An explosion rocked a natural-gas power plant Sunday in Middletown, Conn., sending earthquake-like shock waves miles away.

康涅狄格州米德尔敦一家天然气发电厂发生爆炸，形成如同地震一般的冲击波，影响达数英里。

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Since before a nuclear plant accident, after the Lehman shock, I had thought that The Times not to be able to make fantasy would come.

因为在莱曼冲击之后，核电站事故之前，我就已经预料到不适合奇幻故事的时刻总会到来的。

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One of the first firefighters to reach the plant, Narumi Suzuki, told the BBC of his shock on seeing the extent of the damage.

Narumi Suzuki，是最早赶到核电站的消防员之一，他告诉BBC的记者，当他看到损坏的程度时他很震惊。

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Graham Smith, regional officer for the Unite union, said the number of proposed job losses - almost a quarter of workers at the plant - was a shock, although he was aware some staff had been working reduced hours.

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As a leading project engineer in 2002, Mark Apicella had been working on a project for the latest Vectra model, when the shock announcement came of the plant closure.

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Employee Tony Pritchard said the announcement had come as a shock to staff at the Barrow plant.

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