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Try to imagine what it is like to live without electricity. It is boring, ___67___one thing-no television, no MP3 player, no video games. And you feel___68___and disconnected as well-no computer, no Internet, no mobile phone. You can read books, of course一___69___at night you won’t have light, other than the flicker（闪烁）of firewood. And about that firewood-you or someone in your family had to___70___ it during the day, taking you away from more___71___work or schooling, and in some parts of the world, exposing you___72___danger. That same firewood is used to cook dinner, ___73___smoke that can turn the air inside your home far more___74___than that breathed in an industrial city. You may lack access to modern drugs___75___the nearest hospital does not have continuous___76___to keep the medicine refrigerated. You are___77___poor-and the lack of electricity helps to___78___that you’ll stay that way. That is life for the 1. 3 billion people around the___79___who lack access to the grid（电网）.It is a___80___problem of the developing world and the countryside-more than 95% of___81___without electricity are either in sub-Saharan Africa or developing Asia, and 84% live in rural areas. ___82___it hasn’t gotten the attention that___83___problems like HI V/AIDS and water shortage have___84___in recent years, lack of power remains a major__85 _to any progress in the world’s development. "Lacking access to electricity___86___health, well-being and income," says Fatih Birol, the chief economist of the International Energy Agency. "It’s a problem the world has to pay attention to."

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