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On sunny days, the Roman citizens of Ostia could be found on a long stone bench near the Forum.
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On sunny days, the Roman citizens of Ostia could be found on a long stone bench near the Forum.
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Friends and neighbors exchanged news and gossip while simultaneously attending to more... urgent business.
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These public latrines could sit up to 20 Romans at a time, draining waste in water conduits below.
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Today, most cultures consider trips to the restroom to be a more private occasion.
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But even when going alone, our shared sewage infrastructure is one of the most pivotal inventions in the history of humanity.
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While many ancient religious texts contain instructions for keeping waste away from drinking water and campsites, waste management took a more familiar shape as early as 3000 BCE.
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Ancient Mesopotamian settlements often had clay structures made for squatting or sitting in the most private room of the house.
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These were connected to pipes which used running water to move waste into street canals and cesspits.
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Water infrastructure like this flourished in the Bronze Age, and in some parts of the Indus Valley, nearly every house had a toilet connected to a citywide sewage system.
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Ancient Cretan palaces even offered a manual flushing option.
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Researchers can’t say for certain what inspired these early sewage systems, but we do know that waste management is essential for public health.
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Untreated sewage is a breeding ground for dangerous microorganisms, including those that cause cholera, dysentery, and typhoid.
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It would be several millennia before scientists fully understood the relationship between sewage and sickness.
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But the noxious odors of sewage have recorded associations with disease as early as 100 BCE.
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And by 100 AD, more complex sanitation solutions were emerging.
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The Roman Empire had continuously flowing aqueducts dedicated to carrying waste outside city walls.
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Chinese dynasties of the same period also had private and public toilets, except their waste was immediately recycled.
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Most household toilets fed into pig sties, and specialized excrement collectors gathered waste from public latrines to sell as fertilizer.
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In China, this tradition of waste management continued for centuries, but in Europe the fall of the Roman Empire brought public sanitation into the Dark Ages.
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Pit latrines called “gongs” became commonplace, and chamber pots were frequently dumped into the street.
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Castles ejected waste from tall windows into communal cesspits.
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At night, so-called gong farmers would load up the waste before traveling beyond city limits to dump their cargo.
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Europe's unsanitary approach persisted for centuries, but toilets themselves underwent some major changes.
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By the late Middle Ages, most wealthy families had commode stools— wooden boxes with seats and lids.
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And in the royal court of England, the commodes were controlled by the Groom of the Stool.
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In addition to monitoring the king’s intestinal health, the Groom’s... intimate relationship with the monarch made him a surprisingly influential figure.
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The next major leap in toilet technology came in 1596, when Sir John Harrington designed the first modern flush toilet for Queen Elizabeth.
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Its use of levers to release water and a valve to drain the bowl still inform modern designs.
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But Harrington’s invention stank of sewage.
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Thankfully, in 1775, Scottish inventor Alexander Cumming added a bend in the drainpipe to retain water and limit odors.
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This so-called S-trap was later improved into the modern U-bend by Thomas Crapper— though the term “crap” predates the inventor by several centuries.
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By the turn of the 19th century, many cities had developed modern sewage infrastructure and wastewater treatment plants, and today, toilets have a wide range of features, from the luxurious to the sustainable.
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But roughly 2 billion people still don’t have their own toilets at home.
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And another 2.2 billion don’t have facilities that properly manage their waste, putting these communities at risk of numerous diseases.
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To solve this problem, we’ll need to invent new sanitation technologies and address the behavioral, financial, and political issues that produce inequity throughout the sanitation pipeline.

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문법 및 표현의 맥락

비디오에서 사용된 몇 가지 주요 구조를 살펴보겠습니다:

  • "could be found": 이 구문은 가능성을 나타내며, 특정 상황을 묘사할 때 자주 사용됩니다. 예를 들어, "On sunny days, the Roman citizens could be found on a long stone bench"는 특정 장소에서의 활동을 나타냅니다.
  • "used to": 이 표현은 과거에 자주 있었던 행동이나 습관을 설명할 때 사용됩니다. "In the Bronze Age, water infrastructure like this was used to move waste"와 같은 문장은 과거의 습관을 서술하는 데 유용합니다.
  • "would be": 가정적인 상황을 나타낼 때 사용되며, 미래의 결과를 예측하거나 조건을 설정할 때 자주 나타납니다. "It would be several millennia before scientists fully understood"는 미래의 어떤 일에 대한 예측을 담고 있습니다.

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비디오에서 주의해야 할 단어와 발음을 살펴보겠습니다:

  • "sewage": 이 단어는 발음하기 어려울 수 있으며, /ˈsuː.ɪdʒ/로 발음됩니다. "'ㅅ' 발음에 주의해야 하는데, 많은 학습자들이 '소이즈'로 잘못 발음합니다.
  • "infrastructure": 이 단어는 슬로우한 발음을 요구하며, /ˈɪnfrəˌstrʌk.tʃər/로 발음되어야 합니다. '인프라스트럭처'라는 발음에 익숙해지세요.
  • "cholera": 이 단어는 특히 어려운 발음으로, /ˈkɒl.ər.ə/로 발음됩니다. 많은 발음 실수 중 하나인 '콜레라'를 올바른 발음으로 교정해야 합니다.

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