» 拥有手机的人比能够找到地方上厕所的人还要多
    A new United Nations study has found that more people around the world have access to a cellphone than to a working toilet.
    
    一项最新的联合国研究发现，全世界拥有手机的人比能够找到地方上厕所的人还要多。
    
    The study’s numbers claim that of the world’s estimated 7 billion people, 6 billion have access to mobile phones. However, only 4.5 billion have access to a toilet.
    
    这次的研究数据显示，在世界70亿人口中，有60亿人拥有手机，但只有45亿人有厕所或公共厕所可上。
    
    
    
    At a press conference announcing the report, U.N. Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson announced the organization is launching an effort to halve the number of those without access by the end of 2015.
    
    在一次新闻发布会中，联合国副秘书长埃利亚松宣布，为了应对“无厕可上”问题，联合国开展了行动，将在2015年前将无法获得基本环境卫生的人口比例减半的目标。
    
    “Let’s face it—this is a problem that people do not like to talk about. But it goes to the heart of ensuring good health, a clean environment and fundamental human dignity for billions of people,” Eliasson said at the press conference.
    
    “让我们面对这个问题，这事个大多数人不愿意谈论的问题。但是厕所对于确保人们的身体健康，拥有一个干净的环境和维护基本的尊严是非常核心的问题。”他说道。
    
    In August 2012, the Bill Gates Foundation began its own effort to “reinvent the toilet” as a way to help curb the number of people around the world without access to sanitary waste disposal.
    
    在2012年八月，比尔盖茨基金会启动了“改造厕所”的计划，以帮助减少世界上那些没有卫生场所来排泄废物的人们。
    
    Interestingly, the report states that India alone is responsible for 60 percent of the world’s population that does not use a toilet, an estimated 626 million individuals. Yet, at the same time, there are an estimated 1 billion cellphones in India.
    
    有趣的是，这项报告称，单单印度就占到了世界上没有地方上厕所人口的60%。大约6.26亿人。然而，同时，在印度大约有10亿部手机。
    
    Conversely, in the world’s most highly populated country, China, only 14 million people do not have access to a toilet. However, there are also fewer cellphones in China, 986 million, according to the Daily Mail.
    
    相反的，在世界上人口最多的中国，只有1400万人不能够找到地方上厕所。然而，根据每日邮报的报道，在中国的手机数量也要比印度少一些，约有9.86亿部手机。
    
    Driving the point home, more than 750,000 people die each year from diarrhea and one of its primary causes is from unsanitary conditions created in communities without access to toilets.
    And there are other benefits of installing more modern sanitation options that don’t immediately come to mind.
    
    回到主题，有超过75万的人每年因为腹泻而死去，其中一个主要原因就是不能够得到赶紧厕厕所的人就只能在不卫生的条件下解决。安装更加现代化的卫生设施还有更多现在不能就立刻看到的好处。
    
    “This can also improve the safety of women and girls, who are often targeted when they are alone outdoors,” said Martin Mogwanja, deputy executive director of the U.N. Children’s Fund. “And providing safe and private toilets may also help girls to stay in school, which we know can increase their future earnings and help break the cycle of poverty.”
    
    “这同样能够提高妇女及女孩的安全，她们独自在外的时
    候总是成为别人的目标。”联合国儿童基金会的副执行主席说道。“提供安全的个人厕所同样帮助女孩们在学校中学习，而我们知道学习可以提高她们未来的收入，帮助打破贫穷的恶性循环。”
    

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