Water runs out because it relies on electrical pumps. Children do their homework by candlelight.

冰箱变得毫无用处；水也没了，因为水得靠电动泵；孩子们在烛光下做作业。

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Both water and blood require a lot of pumping. Those pumps are heavy and need electrical power.

水和血液都需要大量加以泵压；这些泵既笨重又需电能。

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Those pumps are heavy and need electrical power.

这些泵很笨重需要电力驱动。

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The water is further heated by five solar-powered electrical pumps, to create radiant heat coming up through the wooden floorboards.

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The situation has evolved slowly but in a manner that was not anticipated by designers who had not assumed that electrical power to run emergency pumps would be unavailable for days after the shutdown.

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