VOA常速英语2015--太空式淋浴节约水和钱_（在线收听）

Space-Age Shower Saves Water, Money 太空式淋浴节约水和钱_

Showering typically sends water down the drain, but a new space-age shower could change that. The design, inspired by NASA, saves water and money.

Astronauts have no choice but to recycle the water they use in space. Now the OrbSys Shower of the Future brings that concept down to Earth. This futuristic shower comes from Orbital Systems, a Swedish advanced technology company. Its CEO, Mehrdad Mahdjoubi, invented the product.

宇航员们一直面临着除了回收太空中自己所使用的水之外别无选择的窘境。而现在一家名为OrbSys的公司则将未来淋浴概念带向地球之外。这种未来淋浴最初诞生于瑞典先进技术公司轨道系统。其首席执行官默哈达德·马德尤比发明了这项产品。

"The shower of the future is a water-recycling shower, thus enabling water savings up to 90 percent, energy savings up to 80 percent, at the same time increasing comfort and hygiene. The water is being collected in the drain, it's being analyzed, purified and then pumped back up to the shower head. So what is so special about the purification technology? Well, it's based on a patented purification capsule system that makes sure that the water is always crystal clear," he explained.

“未来的淋浴是一种水循环淋浴,从而使储水率高达90%,节能80%,同时增加舒适度，还能保障卫生。水源在排水系统中进行收集,然后进行分析,纯化,进而注入淋浴喷头。所以净化技术的特别之处在哪里?嗯,它是基于专利净化胶囊系统,确保每一滴水总是晶莹剔透。”

Mahdjoubi was inspired by a project between NASA and Sweden's Lund University to come up with designs for a mission to Mars. He adapted the closed-loop system that allows astronauts to re-use shower water again and again.

马德尤比的灵感来自NASA和瑞典隆德大学间开展的一个火星任务设计的项目。他采用了闭环系统,允许宇航员重复使用淋浴水源。

The product already has been tested in Sweden, where it saved up to 100,000 liters of water over four months. Based on those results, Mahdjoubi is confident his company can distribute the shower system worldwide.

这一产品已经在瑞典进行了测试,那里超过4个月时间节省100000公升的水。基于这些结果,马德尤比淋浴系统确信他的公司可以将这种淋浴系统在世界范围内推广。

"Our market is anyone who takes a shower, actually, and the biggest benefit it gives is to the market segment where the water consumption is the highest, such as bathing establishments, gyms, sports centers. Also, private households where the water consumption and the prices are high," said Mahdjoubi.

“我们的市场定位在任何洗澡的人,实际上沐浴场所、健身房、体育中心等用水量最高的市场最为受益。此外还有私人家庭用水而且价格很高的地方。”

The "out of this world" design has won several business and innovation awards.

这一绝妙的设计赢得了多项商业及创新奖项。