But the rise of the shower has been relentless, a sort of upright army marching across the land, while the poor old bathtub has lain trembling in its wake: in 1970, a mere 5% of homes had a shower;

不过，淋浴的流行过程可以用“压倒性”来形容，这支纵向供水的大军横行世界时，我们可怜的老浴缸只能瑟缩在他们所过之处的角落里：上世纪70年代，仅有百分之五的家庭拥有淋浴；

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"It is sort of like a bathtub,". "Maybe we have stopped the drain a little bit in terms of the people losing jobs.

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