Yesterday's 8.9-magnitude earthquake set off the automatic shut-down systems in ten of Japan's 55 nuclear power plants, from which the country gets a third of its electricity.

昨天的8.9级地震使到日本55座核电站中的10座自动关闭，而这些核电站占了日本全国发电量的三分之一。

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When it was founded in 1926, Toyoda Automatic Loom Works (as it was then known) manufactured automatic fabric looms that could detect problems and shut down automatically.

当1926年成立之时，丰田自动织机制造工厂（后来众所周知的名称）生产自动织布机，该机器能够察觉问题并自动关机。

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Residents are forbidden to use water to wash down paths and pavements, or to use a hose without an automatic shut-off valve.

禁止居民用水清洗道路和人行道，或使用没有自动断阀装置的水龙头。

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Wherever George Washington may have slept, if he were alive today the place would be surrounded by iron barricades, shut-down roadways and government sharpshooters bearing automatic weapons.

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Now, the real fight will be over the automatic spending cuts due to kick in in about two-and-a-half weeks and the government shut-down scheduled for a month after that.

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