We were raised on books and computers, highways and cell phones, but now we were living in a village without running water or electricity.

我们在书本、电脑、高速公路和手机的陪伴下长大，但现在我们生活在一个没有自来水和电的村庄。

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More than one and a half billion people around the world live without electricity.

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The conversation turns to oyster farming and I talk about spending my early summers in Virginia with my aunt, uncle, and cousin without electricity by the Chesapeake Bay, with hand-drawn water from a well and harvesting oysters from a small inlet.

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Over 1.4 million people in New York and New Jersey are still without electricity and heat.

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About 650, 000 homes and businesses were left without electricity, and some could be cold and dark for days.

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