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考研英语经济学人双语阅读：高科技环卫 　High-tech sanitation 　　高科技环卫 　　Race to the bottom 　　抄底竞价 　　A rush to buy Japanese toilet-seats prompts soul-searching in China. 　　赶着趟购买日本马桶盖引出中国的自我反省。 　　JAPAN is often viewed with antipathy in China, butincreasingly commerce is trumping contempt. During the lunar new-year holiday in February,Chinese tourists thronged to Japan in record numbers. Many came home lugging a high-endJapanese luxury: a heated toilet-seat complete with pulsating water jets, deodorisers and evenmusic to drown out less melodious tinklings. In recent weeks the run on Japanese loos hasbeen a topic of much debate among Chinese commentators, revealing deep insecurities. 　　中国人总是很反感日本，但是， 两国间愈发频繁的贸易活动正悄然淡化这种藐视感。 在中国农历的新年假期，也就是二月份，涌入日本的中国游客数目创下了历史新高。许多人都拖着一个日系高端奢侈品回家：加热马桶盖。这个马桶盖自带全套脉动水射流、除臭剂，甚至可以发出音乐铃声来盖过那些不怎么悦耳的声音。最近几周，日本马桶管理的话题一直在中国评论员间引发争论，透露出深深的不安感。 　　Chinese visitors bought more high-tech lavatory seats than almost any other Japanese productduring the week-long break, according to Hottolink, a Japanese consulting firm. Most popularwas a new variety with hands-free lid opening, say staff at a branch in Tokyo of Bic Camera, aconsumer electronics store where Chinese shoppers are so numerous that signs advertisewares in Chinese and assistants speak Mandarin. These cost around 65,000 (540). Somebought several seats, including portable, battery-powered ones. 　　日本咨询公司Hottolink称，在为期一周的休假中，中国游客购买高科技马桶盖的数量几乎超过了其他任何的日本产品。消费电子产品店必酷(Bic Camera)里的中国消费者众多，它在中国签下了广告商品，店员会讲普通话。其东京分店的工作人员说，最受欢迎的是一个新品种，它的马桶盖能自动打开。这些马桶盖的成本在人民币65,000元左右(合540美元)。有的中国游客买了好几个马桶盖，有便携式的，也有电池供电的。 　　Relations between China and Japan have shown recent, tentative signs of warmth after a longchill. But only three years ago demonstrators in several Chinese cities called for a boycott ofJapanese goods in protest against Japans stance in a still-festering dispute over uninhabitedislands in the East China Sea. Some Japanese companies responded by minimising or hidingtheir branding on products sold in China. 　　最近，中日关系在经历了漫长的寒