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The outage was caused by a suspected arson attack and came as temperatures dipped below freezing.
It is reportedly the longest blackout in the capital’s post-war history.
A far-left militant group has claimed it was behind the outage.
Schools, hospitals and care homes are among the tens of thousands of properties that were affected in south-west Berlin.
In a district of Berlin, a police van drove around announcing the imminent return of power over a tannoy.
And residents regularly approached a group of emergency service workers for the latest information.
Restoring electricity was happening on a “step-by-step basis”, said the fire service spokesman.
Resources have been pulled in from across Germany, with an estimated 100, 000 people affected.
Federal prosecutors are investigating the latest incident as a terrorism offence, with possible charges including “membership in a terrorist organisation, sabotage, arson and disruption of public services”.
Another recent high-profile incident saw activists admit being behind a suspected arson attack that halted production at the huge Tesla factory just outside Berlin in 2024.
This time’s outage was larger and lasted longer.
As the power supply stabilised, Berlin’s Mayor Kai Wegner came under fresh scrutiny for his handling of the outage.
He was reported to have been playing tennis with his partner, hours after the blackout began.
Plans for a federal law to protect critical infrastructure have been in the works for years, but were only presented to the German parliament in November.
带着问题听讲解
- sabotage 一词在柏林停电事件背景下的具体含义是什么？
- 根据文章，导致柏林停电的直接原因是什么？
- 柏林市长在事件应对中遭到批评的原因是什么？
讲解
重点词汇
power outage
停电，断电
- 相关词汇：outage（n. 水电、网络等的供应中断）近义词：power blackout/failure/cut
vulnerability
/ˌvʌl.nɚ.əˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/
n. 脆弱性
- 相关词汇：vulnerable（adj. 脆弱的；易受伤的）
- 相关词汇：wound（n. 伤口）
- 搭配短语：be vulnerable to sth.
- 例句：The fort was vulnerable to attack from the north.
- 例句：Don't speak harshly to her. She's very vulnerable today.
搭配短语：embrace/expose vulnerability相关词汇：resilience（n. 韧性，恢复力）- 搭配短语：a person of resilience
反义词：invulnerability
sabotage
/ˈsæb.ə.tɑːʒ/
n.（蓄意）毁坏，破坏
- 搭配短语：an act of sabotage词性拓展：sabotage（v. 毁坏，破坏）
- 例句：She felt a colleague was sabotaging her chances for promotion.
- 搭配短语：sabotage talks/relations/efforts
相关词汇：self-sabotage- 例句：Procrastination is a form of self-sabotage.
restore
/rɪˈstɔːr/
v. 使恢复；使复原；归还
- 相关词汇：restaurant搭配短语：restore you to your previous healthy condition搭配短语：restore a building/painting搭配短语：restore faith in sb.搭配短语：restore sth. to sb.近义词：return；give back
blackout
/ˈblæk.aʊt/
n. 断电；消息封锁；昏迷
- 搭配短语：a news blackout搭配短语：have a blackout
- 近义词：black out
- 英文释义：become unconscious
- 近义词：faint；pass out
arson
/ˈɑːr.sən/
n. 纵火（罪），放火（罪）
- 相关词汇：ardent（adj. 热心的；热情的）
- 搭配短语：an ardent supporter of the policy
近义词：enthusiastic；eager
dip
/dɪp/
v. 浸，蘸；下降
- 搭配短语：dip the food into the sauce搭配短语：dip your toe in the water例句：Sales dipped slightly during the summer months.搭配短语：dip into
- 例句：I only had time to dip into the report.
- 例句：Medical bills forced her to dip into her savings.
militant
/ˈmɪl.ə.tənt/
adj. 激进的；好斗的
- 相关词汇：military（adj. 军事的）搭配短语：a militant animal rights group搭配短语：take a militant stance词性拓展：militant（n. 激进分子）
- 搭配短语：right-wing militants
- 相关词汇：activist（积极分子）；moderate（温和派）；extremist（极端分子）
imminent
/ˈɪm.ə.nənt/
adj. 临近的，即将发生的
- 相关词汇：overhang（v. 悬垂，悬挂）搭配短语：imminent danger/threat例句：When the dark clouds gather, we know a storm is imminent.近义词：impending相关词汇：upcoming
- 例句：We're excited about the upcoming wedding.
相关词汇：approaching- 例句：The approaching holidays have lifted everyone's spirits.
pull in
调动；赚钱；吸引；逮捕；停车
- 例句：She pulled in to let the ambulance pass.近义词：pull up反义词：pull out相关词汇：pull off（成功完成）
- 口语表达： I never thought you'd pull it off.
prosecutor
/ˈprɒs.ɪ.kjuː.tər/
n. 检察官；公诉人
- 相关词汇：prosecute（v. 起诉；检举）
- 例句：The police have decided not to prosecute due to a lack of evidence.
相关词汇：sue（v. 起诉）- 例句：He is going to sue the company for wrongful dismissal.
- 近义词：file a lawsuit against
high-profile
/ˌhaɪˈproʊ.faɪl/
adj. 引人注目的，备受关注的
- 搭配短语：a high-profile public figure例句：The celebrity divorce became a very high-profile case.反义词：low-profile相关词汇：keep a low profile
halt
/hɑːlt/
v. 停止，停下；立定
- 近义词：stop；pause例句：The government has failed to halt economic decline.词性拓展：halt（n. 停止，中止）
- 搭配短语：come/grind to a halt
- 例句：The traffic ground to a complete halt during the blizzard.
- 搭配短语：call a halt to
- 例句：The referee called a halt to the match due to heavy rain.
scrutiny
/ˈskruː.tɪ.ni/
n. 细看，仔细审查
- 搭配短语：come/be under scrutiny
- 英文释义：If a person or thing is under scrutiny, they are being studied or observed very carefully.
- 例句：Foreign policy has come under close scrutiny recently.
搭配短语：fail to stand up to scrutiny相关词汇：scrutinize（v. 细看，仔细审查）- 例句：He scrutinized their faces closely to work out who was lying.
infrastructure
/ˈɪn.frəˌstrʌk.tʃɚ/
n. 基础设施
- 词根词缀：infra-（在下方、在下层的）；structure（结构）
- 派生词：infrared（红外线）
- 相关词汇：ultraviolet（紫外线）
搭配短语：hard infrastructure- 相关词汇：transportation；energy；power grids
搭配短语：soft infrastructure- 相关词汇：healthcare；education；legal system
in the works
在筹备中，在计划中
- 例句：Her next movie is already in the works.近义词：in the pipeline
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