誤拔插頭惹禍
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York state has said that a cleaner named Joseph Herrington destroyed 25 years of scientific research when he turned off a freezer in a laboratory.
紐約州的壬色列理工學院指稱，一位名叫赫靈頓的清潔工關掉實驗室的冷凍櫃電源，導致25年的科學研究毀於一旦。
This action occurred on September 14, 2020.
這起事件發生於2020年9月14日。
occur (v.)發生
Now, RPI is asking Herrington’s employer, Daigle Cleaning Systems, to pay $1 million for the damage.
目前，壬色列理工學院要求赫靈頓的雇主戴格爾清潔公司賠償100萬美元的損失。
employer (n.)雇主employ (v.)聘僱、雇用employee (v.)員工damage (n.)損害、毀壞
Herrington turned off the freezer because it was beeping.
赫靈頓之所以關掉冷凍櫃電源，是因為它一直發出嗶嗶聲。
beep (v.)發出嗶嗶聲
He did this even though there were signs around the freezer noting that it was making noise because it was under repair.
儘管冷凍櫃周圍的標示都註明它是因維修而發出噪音，他還是關掉電源。
under repair 維修中
Additionally, the signs said that the freezer should not be unplugged, and that no cleaning was needed in the area.
此外，標示還寫道冷凍櫃不應被拔插，且該區域不需要進行清潔工作。
unplug (v.)拔掉插頭plug (n.)插頭
Because Herrington turned off the freezer, the temperature inside rose by 50 degrees.
因為赫靈頓關閉冷凍櫃電源，導致內部溫度升高了50度。
degree (n.)度數、學位
Since any more than a 3-degree change would cause the research materials in the freezer to go bad, almost everything was destroyed.
由於溫度變化超過3度就會導致冷凍櫃中的研究材料變質，幾乎所有東西都被毀掉了。
go bad 開始腐壞、開始變質
RPI’s lawyers are asking Daigle Cleaning Systems to pay because they say the company did not correctly train Herrington to clean the laboratory.
壬色列理工學院的律師要求戴格爾清潔公司支付賠償金，理由是該公司沒有正確培訓赫靈頓如何清潔實驗室。
train (v.)訓練correctly (adv.)正確地