Utility companies say it could be days before the lights are back on for everyone.

公用事业公司表示，可能需要几天时间才能为每个人恢复照明。

I'm usually careful. But this time I thought I could get through the intersection before the light turned.

我通常很谨慎，但这次我以为我能在交通灯变换前开过十字路口。

The message goes away a few seconds before the light changes, so drivers can turn their attention to safely proceeding.

在指示灯变化之前的几秒，倒计时将会消失，这样设计的目的是让驾驶者能专心地安全开车。

You got everything ready before the lights ever went out!

在灯熄灭之前你已经准备好一切了！

He flashed the torch on him, and before the light had reached his face the man leaped.

他用手电筒照在他身上， 光线还没射到他的脸上， 那个人就跳了起来。

So on the bright side, humanity has plenty of time to enjoy the majesty of our universe before the lights finally turned off.

所以，从好的方面来看，在灯光最终熄灭之前，人类有足够的时间去享受宇宙的壮丽。

And if the date's bad, we can just slip out and go somewhere else separately before the lights come up.

如果约会不顺利，我们可以在灯亮之前溜出去，分别去别的地方。

So theater fans eager for the " Great White Way" to reopen will have to wait a few more months before the lights come back on, on Broadway.

因此，渴望百老汇重开的剧院迷们将不得不再等几个月，之后百老汇演出的灯光才会重新亮起。

His mind was so full of the others, that he never once thought of him. He had time to finish these letters before the lights were put out.

他满脑子都是别人，他从来没有想过他。他有时间在灯熄灭之前完成这些信件。

She dared not stay to take out her ear-rings, but she threw off her scarf, and let it fall on the floor, before the light tap came again.

她不敢停下来取出耳环，但在轻轻的敲击声再次传来之前，她扔掉了围巾，让它掉在地上。