World Toilet Day
世界厕所日
on Nov 19
在11月19日
take away our waste
带走我们的垃圾
keep our homes and communities healthy
让我们的家园和社区保持健康
3.6 billion people
36亿人
one gram of human waste
一克人类排泄物
may have 10 million viruses and 1 million bacteria
或许有1000万种病毒和100万种细菌
make us sick or even kill us
让我们生病，甚至要了我们的命
That's why we should care so much about toilets.这就是为什么我们应该如此关心厕所的原因。
How many times do you use a toilet each day? Around seven times, said the scientists.你一天用几次厕所？科学家们说，大约有七次。
spend about three years of your life on the toilet大约有三年的时间是在厕所上度过
do other things
做其他事情
in the bathroom
在洗手间
put bookeshelves in there
把书架放那儿
talk with friends or family on their phones
用手机和朋友或家人聊天
others like to study or work
其他人喜欢学习或工作
the great Song Dynasty writer Ouyang Xiu wrote many poems
宋代伟大的作家欧阳修写了许多诗
on the toilet在马桶上
Choose the answer:
1.What can we learn about World Toilet Day from the story?
我们可以从这个报道中学到什么关于世界厕所日的信息？
People celebrated it on Nov 19 this year.
今年11月19日，人们庆祝了这一天。
A. People first celebrated it this year.
人们第一次庆祝它是在今年。
B. People build new toilets to celebrate it.
人们建造新的厕所来庆祝它。
D. It is a day for people to live without toilets.
这是人们生活在没有厕所的一天。
2. According to the UN, how many people worldwide need safe toilets?
根据联合国的数据，全球有多少人需要安全厕所？
答案：B. 3.6 billion 36亿
A.1 million一百万
C.10 million10,000万
D.19 million 1900万
3. According to Paragraph 4, toilets are important because
根据第4段，厕所很重要，因为
they take away dangerous human waste.
它们带走危险的人类排泄物。
A. they bring diseases
它们会带来疾病
B. people don't care about them
人们并不关心他们
C. they help kill viruses in our homes
它们可以帮助杀死我们家中的病毒
4.What is the last paragraph mainly about?
最后一段主要讲的是什么？
What people usually do while using toilets.
人们在使用厕所时通常做的事情。
A. Why people spend so much time on toilets.
为什么人们要花这么多时间在厕所上。
C. What toilets look like in different places.
不同地方的厕所是什么样子。
D. Why great artists wrote poems on
toilets.
伟大的艺术家为什么要写关于卫生间的诗篇。
