練習(xí)雙語：人的一生要排多少便便

1、練習(xí)雙語：人的一生要排多少便便人一生中要排多少便便？美國趣味科學(xué)網(wǎng)站近日給出了答案。該網(wǎng)站稱，人們便便的 數(shù)量可能根據(jù)年齡、體重、飲食、運(yùn)動和其他因素會有很大差異。A persons accomplishments accumulate over years and decades. Something else accumulates, too their poop.人們所獲得的成就經(jīng)年累月地積累，還有其他一些東西的總量也在不斷累加一一他們的 便便。The quantities of poop that people leave behind during an individual bat

2、hroom break can vary widely, depending on age, body weight, diet, exercise and other factors.人們排出體外的便便數(shù)量可能會因年齡、體重、飲食、運(yùn)動及其他因素的不同有很大差 異。But how much poop does the average person produce in their lifetime?那么，一般來說人們一生中會排出多少便便呢？Moving ones bowels is part of the normal digestive process for most animals;

3、after nutrients are extracted from food and liquid, waste is eliminated as urine and feces.排便是大多數(shù)動物正常消化過程中的一部分；人們從食物和液體中攝取營養(yǎng)物質(zhì)后將廢 物作為尿液和便便排出。Human stool, when healthy, is usually made up of about 70-percent solids and 30-percent fluids, Kim Barrett, a professor of medicine at the University of Calif

4、ornia, San Diego, told Live Science. Personal bowel habits notwithstanding, on average, both men and women move their bowels about once per day and produce a daily average of 400 to 500 grams of feces, Barrett said.加利福尼亞大學(xué)圣迭戈分校醫(yī)學(xué)教授金巴雷特對趣味科學(xué)網(wǎng)站記者說，健康的人類便 便通常由70%的固體和30%的流體組成。巴雷特說，盡管個(gè)人的排便習(xí)慣不同，但男性和女 性平均每

5、天排便一次，排泄量平均約為400-500克。Researchers have even identified the speed at which humans generally produce their poo: about 2 centimeters per second, Live Science previously reported. Constipation being unable to move ones bowels can lead to longer, or more uncomfortable bathroom sessions. However, the amou

6、nt of time a person typically dedicates to unobstructed defecation is about 12 seconds per stool, and is uniform across many animal species regardless of their size, according to David Hu, an associate professor of mechanical engineering and biology at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Patrici

7、a Yang, a Georgia Tech doctoral candidate in mechanical engineering.根據(jù)趣味科學(xué)網(wǎng)站此前的報(bào)道，研究人員甚至確定了人類排便的平均速度：大約每秒2 厘米。便秘（難以排便）可能令人們在衛(wèi)生間待的時(shí)間更長、更不舒服。然而，佐治亞理工 學(xué)院機(jī)械工程和生物系副教授戴維胡和機(jī)械工程學(xué)博士研究生帕特里夏楊認(rèn)為，每個(gè)人每 次順暢排便的時(shí)間大約是12秒，而且許多動物物種都是如此，無論其體型大小。Starting with an average daily amount of about 400 grams, the total poop pro

8、duction in a weeks time would be about 2.8 kilograms. In a year; a single person would yield about 145 kg of poop just a little more than an adult panda weighs.從平均每天排便約400克開始計(jì)算，一周的排便量約為2.8公斤。一年間，一個(gè)人的排 便量將達(dá)到大約145公斤一一比一只成年熊貓的體重略多一點(diǎn)。In the US, the average life expectancy for men is about 76 years old,

9、and for women, it is around 81 years old. Therefore, a man living to age 76 would produce about 11,030 kg of poop over his lifetime, and a woman living to age 81 would produce about 11,757 kg so a lifetime of a womans poop weighs about as much as three adult male hippos.在美國，男性的平均預(yù)期壽命約為76歲，而女性的平均預(yù)期壽命

10、約為81歲。因此，一 個(gè)活到76歲的男子一生將產(chǎn)生大約11030公斤便便。一個(gè)活到81歲的女人一生會產(chǎn)生大 約11757公斤的便便一一相當(dāng)于三只成年雄性河馬的重量。Recently, the stark reality of how much poop humans can produce prompted action from officials at Denali National Park and Reserve in Alaska. Years of unregulated pooping by visitors to Denali, North Americas tallest m

11、ountain, left an estimated 69,000 to 98,000 kg of feces deposited on the mountain between 1951 and 2012.最近，人們便便總量的殘酷事實(shí)促使阿拉斯加州德納里國家公園和保護(hù)區(qū)的負(fù)責(zé)人們采 取了行動。德納里峰是北美最高的山峰。據(jù)估計(jì)在1951年到2012年間，到訪德納里峰的 游客在山中隨地排便達(dá)6.9萬至9.8萬公斤。Another unpleasant reality is that 4.5 billion people around the world do not have access to

12、 household toilets that safely dispose of their waste, according to the United Nations. And each year, over 181 million metric tons of human waste goes untreated, with more than 90 percent of sewage in the developing world released directly into oceans, lakes and rivers.另一個(gè)讓人不悅的事實(shí)是，據(jù)聯(lián)合國的數(shù)據(jù)，全球45億人家中沒

13、有洗手間，無法安全 處理排泄問題。每年，未經(jīng)處理的人類排泄物達(dá)L81億公噸。發(fā)展中國家超過90%的排泄 物直接排入海洋、河流和湖泊。At least 1.8 billion people worldwide depend on a drinking water source that is contaminated by fecal residue; poor sanitation leads to disease outbreaks and public health crises that affect millions of people each year many of them children. However, improving access to clean water and implementing better sanitation practices could prevent approximately 842,000 deaths each year, accordin