美国也有“上游污水下游喝”的日子

       众所周知，美国上个世纪六十年代初加州洛杉矶三藩市一代发生过严重的空气污染情况。 有时情形可能比现在的北京更为严重。美国著名幽默音乐人Tom Lehere六十年代初写了一首有名的歌曲叫“Pollution（污染）", 足以反映当时的情况。时过境迁，今日的加州所幸已是蓝天白云，空气清新。我们来看看当时的情况，这里有美式的幽默，有民众的无奈。

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If you visit American city,                                                                   假如你去到一个美国的城市，
You will find it very pretty.                                                                 你会发现它非常美丽。
Just two things of which you must beware:                                       但你得需要了解两件事：
Don't drink the water and don't breathe the air!                                不要喝水不要呼吸！

 

Pollution, pollution!                                                                            污染，污染！
They got smog and sewage and mud.                                              他们有雾霾，下水道的外泄污水和泥浆。
Turn on your tap                                                                              打开水龙头
And get hot and cold running crud!                                                  流出来的是热的和冷的浊汤！

 

 

See the halibuts and the sturgeons                                                    看比目鱼和鲟鱼
Being wiped out by detergeons.                                                        用洗衣粉来檫洗。
Fish gotta swim and birds gotta fly,                                                   鱼儿要游呀鸟儿要飞，
But they don't last long if they try.                                                  飞也飞不高来游不了多一会。

 

Pollution, pollution!                                                                           污染，污染啊，
You can use the latest toothpaste,                                                   你可以用最新的牙膏来刷牙， 
And then rinse your mouth                                                              然后漱口檫嘴
With industrial waste.                                                                       用的是工业废水。

 

 

Just go out for a breath of air                                                            到户外去呼吸一下空气看看
And you'll be ready for Medicare.                                                       你得要准备好看病去医院。
The city streets are really quite a thrill -                                              城市的街道真是恐怖－－－
If the hoods don't get you, the monoxide will.                                   假如汽车尾气没整倒你，还有一氧化碳。

 

 

Pollution, pollution!                                                                              污染，污染啊！
Wear a gas mask and a veil.                                                                戴个防毒面具或者面罩。
Then you can breathe,                                                                        然后就可以呼吸了，
Long as you don't inhale!                                                                    只呼不吸，如果你能做得到！

 

 

Lots of things there that you can drink,                                               有太多的饮品供你来挑，
But stay away from the kitchen sink!                                                   可你要远离厨房水槽！
The breakfast garbage that you throw into the Bay                            早餐的垃圾刚从湾区出去

They drink at lunch in San Jose.*                                                        圣荷西的人们在午餐时就喝到了。

 

So go to the city,                                                                                    去那座城市吧，去！
See the crazy people there.                                                                     看看那里疯狂的人们，
Like lambs to the slaughter,                                                                     犹如待宰的羔羊，
They're drinking the water                                                                       他们在喝着水，
And breathing [cough] the air!                                                                 在 呼吸着（咳着嗽）空气！

 

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