Collectionofwastewater(废水的收集)The“Shambles”isastreetorareainmanymedievalEnglishcities(单词“Shambles”在中世纪的英国城市是指一条街或地区),likeLondonandYork(如伦敦和纽约)
Duringtheeighteenthandnineteenthcenturies(在18和19世纪),Shambleswerecommercializedareas(意指商业化地区),withmeatpackingasamajorindustry(是一个把屠宰和分割肉制品作为主业的地方)
ThebutchersoftheShambleswouldthrowalloftheirwasteintothestreet(区域内的屠户会把所有的废弃物扔在街上),whereiswaswashedawaybyrainwaterintodrainageditches(这些废弃物在下雨时被冲入排水沟)
TheconditionofthestreetwassobadthatitcontributeditsnametotheEnglishlanguageoriginallyasasynonymforbutcheryorabloodybattlefield(因为环境是如此的恶劣,它在英文中的原始含义就是屠场或血腥场地的同义词)
Inoldcities(在老城里),drainageditcheslikethoseattheShambleswereconstructedforthesolepurposeofmovingstormwateroutofthecities(排水沟的唯一目的跟它们最初建在Shambles里一样,就是用于排放雨水)
Infact,discardinghumanexcrementintothesed