导读:随着夏季来临，气温不断攀升，北京市各大游泳场馆人气爆棚。然而，眼前的一池碧水是否真像看到的这么干净？
Where should we urinate? Most people are likely to say, "the washroom, of course". But how about a swimming pool?
我们应该在哪里小便？大多数的人可能会说：“当然是卫生间了”。但是，在游泳池里呢？
As crazy and outrageous as it sounds, urinating in swimming pools is an open secret around the world. According to a recent Travelocity survey of 9,500 vacationers from North America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region, 64 percent United States citizens, 58 percent Canadians, 46 percent Britons, 44 percent Germans admitted to urinating in the pool at least once or having no problem doing it secretly. A bit conservatively, only 41 percent of Chinese travelers think that is okay.
也许听起来有些疯狂，有些令人惊讶，但在泳池里小便在世界各地都是一个公开的秘密。最近，Travelocity对来自北美、欧洲和亚太地区的9500位度假者进行调查。调查结果显示，64%的美国人、58%的加拿大人、46%的英国人和44%的德国人承认至少曾经在泳池里小便过一次，或者认为在泳池里并不需要偷偷地小便。稍微保守一些的是，只有41%的中国游客认为可以在泳池里小便 。
But recent inspections in Beijing showed low chlorine and high urea levels are common in outdoor swimming pools. The high level of urea is caused by swimmers’ sweat and urine. Also, most pools are believed to use cheaper and substandard chlorine and other disinfectants so as to save operational costs.
但是最近在北京进行的检查显示，室外泳池一般氯气含量较低，尿素含量较高。尿素含量高是由游泳者的汗水和尿液导致而成。另外，大多数泳池使用廉价、低标准的氯气和其他消毒剂，以节省运营成本。
Urinating in public has been common both in developing and developed countries. India at times is described as "the world’s largest open air toilet" because of its people’s habit of defecating in the open. Lack of enough public toilets is another reason why people urinate in the streets. For instance, in New York, 94,150 court summonses were issued to people between January 2011 and July 2014 for urinating in public, but just three new public toilets have been built in the city of 8 million people since 2008.
无论是在发展中国家，还是在发达国家，在公共场合小便已经司空见惯。有时候，人们把印度称为“世界上最大的露天厕所”，这是因为印度人习惯在露天场所大小便。人们在大街上小便的另一个原因是公共厕所不足。比如，在2011年1月至2014年之间，纽约因为在公共场合小便发出了94150张法院传票，但自2008年以来，这个拥有800万人口的城市只新建了3个公共厕所。
Although some people think it is not a big deal to urinate in a large pool, is it really comfortable for them to imagine themselves swimming in a big "toilet"? Swimmers should use the pool to swim, the washroom to urinate and the shower to wash up. We should not risk our health for just enjoying a little convenience.
虽然有些人认为在这么大的泳池里小便不是什么大问题，但是在这么大的“厕所”里游泳不会觉得难受吗？游泳者应该在泳池里游泳，在卫生间小便，在淋浴间洗澡。我们不应该仅仅为了一点点便利而拿自己的健康冒险。
