Plug your tabletop lamp into a dimmer instead of the wall socket.

直接把你的台灯插到调光器上，而不用插到墙上的插座里。

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When you purchase a lamp or a toaster, the "UL Certified" mark provides assurance that the appliance will plug into the socket in your wall and work with your home's electrical system.

当你购买灯具或烤面包机时，“UL认证”标志提供了一个保证，它确保该电器可以和你家墙上的插座相匹配，并且兼容你家中的整个电气系统。

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The pulley is fixedly installed on the wall, and the rope which is threaded through the pulley is connected with the lamp-socket, then the other end of the rope is connected with a fixed object.

其滑轮固定安装在墙上，灯座与穿过滑轮的绳索连接，绳索的另 一端与固定物连接。

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And that there was no longer any difference between what once had been my father and the table he was lying on, or the floor on which the table stood, or the wall socket beneath the window, or the cable running to the lamp beside him.

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