环保爱好者一年不用自来水洗澡
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今年27岁的环境保护爱好者——罗布·格林菲尔德已经有一年没洗过澡了。不过我们这里所谓的澡是指人工的澡,即用自来水洗的澡。在过去的一年里,罗布骑车穿越美国,并尝试用各种天然水源来洗澡,包括湖泊,河流,雨水和瀑布。

 
San Diego resident Rob Greenfield just reached his goal of going a year without showering. And, surprisingly, he says it wasn't that hard.
 
The founder1 of an environmentally friendly marketing2 company, Greenfield started his project with a bike ride across America.
 
Greenfield set a few rules for himself on his ride, meant to promote sustainability and eco-friendly living: He could only harvest water from natural sources like rivers and rain, or from wasted sources like leaky faucets3(水龙头). He also had to keep track of exactly how much he used, hoping to show just how little he needed to get by.
 
Over his 100-day bike trip, Greenfield was able to use less than two gallons of water a day, or eight Nalgene bottles. 
 
After making it through the 100-day bike ride without a shower, Greenfield decided6 to try to go six months. Once that passed, he figured he might as well go a full year.
 
All he used was organic soap, toothpaste, and essential oils.
 
"Nobody thought that I smelled at all," he wrote on his blog. "And I surprised myself at how clean I was, just like everyone else." Greenfield says he had no lack of friends, and sometimes they'd even join him.
 
He even had a few romances, which he says were the times he felt the most challenged.
 
"The hardest part were the times when a beautiful gal5(姑娘) wanted to me to get in the shower with her and I had to say no," he told BuzzFeed. "A few times I almost got in and then remembered I was aiming for a year without showers."
 
He said it was also difficult when the temperature dropped in San Diego, and he didn't feel like having to go to the Pacific Ocean for a dip. But he still did it.
 
"I realized that water doesn't have to come from a shower head to get me clean," he wrote.
 
In Brooklyn, for example, he found a bath in a leaky fire hydrant.
 
For people who don't live near bodies of water but want to be more eco-friendly, Greenfield recommends trying to be conscious of water usage, taking shorter or fewer showers, and turning off your faucet4(插口).
 
The world traveler told BuzzFeed his biggest takeaway from the project has been abolishing stereotypes7.
 
"A short time ago I would have thought it crazy to forgo8(放弃) conventional showers," he said. "Turns out it's not really a big deal at all. We have a tendency to make instant character judgments9 based on clothing, style, race, sexual preference, political affiliation10, and even bathing habits, and most of the time we’re just absolutely wrong."
 
So is he done showering forever? He's not sure, but it sounds like he's not ready to throw in the towel (pun intended) just yet.
 
"Maybe I never will again or maybe I'll shower tomorrow," he said. "All I know is that I feel really darn good right now and I'm having a positive impact on our society."


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1 Founder wigxF     
n.创始者,缔造者
参考例句:
  • He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
  • According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说,罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。
2 marketing Boez7e     
n.行销,在市场的买卖,买东西
参考例句:
  • They are developing marketing network.他们正在发展销售网络。
  • He often goes marketing.他经常去市场做生意。
3 faucets e833a2e602cd8b0df81b54d239f87538     
n.水龙头( faucet的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • Water faucets shall be chrome-plated type with ball valve. 水龙头外表为铬镀层。 来自互联网
  • The plumber came that afternoon and fixed the faucets in some minutes. 当天下午,管子工来了,几分钟内便把水龙头安装好。 来自互联网
4 faucet wzFyh     
n.水龙头
参考例句:
  • The faucet has developed a drip.那个水龙头已经开始滴水了。
  • She turned off the faucet and dried her hands.她关掉水龙头,把手擦干。
5 gal 56Zy9     
n.姑娘,少女
参考例句:
  • We decided to go with the gal from Merrill.我们决定和那个从梅里尔来的女孩合作。
  • What's the name of the gal? 这个妞叫什么?
6 decided lvqzZd     
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
参考例句:
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
7 stereotypes 1ff39410e7d7a101c62ac42c17e0df24     
n.老套,模式化的见解,有老一套固定想法的人( stereotype的名词复数 )v.把…模式化,使成陈规( stereotype的第三人称单数 )
参考例句:
  • Such jokes tend to reinforce racial stereotypes. 这样的笑话容易渲染种族偏见。
  • It makes me sick to read over such stereotypes devoid of content. 这种空洞无物的八股调,我看了就讨厌。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
8 forgo Dinxf     
v.放弃,抛弃
参考例句:
  • Time to prepare was a luxuary he would have to forgo.因为时间不够,他不得不放弃做准备工作。
  • She would willingly forgo a birthday treat if only her warring parents would declare a truce.只要她的父母停止争吵,她愿意放弃生日宴请。
9 judgments 2a483d435ecb48acb69a6f4c4dd1a836     
判断( judgment的名词复数 ); 鉴定; 评价; 审判
参考例句:
  • A peculiar austerity marked his judgments of modern life. 他对现代生活的批评带着一种特殊的苛刻。
  • He is swift with his judgments. 他判断迅速。
10 affiliation MKnya     
n.联系,联合
参考例句:
  • There is no affiliation between our organization and theirs,even though our names are similar.尽管两个组织的名称相似,但我们之间并没有关系。
  • The kidnappers had no affiliation with any militant group.这些绑架者与任何军事组织都没有紧密联系。
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