Peopleatsnackstalls（攤檔）waitedforthenewlybuiltcruiser（郵輪）"NorwegianPearl"toleavetheMeyershipyardinPapenburg,northGermany,Monday.GermanutilityE.OnAGconfirmedcausingaweekendoutage（停電）thatleftmillionsofpeopleinseveralcountrieswithoutpower,butdeniedthattheblackoutrevealedalackofinvestmentinEurope'spowergrids.E.Onsaiditswitchedoffahigh-voltagetransmissionlineoveraGermanrivertoallowacruiseshiptopasssafely.Thattriggeredablackout（停電）thatbrieflyleft10millionpeopleincountriesincludingGermany,France,ItalyandSpainwithoutpowerSaturdaynight,stoppingtrainsintheirtracksandtrappingpeopleinelevators.
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人們周一在德國北部帕彭堡市邁耶船塢，等候新建郵輪「挪威珍珠」號開航。德國電力公司E.OnAG證實造成上周末多國幾百萬人停電事件，但否認停電是對歐洲電力網缺乏投資所致。E.On指他們關掉德國一條河上的高壓輸電纜，讓郵輪安全駛過，從而引發大停電，導致上周六晚德國、法國、意大利和西班牙有1,000萬人大停電，火車在路軌上停駛，多人被困電梯內。
美聯社