When I joined General Electric in 1982, Japan was the ultimate global threat.
我1982年加入通用的时候，全球范围内日本公司是最大的威胁。
I bought an electric fan yesterday.
我昨天买了一台电风扇。
I like the recorded sound and the electric light most.
我最喜欢录制的声音以及电灯。
I think it's fair to say that the sound of the electric guitar typifies the rock 'n' roll genre, which became popular in the 1950s.
我认为，电吉他的声音可以说是代表了20世纪50年代流行的摇滚风格。
I plan to live without a car until I find the perfect hybrid, electric or fuel cell vehicle that won't break my bank account.
我打算维持这种生活方式，除非我找到了更好的混合，电的或者燃料电池并且不会超出我的财力的机动车。
Today, my electric wheelchair broke down as I was rushing across campus to take a midterm exam.
今天，当我赶着去参加学校的期中考试时，我的电动轮椅突然出毛病了。
My husband and I put every possible expense on this card - even our electric bill.
我老公和我把所有可能的消费都放在这张卡上—甚至还是我们的电费账单。
I want to have an all-electric vehicle in my lifetime.
我想要在我的生活中有一个全电气化的车。
Now Colum McCann has repurposed Petit’s daring act as the leitmotif for “Let the Great World Spin, ” one of the most electric, profound novels I have read in years.
现在科伦·麦凯恩将珀蒂的大胆行动变为《转吧，这伟大的世界》的主基调，这是我多年所读的最带电的，最深刻的小说之一。
Now Colum McCann has repurposed Petit's daring act as the leitmotif for "Let the Great World Spin," one of the most electric, profound novels I have read in years.
现在科伦·麦凯恩将珀蒂的大胆行动变为《转吧，这伟大的世界》的主基调，这是我多年所读的最带电的，最深刻的小说之一。
At the bottom of the stairs my hand met an electric switch. I turned it, and a great electrolier of twelve red globes flooded the cellar with a red light.
到了最下边一级台阶，我的手碰到一个电源开关，我打开它，一座安了十个红灯泡的大型吊灯架让地下室里一片红色。
I recently tested an electric motorcycle that plays a recording of a gas motorcycle, just so you don’t mow down unsuspecting citizens sharing the roadway with you.
我最近评测的一辆电摩托车会播放燃油摩托车的声音，免得路上行人都浑然不觉，被撞倒了才知道。
BMW's electric cars are confined to its new I sub-brand for the moment, but a hybrid BMW 5 series and a 3 series will come to market this year and next.
宝马的电动汽车目前仅限用于它的新子品牌“I”，但宝马5系和3系的混合动力车会在今年或明年上市。
But which should I use to cook: a microwave, gas, or electric oven?
但我应该用什么来做饭呢：微波，煤气，还是电炉？
I remembered well how difficult it had been for me, when I first came to town, to do something as simple as pay my electric bill, send money or letters home, or even just buy a countertop stove.
我清楚地记得我刚来这个地方时，即便是简单的付电费账单，寄钱或是信回家，甚至就买一个柜台炉对我来说都很难。
I was lucky enough to drive one this week when Ford brought its electric Focus and Transit Connect van to a dealership in Manhattan. Inside the cabin, the only sound was the other traffic on the road.
当福特公司给在曼哈顿的经销商推出它的电动车福克斯和交通连接面包车时，在本周，我能很幸运的驾驶一辆。
Yet at ground level there is something I have not seen since Capri or Zermatt in Switzerland - electric vehicles.
在城里我看见一些我自从离开了卡普里和瑞士策马特以后再也没有见到过的东西——电动车。
As a young American boy I was fascinated with the electric Dutch trains, something we didn't see in my hometown of Dallas, Texas.
作为一个年幼的美国小男孩我当时非常着迷荷兰电力火车，一些在我的家乡——德克萨斯州达拉斯所没有见到过的事情。
I heard an apocryphal story about a Japanese firm that installed a turbine which needed electric power to keep it turning to save the face of its would-be-green owners.
我听说过一个杜撰的故事，一个日本公司安装了一台涡轮机，但却需要用电力来保持它运转来保护其“环保”的面子。
"You bet," he replied, "I used to work for an electric power company, but I got tired of thinking my best would never be good enough."
“没错，”他答道，“我以前曾在一家电力公司上班。”心想我最好也不过如此，厌倦了这种想法。
I strongly recommend using an electric whisk for this.
我强力推荐使用电动打蛋器。
I had a tin trunk carried up there, with blanket, electric torch, a couple of tins of baked beans, coffee, and a kettle.
在那里我有一个汽车行李箱，里边有毛毯，手电筒，罐装烤豆，咖啡和一个水壶。
Should I use an electric kettle, or a whistle kettle on a hob?
我们应该使用电水壶还是叫嘴壶呢？
I want to tell you things about electric and magnetic fields.
我将要讲电场和磁场。
Then I heard the buzzing sound of Marie's electric wheelchair.
我听到Marie电动轮椅嗡嗡的声音。
when I lived in Canada and took training in the Health Care field, I saw a video on how in those earlier days electric shock treatments were applied.
当我住在加拿大时，参加了一个健康医疗领域的培训，我看到了早些年用电击做治疗的录像。
"Just like Intel inside, I hope you have BEEST inside your electric cars in the future," Majumdar said.
Majumdar说：“就像‘内含英特尔’(IntelInside)一样，我希望未来你们的电动车中也内含BEEST。”
"Just like 'Intel inside', I hope you have BEEST inside your electric cars in the future," Majumdar said.
Majumdar说：“就像‘内含英特尔’(IntelInside)一样，我希望未来你们的电动车中也内含BEEST。”
My second favorite inanimate object while I was in college was a white Les Paul Classic electric guitar.
我大学时代的第二至爱是一架白色的LesPaul经典电吉他。
RICHARD ROSENBLATT (New York Stock Exchange) : When I started, the technology was electric lights and telephones.
理查德·罗森布拉特(纽约证券交易所)：当我开始，该技术是电灯和电话。
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