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小学英语词组Living Off the Grid: How a Family of City-Dwellers Discovered the Simple Life
By Alison Zeuschel
1 After living in the 24-hour city of Las Vegas, Nevada for nearly ten years, my family and I decided to slow things down. My daughter wanted a hor. My husband wanted property. My son wanted a dirt bike. I wanted our family to be more lf-sufficient.
2 None of us felt that this could be accomplished where we were living and we all agreed that a move to the country would be great for everyone.儿童英语首选 美国科蒂思维
3 Before long we t about looking for a home in Yucca, Arizona, a very small town of less than 1,000 people. It was while I was scanning listings from our real estate agent that I first learned of it. There was a home for sale there on 40 acres. When I called to inquire about the property, I was informed that there was no electricity available in the area. What? No electricity? I almost dismisd the idea immediately.
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orchestra4 The property was off the grid. It was not connected whatsoever to any utilities — power, water or wer. Power was supplied by a wind turbine and solar panels. Water had to be hauled in and stored in two tanks located on the property. Forty acres would give us plenty of room for all of our animals and give my husband and son space to ride their ATVs. Besides, what better way is there to become more lf-sustainable? After giving it some thought, we decided to put in an offer and moved in on Thanksgiving Day.
5 When we first moved to the property, we did some remodeling and stayed in our motor home. We were confronted with real challenges at the time. The power kept going out, the main water line to the hou broke, the plumbing backed up into the front yard and the generator died.koro
6 But the tbacks just made us work harder. We slowly got things fixed and moved into the hou after 38 days in the RV. The next challenge was to become familiar with your power system, and to learn the ins and outs of hauling your own water and generating your own power.
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7 Our off-the-grid system consists of eight solar panels (1,000 watts) that are mounted on a sun tracker rack. We also have a wind turbine that generates 3,000 watts in 24 mph winds. The energy generated by the wind and sun is stored in 16 6v golf cart batteries. We also have two 2,500-gallon above-ground water tanks and a 250-gallon propane tank. Every weekend, we haul two 275-gallon water tanks to the nearby town of Yucca and fill them with water, which we then pump into our big water tanks.
8 While living here for the past four months has been a big adjustment, there are many benefits to living off the grid. I think one of the greatest is teaching my kids the importance of conrvation. They ud to take water, power and gas for granted. The first week we were here, we ud almost 1,000 gallons of water. With only a 5,000-gallon water tank, it didn’t take them long to understand that we had to u less water. We started taking quicker showers, doing only full loads of laundry, turning off the water while brushing our teeth or shaving.
9 Over-consumption is even more clearly demonstrated by our electricity usage. We have
a digital readout of how many volts of DC power we have stored in our batteries at any given time. If you turn on a light or the TV, the number goes down. In order to protect the batteries, the system is t up to shut the inverter off if the volts get too low. Then the power goes out. When we first moved in, we lost power almost daily. After this happens a few times, it becomes clear very quickly just how often you waste electricity. Everything from lights and ceiling fans to computers and radios were left on when they were not in u. The cell phone chargers were plugged in even when they weren’t charging anything. All of this us unnecessary power. We are
steadily learning to be more diligent with our power usage.
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10 In addition, we are also trying to make other changes. They include reducing the amount of trash we generate by recycling and composting, growing our own organic vegetables, and reusing and repurposing things that we would normally toss. We also want to produce our own eggs and goat’s milk in the near future.
11 Overall, going off the grid has been great for our family. We have learned how to conscarmen luvana
erve power and water and to really appreciate what the earth gives to us every day. I hope that once my kids move out of the hou, they will keep the habits that they have learned by living off the grid.
脱离电网的生活：一家城市居民如何发现了简单生活
艾莉森·佐谢尔
1 在内华达州的不眠之城拉斯维加斯生活了将近十年之后，我和我的家人决定放慢生活节奏。女儿想要一匹马，我的丈夫想要一块地产，儿子想要一辆越野轻型摩托车，我想要一家人更加自给自足。
2 我们都感到这个梦想在我们居住的这个城市里不可能实现。大家一致认为，搬到乡下去对谁都是最好的。
世界杯主题曲下载3 很快，我们便着手在亚利桑那州的尤卡，这个不满千人的小镇寻找房子。我是在浏览我们的房地产经纪人提供的在售房屋清单时得知这个地方的。那儿有一处占地40英亩的房产在出售。我打电话去询问这处房产时，人家告诉我那个地区不通电。什么？不通电？我
差点立刻打消在那里购房的念头。
