VOA慢速英语--泳者见证香港水域三十年的水质变化
时间：2018-12-16 作者：英语课 分类：2018年VOA慢速英语(十一)月
Sandy Lam has been rising early each day to swim in the waters off Hong Kong Island for nearly 30 years.
Lam is 68 years old. He is part of a small community of about 50 people – mostly older adults – who often use the Sai Wan 1 Swimming Shed 2.
The small building offers simple changing areas and wash rooms for people who want to swim in the Sulphur 3 Channel.
“We’re all friends and we’ve known each other for a long time,” Lam said.
He added that the cost of using the swimming shed is not high. Members pay $19 a month, which pays for the running water, lighting 4 and crews to keep the changing rooms clean.
The shed was built in the 1960s or 1970s. It is the last surviving building of its kind. Such structures were popular in the early part of the 20th century when Hong Kong was a British colony 5. At the time, there were few public swimming areas in Hong Kong.
Today the Sai Wan Swimming Shed remains 6 popular with older swimmers and locals. Foreign visitors and newlyweds like to go there to take pictures.
Local swimmers cross a narrow, wooden bridge to reach the sea. They jump into the waters not far from the city’s financial center. Swimmers are able to see huge container ships leaving the port, passenger boats and fishing boats.
Ying Sing is 83 years old. “I’ve been coming here for 40 years, every single day,” Sing said, “I walk up the hill to come here, even on Sundays.”
Most swimmers say the exercise keeps them healthy, although some have noted 7 a change in water quality over the years.
“I feel there is more plastic in the sea,” said 58-year-old Dennis Yeung.” He added, “I have noticed a difference since I’ve been swimming here from when I was small…There is quite a big difference. In the future, it will be more of a problem too.”
I’m Mario Ritter.
Words in This Story
shed –n. a small simple building
newlyweds –n. a couple who married recenlty
- The shared connection can be an Ethernet,wireless LAN,or wireless WAN connection.提供共享的网络连接可以是以太网、无线局域网或无线广域网。
- There are a lot of straws in the shed.棚子里有许多稻草。
- His nose told him that he was getting near the cow shed.他的嗅觉告诉他，他正走近牛棚。
- The water smacks of sulphur.这水有点儿硫磺味。
- At the same time a piece of sulphur slipped out of his hand.同时有一块硫磺从他手中滑下。
- The gas lamp gradually lost ground to electric lighting.煤气灯逐渐为电灯所代替。
- The lighting in that restaurant is soft and romantic.那个餐馆照明柔和而且浪漫。
- There lived a colony of bees on the tree.树上生活着一群蜜蜂。
- They live in an artists'colony.他们住在艺术家聚居区。