96期 [2007年02月號]

精彩摘要

<News Talk>
阿拉哈巴德幫你拿高分
A is for Allahabad

在澳洲淋浴要安靜
Quieter Showers Down
Under

<Talk all the way >
錢爺爺退休理財英文
講座
Money Matters

<Poker Talk>
撲克牌比大小
Rank of Hands

Quieter Showers Down Under 在澳洲淋浴要安靜

A report 1)conducted by Energy Australia, one of Australia’s largest gas and electricity 2)suppliers, has come up with a novel suggestion to help 3)conserve natural resources: stop singing in the shower.

Laugh if you will, but the report claims that “singing and daydreaming” in the shower lead to a 4)significant waste of water and the fuel used to heat it. The report also 5)cited shaving and brushing one’s teeth as wasteful shower activities, and suggested that people do these over the sink instead.

The report comes as world energy prices are at all-time record highs. Further, Australia is suffering from a record six-year-long 6)drought. It’s all enough to make one pity those poor Aussies: not only can they not sing in the shower, they can’t even sing in the rain.

一份由澳洲能源，澳洲最大的瓦斯及電力供應商之一所做的報告提出一項有助於節省自然能源的新建議：淋浴時別唱歌。
你可能嗤之以鼻，但這份報告聲稱，在淋浴時「唱歌、做白日夢」會大量浪費水及用來加熱水溫的燃料。報告還指出，在淋浴時刮鬍子和刷牙也是浪費資源的活動，建議人們改到洗臉台去做這些事。
這份報告出爐之際，正值世界能源價格創下史上最高紀錄。此外，澳洲也遭逢前所未有、長達六年的乾旱。澳洲佬真值得同情：他們不僅不能在淋浴時高歌，連在雨中開口的機會都沒有。