世界上你絕不想去游泳的十個地方(上)

People generally enjoy swimming. Whether they're splashing on the surface or diving below, most enter the water at some point in their lives, and many do so frequently. Nevertheless, there are some locations where it may be a better idea to leave the swimsuit at home.

人們一般都喜歡游泳，不管是在水面擊打着水花還是在水下潛游。大部分人在他們生命中的某個時刻學會游泳，且有很多人都經常游泳。然而，地球上某些地方不適合游泳，把泳衣留在家裏是個更好的選擇。

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10.孟買

The populous coastal city of Mumbai, India, unsurprisingly features many beaches. Unfortunately, these beaches have been declared unfit for bathing. Large amounts of untreated sewage are discharged from Mumbai into its surrounding seas, leaving its shores extremely polluted. While the city has a sewage network, much waste ends up bypassing it, traveling directly into waterways. Slum residents' practice of throwing waste directly into storm drains is cited as a primary contributor to this problem.

印度海岸城市孟買，人口衆多且以沙灘數量多著名。不幸的是，這些沿海沙灘都不適合游泳。有很多未經處理的污染物從孟買市區流進附近的海域，使海岸線水質受到嚴重污染。雖然城市有污水處理系統，但大部分污染源繞過了它直接進入城市水道。貧民窟的人們向城市水道直接丟棄污染物是造成這一問題的主要原因。

The pollution is steadily worsening. Pollutant levels, particularly human and animal feces, are rising at nearly every beach in the city, placing beachgoers at risk of infection. Bathers also report itching and skin rashes after swimming. Girgaon Chaupati, Mumbai's most popular beach, has four times the acceptable limit of fecal bacteria. Other beaches are ite the pollution, Mumbai's beaches still receive much use, particularly for the city's annual Ganesh Chaturthi celebration. This festival commemorates the birth of the Hindu god Lord Ganesha and culminates with the immersion of Lord Ganesha idols in the sea. Girgaon Chaupati is the site of the largest immersion ceremony.

污染情況正在變得越來越糟。孟買的每個沙灘海平面上的污染物尤其是動物和人類的糞便在不斷增加，這使很多沙灘愛好者有被感染各種疾病的風險。很多游泳者在這些沙灘游泳之後稱有皮膚髮癢和患有蕁麻疹的症狀。孟買最著名的沙灘Girgaon Chaupati上渣滓物細菌是健康標準的四倍，其他沙灘的情況更糟。另外，孟買每年都會在沙灘上舉辦象頭神節。這個節日主要是爲了紀念印度教主象頭神的生日，最後會以將主甘妮薩的聖像浸入大海。這個節日慶祝的最重要儀式就是在Girgaon Chaupati 海灘舉行的。這種慶祝活動也帶來了一定的污染。

Smyrna Beach

9.新士麥那海灘

New Smyrna Beach, in Volusia County, Florida, is a great place to surf... and to swim with sharks. The waters off New Smyrna possess large populations of fish, which in turn attract many sharks. Combine that with the beach's aforementioned popularity with surfers, and you have a beach that is considered the "shark attack capital of the world" by the International Shark Attack File. Scientists estimate that anyone who swims at New Smyrna Beach will pass within 3 meters of a shark. Bull sharks, a notoriously aggressive species, have been caught in the area.

坐落在佛羅里達州沃盧夏縣的新士麥那海灘是一個與鯊魚一起游泳和衝浪的"好地方"。新士麥那海域水下生活着大量吸引鯊魚的魚羣。這種魚羣加上那些衝浪愛好者們，你就會有一個被國際鯊魚檔案稱爲"鯊魚襲擊地獄"的海灘了。科學家預測任何在新士麥那水下三米游泳的人都會遇到鯊魚。這片海域曾捕獲過虎鯊，它是一種攻擊性特別強的鯊魚。

Volusia County in general, fueled primarily by New Smyrna Beach, also has a reputation for shark bites. In 2008, over one-third of all unprovoked shark attacks in the world occurred in the waters off the county coast. On top of that, the state of Florida logged more attacks between 2004–2013 than both Australia and South Africa combined.

沃盧夏縣除了以新士麥那海灘著稱，同時也因鯊魚咬人事件出名。2008年，世界上三分之一的鯊魚無緣無故集結在沃盧夏縣的海岸線附近。除此之外，佛羅里達州在2003-2013年期間發生的鯊魚事件比澳大利亞和南美加起來還要多。

ly Creek

8.泡泡河

A name like "Bubbly Creek" might sound harmless and inviting, but the waterway itself is not. "Bubbly Creek" is the local name for the South Fork of the South Branch of the Chicago River. In the early 20th century, the flow of the Chicago River was reversed, sending it toward the Mississippi River and away from Lake Michigan, in order to keep the river's pollution from entering the city's source of drinking water. This reversal has made the river all the more difficult to clean up in the years since.

泡泡河，名字聽起來似乎挺吸引人，然而事實上卻並非如此。泡泡河是當地人對芝加哥河南方分支的一個慣稱。早在20世紀初期，爲了使Bubbly的污染河水不流進城市飲用水源，芝加哥河的流向逆轉了，污水流向密西西比河遠離密西根湖。自那以後，Bubbly的污水處理任務變得更加艱難了。

Bubbly Creek is considered the worst part of the river. It gets its name from bubbles rising to the surface from the area's chief pollutant: decomposing animal carcasses. Meatpacking waste including blood, manure, urine, and various body parts was dumped into the channel by the nearby Union Stockyard for over a century. These bubbles still appear even today, as the creek is so polluted that very little lives there, slowing decomposition. Bloodworms are said to inhabit the creek, feeding on the waste. In 2014, a study found a layer of animal remains on the creek bed that is 1 meter thick. The US Army Corps of Engineers is working on a project to dredge Bubbly Creek as well as improve the water's oxygen content.

泡泡河被認爲是芝加哥河污染最嚴重的部分。它的名字Bubbly就是來源於水面上的污染物的腐爛在水面上產生了氣泡。肉類加工廠的廢棄物包括血、糞便肥料以及各種動物軀體的部分都被倒進附近的河道，這種現象已經持續有一個多世紀了。現在的泡泡河污染還很嚴重以至於仍在產生惡臭的氣泡，水面上的污染物慢慢腐爛着。據說泡泡河裏開始有以腐蝕物爲生的寄生蟲出現。2014年，一項調查發現在泡泡河河牀上堆積的動物屍體足足有一米多厚。美國陸軍工程兵研究中心正在努力疏通泡泡河河道以改善水下氧含量進而改善水質。

esan Hole

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The Gulf of Thailand contains a deep point described as a "black silty hole of death." Named for a nearby fishing village, the Samaesan Hole is the deepest diving site in the Gulf of Thailand, dropping down to 85 meters (280 ft). Divers braving the hole must deal with the strong currents in the region, as well as the fact that it lies in a busy traffic zone for oil tankers. Barracuda also populate the area, and visibility is very poor as one descends. To top it all off, the US Navy previously used Samaesan Hole as an ammunition dump, leaving the site littered with unexploded ordnance.

泰國灣有一個被稱爲死亡之地的Samaesan洞。Samaesan洞坐落在附近的漁村，它是泰國灣最深的潛水地點，最深達到85米。由於它處於石油貨輪交通要道，勇敢的潛水者們必須面對並處理這一挑戰。水下生活着很多梭魚，越往下可視性越差。最爲糟糕的是美國海軍曾將此洞作爲彈藥垃圾場，並留下了未引爆的的炸彈。

So who would want to jump into Samaesan Hole? Diving enthusiasts would. The site is for Trimix certified divers only. Trimix is a mixture of oxygen, nitrogen, and helium used for deep diving. Divers are also advised to have multiple lights, dive computers, and formal training in technical diving. Even for well-equipped divers, the dive can be dangerous. In 1998, the first pair of divers to dive the hole experienced severe equipment failures, including dive computers being damaged beyond repair and lights imploding.

現在誰還想去Samaesan洞潛水？這些因素仍然擋不住潛水狂熱愛好者。這個地方只允許會混合氣潛水技術的潛水者下水。這種混合氣體包括氧、氮和氦等氣體，是專門用於深海潛水。潛水者最好攜帶多光燈和潛水專用電腦，還有必須接受專業潛水訓練。即使對專業的潛水者來說，這種潛水也是很危險的。1988年，第一次潛入Samaesan洞的兩名潛水者就遭遇了嚴重的裝備故障，潛水電腦損壞且無法修復還有多光燈爆炸。

sei River

6.葉尼塞河

Russia's Yenisei River (also spelled "Yenisey") divides Western and Eastern Siberia, flowing north before emptying into the Kara Sea. The world's sixth largest river by discharge, the Yenisei is thousands of kilometers in length and passes through several major cities. It is also a major source of hydroelectric power. Many Siberian villagers depend on the river for fishing.

俄羅斯的葉尼塞河是西西伯利亞平原與東西伯利亞高原的分界線，朝向北流向喀拉海。葉尼塞河是世界上流量第六大河流，它數千公里長，流經很多重要城市。它是俄羅斯水電發電的主要來源，且西伯利亞平原很多村民都是依靠葉尼塞河打漁爲生。

In addition to being an important waterway, the Yenisei is also severely radioactively contaminated. A bomb-grade plutonium factory near Bolshoi Balchug has been discharging radioactive particles into the river for decades. Radioactive isotopes have been found hundreds of kilometers downstream from the factory. Nevertheless, the management of the factory insists that there is no radiation nd 64,000 people live downstream near the factory, not to mention the many more that live along the river within range of where radioactivity has been found. Statistically detectable increases in rates of breast cancer, leukemia, and genetic defects have been found in communities downstream from the plutonium plant. Despite the radiation fears, those who live on the river still eat fish from it, hoping that they won't get sick.

另外葉尼塞河作爲俄羅斯國內重要河流，但是也受到了很嚴重的放射性污染。Bolshoi Balchug附近的一座鈈炸彈工廠數十年來一直向葉尼塞河排放放射性污染物。在離工廠數百公里的下游河道仍發現有發射性物質。然而，工廠的管理層卻堅持他們不存在任何放射性威脅。大約有64000人生活在這個工廠的下游附近，這還不算生活在工廠附近且在輻射範圍以內的居民。據統計，工廠下游的居民區患乳腺癌、白血病以及基因缺陷等疾病的機率不斷上升。還有那些吃河裏的魚的居民，不僅需要擔心輻射污染還得擔心他們會不會患病。

翻譯：景雲 來源：前十網