張沛元

What to do with doggy doo - how ’bout a Powerloo?

該拿狗便便怎麼辦——強力馬桶怎麼樣？

Necessity might be the mother of invention, but nastiness also played a big role in Curt Fournier’s creation. Fournier, 34, developed the Powerloo and formed GreenDog LLC with fiancee Victoria Januszewski.

需要或許是發明之母，但對科特．富尼耶來說，骯髒在創造上也扮演一大角色。34歲的富尼耶發明了「強力馬桶」，並與未婚妻維多莉亞．賈努斯澤斯基創設「綠狗股份有限公司」。

It’s an outdoor, handsfree flushable toilet for dog waste. The Powerloo sits just below ground level and taps into sewer lines. It’s designed to be an environmentally safe and convenient way to dispose of dog poop.

這是一種戶外的、不需要用到手，以及可沖水的狗便便馬桶。「強力馬桶」安置在地面下，並且連接下水道，其設計既顧及環保，又能方便處理狗便便。

"Vicki and I were getting tired of cleaning up the mess left by our two dogs and thought that being able to flush it down a toilet in the backyard would make things easier," Fournier said.

「維琪與我都受夠了幫我們的兩條狗清理便便，心想若能將之沖下一個位於庭院的馬桶，事情就簡單多了」，富尼耶說。

新聞辭典

LLC ：字頭縮寫，limited liability company，股份有限公司。

do with：關聯；關於；處理對待，相處忍受。例句：his illness has nothing do with his failing the exam.（他的病跟他考試失敗毫無關聯。）

doo-doo／poop：名詞，大便。doo為兒童語。文中另有loo，名詞，馬桶（主要以英國為主）。

dispose：動詞，處置。disposable，形容詞，可任意處置的。例句：I don’t use disposable chopsticks; it’s bad for the enveriment.（我不用免洗筷；那不環保。）

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