TED演讲:变得更健康的不能说的秘密(6)

 I want to show you some brave souls who've had the courage to embrace this advanced potty training approach. 我想要给你们展示这些英勇地灵魂，就是那些有勇气去拥抱这种先进如厕技术地人们。

So those folks in New Mexico -- why did they do it? 所以这些在新墨西哥州地人们--他们为什么要这么做呢？

'Cause they're in a desert? 'Cause they save money? Yeah.  因为他们身处沙漠之中吗？是为了省钱吗？当然。

But more importantly, they felt comfortable seeing what was going down the toilet as a resource. 但更重要地是他们会因为目睹卷入厕所的是一种资源而感到更舒心。

Here's an average house in Portland, Oregon.  这是在俄勒冈州，波特兰市的一个普通房子，

This house is special because they have a composting toilet  唯一特别之处是拥有一个堆粪厕所。

turning all their poo and pee, over time, into a soil amendment¹.  能够逐渐把所有排泄物变为土壤改良剂。

Their wash water, their shower water, is going underground to a series of mulch basins, 产生的洗手水，洗澡水都会进入地下，进入一系列封闭槽中，

and then watering that orchard² downhill.  然后用于灌溉山下的果园。

When they went to get this permitted, it wasn't allowed in Oregon. 当他们去申报这个项目时，被俄勒冈州所禁止了。

But it was allowed in five other states nearby.  但却在相邻的五个州得到通过。

That was Recode's -- my organization's -- first code-change campaign.  那是我所在的组织“科技投资新闻资讯网”的第一次修该条例运动。

Here's a great example where the Integrated Water Management approach was the cheapest. 这有一个水资源综合治理的很好的例子，它也是最便宜的方法。

This is three high-rise residential³ buildings in downtown Portland, and they're not flushing to the sewer⁴ system. 这是波特兰市中心的三栋高层住宅楼，它们不会因为谈及下水系统感到脸红。

How? Well, their wash water is getting reused to flush toilets, cool mechanical systems, water the landscape. 这怎么说？嗯，他们的洗澡水会被再利用去冲马桶，冷却机械系统，还有浇灌景观植物。

And then once the building has thoroughly⁵ used everything -- aka, shat in it -- 当整栋楼已经充分利用了所有的东西，就是曾经的粪便们

it's treated to highest standard right on-site by plants and bacteria, and then infiltrated⁶ into the groundwater right below. 他们已经被植物和细菌净化过了，才会进入正下方的地下水系统。

And all that was cheaper than updating the surrounding sewer infrastructure⁷. 这一切要比更新周围的污水基础设施要便宜很多。

So that's the last reason we should get really excited about doing things differently: we can save a lot of money. 所以我们来到了应该为改变而感到激动的最后一个原因：我们可以节省一大笔钱。

1 amendment   

n.改正，修正，改善，修正案

参考例句：

• The amendment was rejected by 207 voters to 143.这项修正案以207票对143票被否决。
• The Opposition has tabled an amendment to the bill.反对党已经就该议案提交了一项修正条款。

2 orchard   

n.果园，果园里的全部果树，(美俚)棒球场

参考例句：

• My orchard is bearing well this year.今年我的果园果实累累。
• Each bamboo house was surrounded by a thriving orchard.每座竹楼周围都是茂密的果园。

3 residential   

adj.提供住宿的；居住的；住宅的

参考例句：

• The mayor inspected the residential section of the city.市长视察了该市的住宅区。
• The residential blocks were integrated with the rest of the college.住宿区与学院其他部分结合在了一起。

4 sewer   

n.排水沟，下水道

参考例句：

• They are tearing up the street to repair a sewer. 他们正挖开马路修下水道。
• The boy kicked a stone into the sewer. 那个男孩把一石子踢进了下水道。

5 thoroughly   

adv.完全地，彻底地，十足地

参考例句：

• The soil must be thoroughly turned over before planting.一定要先把土地深翻一遍再下种。
• The soldiers have been thoroughly instructed in the care of their weapons.士兵们都系统地接受过保护武器的训练。

6 infiltrated   

adj.[医]浸润的v.（使）渗透，（指思想）渗入人的心中( infiltrate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The headquarters had been infiltrated by enemy spies. 总部混入了敌方特务。
• Many Chinese idioms have infiltrated into the Japanese language. 许多中国成语浸透到日语中。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

7 infrastructure   

n.下部构造，下部组织，基础结构，基础设施

参考例句：

• We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
• We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设，发展各类群众文化。