Have you ever heard the one about alligators living in New York sewers?

你听说过纽约下水道里有鳄鱼的故事吗？

Before the rainwater gets to the dirty sewers, trees can take some into themselves.

在雨水进入肮脏的下水道之前，树木可以自己吸收一些雨水。

The sewers discharge out at sea.

下水道的污水排入海里。

Open sewers flow down the streets.

排水沟在户外，污水沿着街道流动。

They poisoned rats in the city's sewers.

他们用药毒死城市下水道的老鼠。

They sent people to clean and disinfect the hospitals' sewers.

他们于是派人清洁并消毒医院的下水道。

Soon SAMMS cartridges might help clean up lakes, streams and sewers.

很快，SAMMS的威力槽就能用来帮助清洁湖泊、溪流和下水道。

On the day of the sixth of June, a battue of the sewers had been ordered.

在六月六日的白天，上级命令搜索阴渠。

The buildings are made of burnt brick, with an elaborate system of sewers and Wells.

这些建筑物是用烧成的砖砌成的，有着精心建造的下水道和水井。

'It was very chic,' says museum spokeswoman Marie-Christine Amable. 'We had beautiful sewers.'

巴黎下水道博物馆发言人玛丽-克丽丝婷•阿马布林(Marie-Christine Amable)说，当时的下水道非常有格调，拥有漂亮的排水管道。

So, when flushed, they cause blockages - and even contribute to 'fatbergs' present in sewers.

所以，被水冲走后，它们会导致下水道堵塞，甚至会带来“地沟油脂”。

In a survey of Egypt's poorest villagers 91% said the service they needed most urgently was sewers.

在调查埃及最贫困的村民时，91%的表示他们最需要的下水道系统。

Every day, huge volumes of these chemicals are flushed from homes and factories into sewers and rivers.

每天，大量的这种化学物质从住宅和工厂中冲入下水道和河流。

That\'s $100, 000 to schools, sewers, roads, firefighters and police. You\'ll be doing good for society.

这10万块钱被用在了学校、下水道、公路、消防和治安上面，你为社会做了好事。

Police in Naples, Italy, Thursday foiled bank robbery plot that the gangs planned to fled away through the sewers.

意大利那不勒斯警方17日破获一起银行抢劫案。犯罪团伙成员计划抢劫成功后经下水道逃跑。

Rusty yellow buses angrily navigate the craters and open sewers, sometimes ending up on their side in the dirt.

生锈的黄巴士怒吼着横越坑洼、污水横流的马路，有时直接停在垃圾堆边。

Sewers and drains have become antiquated and overloaded, and power, water and sewage plants too susceptible to floods.

下水道和排水管老化不堪，超负荷运作。 电力、水利和下水道设施在洪水面前不堪一击。

He built 83 miles of primary sewers, 1, 100 miles of street sewers and 13, 000 miles of smaller sewers, all underground.

他建造了83英里的排水干道，1100英里的街道排水沟和13000英里的较小的排水沟，均为地下设施。

It would be unpopular, but it would help pay for sewers and give those who have plenty of water an incentive to use less.

这可能不受欢迎，但是这将会有助于为排水系统筹钱，并且会刺激那些大量用水的人减少水的使用量。

This melancholy fate, always possible on certain sea beaches, was also possible, thirty years ago, in the sewers of Paris.

这种阴郁的意外之灾，可能常常发生在这一带或那一带海滨，也可能发生在三十年前巴黎的阴渠中。

It is therefore important to have clean water and sewers because it will decrease cholera and perhaps prevent it for good.

因此，拥有干净的水和下水道十分重要，因为这能减少、或许永远防止霍乱的发生。

It was cholera, as much as the great stink, which led London's masters to build vast sewers, install toilets, and promote hygiene.

正是霍乱及瘴气促使伦敦的管理者广铺下水道，安建厕所，促进卫生。

In this way, we have created an ideal environment for the emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in our drains and sewers.

这样，我们为下水道和河流中出现的抗药性细菌创建了一个理想的环境。