双语阅读:英国废弃电话亭再利用 变身室外卫生间
A pensioner has found a novel use for an old red telephone box, turning it into a lavatory.
英国一位退休老人近日极富创意地将一座陈旧的红色电话亭改造成一间室外卫生间。
John Long, 73, spent months converting the cubicle into a loo after finding the disused box in a reclamation yard in Carhampton, Somerset.
73岁的约翰•朗在萨默塞特郡卡汉普顿的回收区发现了这个废弃的电话亭，之后花费数月时间把它打造成了卫生间。
The retired salesman, from Taunton, Somerset, fitted the telephone box with a porcelain lavatory pan, hand basin, high-level cistern, frosted glass panes, a heater and a red tennis ball on the end of the lavatory chain.
来自萨默塞特郡陶顿的退休推销员约翰•朗在电话亭中安装了一个陶瓷马桶、一个洗手盆、一个高位水箱、磨砂玻璃板、和一个热水器，此外还在冲水绳的末端系了一个红色网球。
He said: 'I've done lots of projects, but this is one of the biggest. It's worked out extremely well – better than expected.
他说：“我做过很多工程，但这个最成功。效果非常完美，比我预想的好多了。”
'I've wanted a red telephone box for years and I didn't have an outside lavatory, so I thought I could combine the two.
“这些年我一直想有个红色电话亭，而且我没有室外卫生间，所以我觉得可以把两者合二为一。”
'To be honest, I probably use it more often than the internal lavatory now. It's just so convenient.'
“老实说，我现在用这间室外厕所的次数比室内的还要多，非常方便。”
Mr Long spent months transforming the telephone box and even crept out at night to measure another box down the road to check everything would fit.
朗先生花费数月时间改造电话亭，甚至在晚上偷偷溜去测量另外一间路边电话亭，确保所有器具都能装好。
