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“自來水”，告急！
[ 2007-05-31 16:48 ]
市民紛涌超市，純凈水價格猛漲…… 這很讓人想到2005年哈爾濱因松花江污染而引起的停水風波。近日，太湖藍藻提前暴發，無錫居民為此備受變質自來水的困擾。
請看外電相關報道：Residents in eastern Chinese city of Wuxi rushed to buy bottled water after tap supplies became putrid from algae blanketing a nearby lake, and scientists said the outbreak could last for months.
The volatile mix of pollution, thirsty citizens and health worries echoed a panic in late 2005, when millions of residents of Harbin in northeast China hadtap watercut off for weeks after a toxic spill in the Songhua River affected drinking water.
報道中的“tap water”就是我們每天使用的“自來水”，有時也可寫作“running water”或“tap supplies”。
此外，這里再順便提一提“礦泉水”。“Mineral water/spring water”用來專指“天然礦泉水”，但超市里買來喝的礦泉水一般用“bottled water”來形容。
最后，再談一個與“喝水”有關的詞 —— drinking fountain（飲水機）。
（英語點津陳蓓編輯）
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