双语趣听精彩世界 第23期:如何使用中国公厕?

 　　英国每日电讯:中国科学家研制新式武器,清除公共厕所中的难闻臭味儿.中国科学院的研究人员表示,最多能有75%的臭味被清除掉,其余的则可以通过自然,令人感到舒适的香气盖掉.这种不可思议的魔力主要来自于乳酸菌属的细菌,它们以人类的废弃物为食,释放出乳酸,能够抑制大多数产生臭味的细菌的生长繁殖.

　　中国公厕的臭味

　　The Telegraph: After three years of research, Chinese scientists say they can turn even the most putrid¹ public lavatory² into a sweet-smelling sanctuary³.

　　Many people believe that entering a public lavatory in China can be a horrifying⁴ experience.

　　In smaller cities, or the countryside, the sight of an open trench⁵, coupled with a suffocating⁶ stench of sulphur and ammonia, is often enough to send even the bravest tourist whimpering back to their hotel.

　　Today, however, Chinese scientists have claimed victory in their battle to improve public rest rooms, unveiling a bacterial⁷ spray that can, they say, almost eliminate the smell of putrefaction⁸.

1 putrid   

adj.腐臭的；有毒的；已腐烂的；卑劣的

参考例句：

• To eat putrid food is liable to get sick.吃了腐败的食物容易生病。
• A putrid smell drove us from the room.一股腐臭的气味迫使我们离开这房间。

2 lavatory   

n.盥洗室，厕所

参考例句：

• Is there any lavatory in this building?这座楼里有厕所吗？
• The use of the lavatory has been suspended during take-off.在飞机起飞期间，盥洗室暂停使用。

3 sanctuary   

n.圣所，圣堂，寺庙；禁猎区，保护区

参考例句：

• There was a sanctuary of political refugees behind the hospital.医院后面有一个政治难民的避难所。
• Most countries refuse to give sanctuary to people who hijack aeroplanes.大多数国家拒绝对劫机者提供庇护。

4 horrifying   

a.令人震惊的，使人毛骨悚然的

参考例句：

• He went to great pains to show how horrifying the war was. 他极力指出战争是多么的恐怖。
• The possibility of war is too horrifying to contemplate. 战争的可能性太可怕了，真不堪细想。

5 trench   

n./v.(挖)沟，(挖)战壕

参考例句：

• The soldiers recaptured their trench.兵士夺回了战壕。
• The troops received orders to trench the outpost.部队接到命令在前哨周围筑壕加强防卫。

6 suffocating   

a.使人窒息的

参考例句：

• After a few weeks with her parents, she felt she was suffocating.和父母呆了几个星期后，她感到自己毫无自由。
• That's better. I was suffocating in that cell of a room.这样好些了，我刚才在那个小房间里快闷死了。

7 bacterial   

a.细菌的

参考例句：

• Bacterial reproduction is accelerated in weightless space. 在失重的空间，细菌繁殖加快了。
• Brain lesions can be caused by bacterial infections. 大脑损伤可能由细菌感染引起。

8 putrefaction   

n.腐坏，腐败

参考例句：

• Putrefaction is the anaerobic degradation of proteinaceous materials.腐败作用是蛋白性物质的厌氧降解作用。
• There is a clear difference between fermentation and putrefaction.发酵与腐败有明显区别。