That makes the loo of the year awards all the more important .
上面所说的一切使得“年度厕所大奖”在业内变得异常重要。
With its clean lines and intuitive user interface , the humble loo transformed the lives of billions of people .
这种大众式的厕所有简洁的线条和直观的使用界面,它改变了数亿人的生活。
And it has been a bonanza for plumbing manufacturers , which are vying for a piece of the world 's largest loo market .
而且这对那些水暖制造商商来说简直就是一笔横财,他们正企图从这个世界上最大的厕所市场上获取一席之地。
I look at that website more times a day than I go to the loo ( forgive me , merciful god ! )
我每天浏览这个网站的次数比我上厕所的次数还有多(原谅我,仁慈的上帝!)
Presumably that 's why the british use a stupid amount of drinkable water to hydrate golf courses , wash down fleets of haulage trucks and flush the loo .
这大概就是英国人将大量可饮用的水用来喷洒高尔夫球场、冲洗货运卡车以及冲洗厕所的原因。
In this english village last week , organizers of britain 's loo of the year awards were just as eager to detail their contributions to society .
If you need the " loo " in a london office , you will almost always get open access too , albeit to something rather less elegant and likely lacking loo paper .
如果你在伦敦办公室需要“上厕所”,你几乎也总能随意进入,但环境不那么优雅,可能还会缺少卫生纸。
In august this year , bill gates awarded the $ 1 00000 first prize to dr michael hoffmann , professor of environment science and engineering at the california institute of technology , for his team 's solar-powered loo .
The second prize of $ 60000 went to the uk 's loughborough university for a loo that produces biological charcoal , minerals and clean water from human waste , using a process they call " continuous hydrothermal carbonisation " .
Tamzin phillips , the nt 's " compost doctor " is quoted in the press release as saying : " what 's so great about the pee bale is that it 's using a natural solution to help the garden while saving flushing the loo for only when it 's really necessary . "