专用搭配
  • completely dark,比full of darkness好,这个短语好像是某首歌里面的
  • circuit breaker,电闸,上次学过,又忘了
  • power come back, 电不用electricity用power
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