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 　　JOHANNESBURG, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) -- A power outage across Johannesburg also caused a blackout at ailing¹ former president Nelson Mandela's home, authorities confirmed on Saturday.

　　Mandela's home was among those hit by widespread power outages in Johannesburg this week, electricity utility City Power said.

　　But electricity has been restored to the Houghton Estate where Mandela's house is located, said City Power spokesperson Sol Masolo.

　　It remains² unknown whether the outage affected³ the treatment of Mandela, who was released from hospital on Sept. 1 after a lengthy⁴ stay for a recurring⁵ lung infection.

　　Mandela's home has been reconfigured to suit the medical requirement, and the medical intensive care team in the hospital is now with Mandela in his house to give him timely treatment, according to the presidency⁶.

　　Mandela's condition was at times unstable⁷, but he was responding to treatment, the last official update on his condition said.

　　The widespread power outage was the result of a strike by municipality workers who downed tools on Wednesday over a new shift structure which was meant to improve service delivery.

　　During the strike, some workers "sabotaged⁸" sub-stations around the city, an act described by officials as "terrorism."

1 ailing   

v.生病

参考例句：

• They discussed the problems ailing the steel industry. 他们讨论了困扰钢铁工业的问题。
• She looked after her ailing father. 她照顾有病的父亲。

2 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

3 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

4 lengthy   

adj.漫长的，冗长的

参考例句：

• We devoted a lengthy and full discussion to this topic.我们对这个题目进行了长时间的充分讨论。
• The professor wrote a lengthy book on Napoleon.教授写了一部有关拿破仑的巨著。

5 recurring   

adj.往复的，再次发生的

参考例句：

• This kind of problem is recurring often. 这类问题经常发生。
• For our own country, it has been a time for recurring trial. 就我们国家而言，它经过了一个反复考验的时期。

6 presidency   

n.总统(校长，总经理)的职位(任期)

参考例句：

• Roosevelt was elected four times to the presidency of the United States.罗斯福连续当选四届美国总统。
• Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency.两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。

7 unstable   

adj.不稳定的，易变的

参考例句：

• This bookcase is too unstable to hold so many books.这书橱很不结实，装不了这么多书。
• The patient's condition was unstable.那患者的病情不稳定。

8 sabotaged   

阴谋破坏（某事物）( sabotage的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The main pipeline supplying water was sabotaged by rebels. 供水主管道被叛乱分子蓄意破坏了。
• They had no competition because competitors found their trucks burned and sabotaged. 他们之所以没有竞争对象，那是因为竞争对象老是发现自己的卡车遭火烧或被破坏。 来自教父部分