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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。
