In the flat where I stayed in Cape Town last month, the bathtub felt like a relic of a lost civilisation. It may never be used again. Beside it was a shower containing an egg timer. The two-minute wash has been standard here since the recent three-year drought. In the city’s public bathrooms, a dribble comes out of the tap. Posters everywhere warn against wasting water.
在今年2月我在開普敦暫住的公寓裏,浴缸感覺像是一個失落文明的遺物。它可能永遠不會再被使用。浴缸旁邊是一個裝有煮蛋計時器的淋浴器。自最近三年爆發乾旱以來,兩分鐘的快速淋浴成爲標準。在該市的公共浴室,水龍頭出來的水又細又小。到處張貼著警告人們不要浪費水的海報。
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