双语阅读英语外刊精讲：闲话印度的厕所(附音频)

2018-10-16 12:27:16来源：酷学英语

　　双语阅读是英语学习爱好者的天堂，在双语阅读里，不仅可以了解英美当地文化、习俗，还可以掌握地道英语表达，提高英语综合能力。本期主题：新东方黄培辰老师为大家带来《双语阅读英语外刊精讲：闲话印度的厕所(附音频)》，与大家一起分享。点击查看：《双语阅读：英语外刊阅读精讲汇总》

　　印度90%以上的农村地区没有公共厕所，总理莫迪上任以来，已经修建了很多厕所，但是对于这个拥有十几亿人口的国家，够用吗？在本期酷学的讲解中，我们还要说一说当代英语词汇中的那些印度词汇，喜欢读外刊的同学，一起来听新东方黄培辰老师的解读，本文选自Washington Post。

　　Part One: The Original

　　An ideal groom in this dusty farming village is a vegetarian, does not drink, has good prospects for a stable job and promises his bride-to-be an amenity in high demand: a toilet. In rural India, many young women are refusing to marry unless the suitor furnishes their future home with a bathroom, freeing them from the inconvenience and embarrassment of using community toilets or squatting in fields.

　　About 665 million people in India -- about half the population -- lack access to latrines. But since a "No Toilet, No Bride" campaign started about two years ago, 1.4 million toilets have been 4built here in the northern state of Haryana, some with government funds, according to the state's health department.

　　Women's rights activists call the program a revolution as it spreads across India's vast and largely impoverished rural areas.

双语阅读：英语外刊阅读精讲(附音频)