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Can you imagine that……翻译一下这篇阅读吧,谢谢啦
Can you imagine your doctor warning that taking a bath could be unhealthy? In the early 1800s, many doctors thought that bathtubs(浴缸) could carry diseases, so they advised against their use. The advice wasn't based on personal experience, because few of the doctors owned tubs. The White House did not even have a bathtub until 1851.
In the 19th century, only one home out of six had a bathroom. A child took only one bath a week. On Saturday nights children all lined up for their turns to wash in a wooden tub in the kitchen. Mothers had to boil the water on the stove and carry it over to fill the tub. No wonder children could not jump into a tub as they do today.
When the first bathtubs were introduced, even their makers weren't sure whether the new fashion would last. They advertised their products as water containers that "could be used as bathing tubs."
The bathtub became popular in America shortly after World War I. By then most middle-class families had indoor taps. At first most tubs were made of wood, but as the popularity of the product increased, so did the creativity of tub makers. Before porcelain (瓷) tubs there were rubber ones like the plastic swimming pools kids use today. In the past few years owners often invited guests to see them. They told their friends how wonderful baths in these tubs could be.
Now doctors no longer warn that bathtubs carry diseases. Instead they tell their patients about the benefits of frequent bathing. Maybe one of the best reasons why doctors encourage frequent trips to the tub is that bathed patients smell better!
你能想象医生会警告说盆浴是不健康的吗?在19世纪早期,很多医生认为浴缸能够传播疾病,所以他们建议不要使用浴缸.但是因为医生们很少拥有浴缸,所以这一建议并不是基于个人经验的.甚至连白宫在1851年前也没有浴缸.
在19世纪,六户家庭中只有一户有浴室,孩子一星期只洗一次澡.星期六晚上,孩子们按序在厨房里的一个木盆中洗浴,他们的母亲需要用炉子将水煮沸并提过去倒进盆内,所以那时候的孩子们不能像现在一样跳进浴缸也就不足为奇了.
浴缸的制造商们在第一次推广他们的产品时也不确定这种新时尚能持续多久,他们在广告中将这一产品称为“能用作浴缸的”水容器.
一战后,浴缸很快在美国变得流行起来.那时多数中产阶级家庭都已有了室内的水龙头.起初多数浴缸都是木制的,但是当该产品受到更广泛的欢迎之后,制造商们也变得更具创造性了.在瓷制浴缸出现之前曾经有过就像现在小孩用的塑料泳池那样的橡胶浴缸.那几年里房子的主人们经常邀客人参观浴缸,并告诉他们在这些浴缸里泡澡的感觉是多么美妙.
现在医生们不再警告称浴缸携带疾病,而是告诉病人常泡澡的好处.或许医生这样做的原因之一是因为常泡澡的病人身上没有味儿吧!