一篇关于《电的广泛使用》演讲稿，英文版本。

Electricity is the most widely used type of energy in the world. We use it for work and for play, in the home and at work, (and at school). In the past it mainly provided us with light and heat. Over the years the number of electrically powered items has hugely increased. We now use it almost continually every day. We use it so much that we take it for granted. However, when there is a power cut we begin to realise just how much we need it and how dependent we have become on it.
Today, in most areas of the world, the majority of people still do not have access to electricity in their homes. The only places where electricity is universally installed are in Japan and a few other Asian countries, North America, Europe, and several other nations. However, even in these countries, the adoption of electricity in the household was a slow, gradual process.

When it was introduced in the 1880s, electricity was used almost exclusively for lighting. Many of the homes that were