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发帖数: 6973 | 1 David Pierson, In China, nothing says 'upwardly mobile' like a $6,000 toilet
. Los Angeles Times, Oct. 1, 2010.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-china-toilet,0,1385967.story
("Squat toilet habits are hard to break in China, particularly among the
older generation. Women's public restrooms commonly include signs asking
visitors not to stand on the seats. The telltale sign it's too late? A set
of footprints.")
Note:
(a) Goldilocks Principle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldilocks_Principle
Goldilocks has blond hair.
lock (n): "1a: a tuft, tress, or ringlet of hair b plural: the hair of the
head"
All definitions are from www.m-w.com, except (g).
(b) Toto Ltd.
http://www.toto.co.jp/en/
(c) commode (n; French, from commode, adjective, suitable, convenient): "
TOILET"
(d) bidet (n; French, small horse): "a bathroom fixture used especially for
bathing the external genitals and the anal region"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bidet
* fixture (n): "something that is fixed or attached (as to a building) as a
permanent appendage or as a structural part "
(e) Two Japanese surnames:
Katsuya 勝谷
Yanagihara 柳原
(f) The report states, "To better suit the Chinese market, some Kohler
toilets are made a few inches shorter than in the U.S." I guess it alludes
to shorter stature of Chinese.
(g) floorboard (n): "long wooden board that is part of a wooden floor"
MacMillan Dictionary. |
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