Downing the last drop of an expensive famous brand H2O as well as remembering to throw the empty bottle in the recycling bin, makes you feel pretty good about yourself, It shouldn’t. Even when the bottles are recycles, there are all kinds of other consequences of swallowing bottled water, says Melissa Peffers, the air-quality program manager for Environmental Defense.
喝下最后一滴昂贵的名牌水，记住把空瓶子扔进垃圾回收箱，会让你对自己感觉很好，这不应该。环境保护部空气质量项目经理梅丽莎·佩弗斯说，即使瓶子被回收利用，饮用瓶装水也会带来各种其他后果。
The containers are often filled in faraway lands, then shipped from abroad, and stored in refrigerators at your local store. Compare that with the influence on environment of turning on your tap, filling a glass, and drinking up!
这些容器通常在很远的地方装满水，然后从国外运过来，存放在当地商店的冰箱中。把它与打开水龙头，倒满一杯水，喝完对环境的影响相比较！
Anyone who is choosing bottled water for health reasons is misguided, says Peffers, “Most bottled water is just tap water.” And what comes out of your tap is carefully monitored to follow the strict rules. Consider another fact that bottled water is surprisingly expensive, especially when compared with the alternative, which is almost free, and it is astonishing that America’s desire for bottled water seems impossible to satisfy, reaching nearly 30 billion bottles a year.
佩弗斯说，任何出于健康原因而选择瓶装水的人都是被误导的，“大多数瓶装水只是自来水。”而且，为了遵守严格的规则，会对自来水进行仔细监测。考虑另一个事实，瓶装水出奇地昂贵，尤其是与几乎免费的替代品相比，令人惊讶的是，美国对瓶装水的需求似乎无法满足，每年达到近300亿瓶。
“My parents’ generation never had bottled water, ” says Isabelle Silvrman, an Environmental Defense legal adviser. She has made a commitment to going bottle free. “You don’t need to fetch it home from the store, and it’s cheaper.” She adds.
环境保护法律顾问伊莎贝尔·席尔曼表示：“我父母这一代人从来没有瓶装水。”。她已承诺不再使用瓶装水。她补充道：“你不需要从商店把它拿回家，而且更便宜。”。
Bottled water’s role as a status symbol needs to change, Peffers points out. So when a waiter at an expensive restaurant offers “And what’s your drink?” that’s no reason to forget your conviction. “Don’t be afraid to say, ‘I’ll have tap.’ Say it loud enough that the other tables nearby can hear you,” Peffers says, “And then spend that money on a dessert.”
佩弗斯指出，瓶装水作为身份象征的作用需要改变。所以，当一家昂贵餐厅的服务员提出“你喝什么？”那不是忘记你信念的理由。佩弗斯说：“不要害怕说‘我要自来水’。大声说，让附近的其他桌子都能听到你的声音，然后把钱花在甜点上。”
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