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Then he reached both hands to grope, and touched about ten bowl-big doornails. "It is really weird if some persons live here! "Duan Yu thought with a heart full of surprise and pleasure.
既有门环，必有大门，他双手摸索，当即摸到十余枚碗大的门钉，心中惊喜交集：“这门里倘若住得有人，那可奇怪之极了。”
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When there is a power failure, people grope about in flickering candlelight; cars hesitate in the streets because there are no traffic lights to guide them, and food spoils in silent refrigerators.
如果没有电，人们需要借助微弱的烛光来摸索前行，路上的汽车由于没有交通信号灯的指示将会迟疑不前，食物也会在没有电的冰箱里腐烂。
When there is a power failure, people grope about in flickering candlelight, cars hesitate in the streets because there are no traffic lights to guide them, and food spoils in silent refrigerators.
每当停电的时候，人们在摇曳的烛光下四处摸索；汽车在马路上彷徨-因为没有交通灯做导向；电冰箱不再“嗡嗡”，里面的食物也要变质了。