公元前2500年左右 全世界第一个厕所诞生在这里
was home to the world’s oldest known toilets around 2500 BCE.
但古印度文明可能比它们的历史都更久远
But the ancient Indus Valley Civilization may have beat them to the throne.
在公元315年 罗马人已经建了144个公共厕所
By 315 CE, the Romans had 144 public privies
里面还有流动的水和清洁海绵
在中世纪 英国人用夜壶方便
In medieval England, most did the deed in chamber pots
之后再把排泄物倒在街上
before ejecting the contents into the street.
富人则会花一便士在河沟上的“特殊房间”里解决
The affluent spent a penny in a special room, suspended over a moat.
在16世纪末 约翰·哈林顿爵士创造了英国第一个抽水马桶
In the late 1500s Sir John Harrington pioneered the UK’s first flush toilet.
他自豪地把它送给伊莉莎白一世 因此美国人用他的名字当做厕所的代号
He proudly gave one to Queen Elizabeth I, and lent his first name to US slang （’the John’）.
到了19世纪 这行的佼佼者是两名水管工 乔治·詹宁斯和托马斯·克拉伯
On a roll, 1800s UK plumbers George Jennings and Thomas Crapper
他们开辟了伦敦的第一条下水道 建造公共厕所 也获得了大量的专利
secured a turrent of toilet patents, helping usher in London’s first sewer and public toilets.
现在新型厕所的技术让人解放双手 不仅可以防臭 静音
The latest toilet offer hands-free technology, mask smells and sounds,
还有音乐和灯光 让你的如厕体验达到一流
and conjure music and lightning for a first-class bathroom experience.
美国宇航局首创了特殊的太空厕所 让宇航员能够在无人之境畅行
NASA has pioneered special space toilets, to help astronauts go where few have gone before.
很难相信数十亿人仍然无法获得安全的卫生设施
It’s hard to believe that billions of people still back access to safe sanitation.
对你的厕所心存感激它不仅仅是用来排泄的
Be grateful for your toilet. It’s not something to be poo-pooed.
