In 2007, the program of extending power supply to every village, many people saw electric light for the first time in their lives.

2007年，随着“村村通”项目的实施，中国绝大多数的村庄实现了通电，很多人第一次用上了电灯。

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The light is grey upon the lonely meadows， and the village are waiting for the ferry at the bank.

冷落的牧场上日色苍白，村人在河边待渡。

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She came fresh from the air of the village, the light of the country still in her eye.

她刚从农村来，身上还带着乡村的气息，目光中还保留着乡村的光芒。

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Dumfries Sheriff Court heard how Wendy Cuerda-Rodriguez had been alone in her car when she stopped at a red light in the village.

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However, other colliery sites in the area are gradually coming back to life, often as business parks, nature conservation areas or in the case of the old Ollerton pit site, an "energy village" of housing, offices and light industry all built along environmentally conscious lines.

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In the dazzling light of late afternoon, in the nearby village of Weissbad, a smiling farmer named Johan shows me his herd.

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