In his 2010 book Off the Grid, Nick Rosen estimates that up to 520, 000 households and up to a million people are living off the grid.

"Rather than the numbers in it being too high, they were probably too low; the $52bn estimate was conservative, " he said.

他表示：“报告中的数字不是太高了，反而很可能是太低了；520亿美元是保守估计。”

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Normally, an investor with an estimated $52bn fortune would not be a natural recipient of Christmas compassion.

本来，一个坐拥约520亿美元财富的投资者，并不应该成为圣诞节里的同情对象。

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So far, facilities capable of holding over 520, 000 litres of harvested rainwater have been installed at three locations in Kenya.

迄今，已在肯尼亚三个地方安装了可储存520000升雨水的设施。

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Well it would have to be a very long book to keep you amused for 520 days.

如果要飞行520天，那么你读的一定是一本非常非常厚的书。

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You know, do all the pianos in Redmond on Monday rather than going back and forth across 520 three times a day.

你知道意思，星期一把Redmond地区的钢琴全部搞定，而不是一天之内在520公路来来回回三趟。

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Your being black, as I told you before, makes it easy for them to single you out. Touchstone picked out a dark overcoat from a number that were draped across the back of a chaise longue and shrugged it on.

我过去跟你说过，因为你是黑人，他们就更容易把你单独挑选出来。

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Mr. Brosnan snapped a selfie in front of a work he admired: the "Lockheed Lounge" a space-age aluminum chaise longue by the industrial designer Marc Newson.

前面拍了一张自拍——这是工业设计师马可·纽森（Marc Newson）设计的一款太空时代感的铝制躺椅。

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The seat covers are held in place by tapes. Touchstone picked out a dark overcoat from a number that were draped across the back of a chaise longue and shrugged it on.

椅套用带子系在椅子上.塔奇斯顿从躺椅背上搭的衣服里挑了一件黑色外套，抖了抖穿上。

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After that it's time for a nap, either on the couple's bed or on the handy chaise longue.

喝完牛奶，恩佐就在主人的床上或者躺椅上小憩一会儿。

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This System has already been successfully deployed and running at WeiFang city, it achieves the city streetlights concentration, visualized management, and also, improves the management level and efficiency. It has truly gained of good effects and social benefits.

系统已经在潍坊市区成功部署和运行，做到了全市路灯集中化、可视化管理，提高了管理水平和效率，取得了良好的应用效果和社会效益。

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A familiar town-dweller found Australia wide is the Lesser Long-eared bat ( Nyctophilus geoffroyi) which is often found catching moths and flying bugs around streetlights.

在全澳大利亚都可以发现小长耳蝠，它们经常在街灯周围捕捉蛾子和飞虫。

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And seeclickfix, a start-up, has come up with a smartphone app that allows users to report such things as broken streetlights or rubbish that needs to be picked up.

新兴网站seeclickfix已经推出了一款智能手机应用软件，它使得使用者可以报告诸如损坏的街灯或需要捡拾的垃圾等情况。

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The lack of streetlights would have made it difficult to see the road if it weren't for the headlights from motorbikes, 9) tuk-tuks, cars and tour buses.

因为没有路灯，假如没有摩托车、摩托三轮车、小汽车和旅行大巴的头灯照射，要看清路况很不容易。

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Even the barely noticeable ambient light from streetlights, a full moon, or your neighbor's house can interfere with the circadian rhythm changes you need to fall asleep.

即便是街灯、满月，或者邻居家传来的微弱光线，也能干扰入睡所需的昼夜节律变化。

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And even if you buy blackout curtains and cover those flashing LEDs, you might still be in danger from excess light, since the streetlights are still on outside.

而就算买了遮光布来挡住那些闪烁的LED灯光后，你可能还是会处在多余光照的危险下，因为外边还是有路灯。

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The measure would require the state and local governments to gradually replace streetlights and other outdoor lights with ones that focus light downward rather than spraying it out to the heavens.

议案规定，州政府和地方政府应逐步用光线朝下而不是朝着天空的灯具更换街灯和其他户外灯具。

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It will complement the moon to make Chengu's night skies brighter when it launches in 2020, potentially serving as a replacement to conventional streetlights.

这颗卫星于2020年发射，它将作为月亮的补给，使成都的夜空更加明亮，而且可能会替代传统的路灯。

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We were under the streetlights in no time at all, still going too fast, weaving with ease through the cars slowly cruising the boardwalk.

我们几乎是立刻就开回了有路灯照明的地方，但车速还是太快，迂回着穿过观光大道上缓缓开着的车流里的空隙。

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The highway paint ( the pilot project is in the Dutch city of Oss) glows green and is bright enough to eliminate the need for streetlights.

智能公路上用的涂料（试点项目在荷兰的奥斯市进行）会发出绿光，亮度足以让路灯变得没有必要。

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It is where 40% of its streetlights are inoperable and where in the last five years more than half of its parks have closed.

底特律40%的路灯不能正常工作，而且近五年有一半的公园都关了门。

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