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不，这不是白宫，这是中国的一个厕所 Theres been a lot of ink spilled on the meaning of the Chinese dream. But if recent headlines are any guide, a lesser-sung dream also has a powerful pull on psyches here: the Toilet Dream. 于什么是“中国梦”，阐述的文章已经不少，不过从近期的媒体报道来看，一个较少被人称道的梦也强烈地吸引着中国人，那就是“厕所梦”。 Take, for example, news that emerged this week that a city in eastern Anhui province had built a 418-square-meter toilet that looks like a mash-up of the White House and the U.S. Capitol Building. According to the official China Daily, the toilet cost a local liquor company $144, 000 to construct, and promptly sparked a flurry of commentary, with some condemning such an expenditure as, well, a waste. 比如，本周就有媒体报道说，安徽省某市建了一个占地418平方米的厕所（下图），外观就像是白宫和美国国会大厦的混合体。据官方媒体《中国日报》(China Daily)报道，为建这个厕所，当地一家酒厂花了14.4万美元，这个厕所引发了热议，一些人谴责说，这么花钱太浪费了。 Attempts to reach the company for comment werent successful. The newspaper quoted the liquor company as saying the toilet was built to accommodate its staff of 4, 000 as well as the thousands of customers who visit the premises. 记者试图联系这家酒厂请求置评，但未获成功。该报引用酒厂的话说，这个厕所是供该厂4,000名员工和数千名来访客户使用的。 Its not the first time a so-called luxury toilet has made headlines here. Previous public toilets have been built in the style of a European clock tower, a villa or with soaring eaves. Last year, the city of Linfen in Shanxi province was reported in state media to have spent more than $8 million to build 160 public toilets, among them 40 five-star toilets, some of which were designed to look like landmarks including the Olympic Birds Nest. 豪华厕所登上报纸头条并不是第一次。此前，曾有依照欧洲钟楼和别墅样式而建的公共厕所，有的还有飞檐。去年，官方媒体报道称，山西临汾斥资800多万美元建了160个公共厕所，其中40个是“五星级”厕所，一些厕所是仿造鸟巢等地标性建筑而建。 For a country that has issued exacting standards to grade and dictate toilet quality–including the requirement that no more than three flies per square meter appear in public bathrooms–perhaps its no surprise that residents seem to feel a particular fascination with toilets. (The feeling is mutual: for many years, some of the key tales We