[ti:Japan Shows Off High-Tech Toilets at Rugby World Cup] [by:www.51voa.com] [00:00.00]更多听力请访问51VOA.COM [00:00.04]Japan is known for creating unusual high-tech products across many different industries. [00:09.92]One place to experience an example of such development [00:14.54]is in some of the country's public bathrooms. [00:19.76]Some people visiting Japan for the Rugby World Cup [00:24.04]are seeing the latest high-tech toilets for the first time. [00:30.56]Visitors using the modern "washlets" [00:34.04]describe having a different, almost futuristic experience. [00:41.52]Developers say the high-tech toilets [00:45.16]were built with several tools to provide the best experience possible. [00:52.24]Some open themselves when people walk up. [00:56.21]Others welcome users with a warm seat. [01:01.52]Some perform so many technology operations they can be hard for users to understand. [01:10.72]Often, the toilet controls also do not contain English explanations. [01:19.08]Alex Weimer is a French rugby fan visiting Japan for the World Cup. [01:27.08]Two hours after landing at the airport in Tokyo, [01:30.84]he could not call his first high-tech toilet experience a great one. [01:38.52]"There were something like 15 buttons in Japanese [01:43.29]and I didn't know which one to press," Weimer told Reuters news agency. [01:49.64]He said there were "strange symbols" attached to a series of controls [01:55.48]that sent water shooting "in every direction." [02:00.24]Weimer added that the toilet machine "made strange noises" [02:05.72]when he tried to find the right control to make the device flush. [02:12.28]Brent York, a supporter of New Zealand's national rugby team, [02:17.55]said he thinks the toilets have too much technology for their own good. [02:24.56]"A bit too sophisticated for me," he told Reuters. [02:29.40]"I just like the simple one, push the button without all the other experiences." [02:37.36]York's friend, Bernard James, feels differently, however. [02:42.52]He says that while the toilets can at first be "a bit intimidating," [02:48.65]he is now used to them after visiting Japan so many times. [02:54.16]"Japan leads the way in toilets technology," James said. [03:01.28]Japanese people generally take cleanliness and disease prevention very seriously. [03:08.44]Some people wash their bodies before entering a bath [03:12.63]and most remove shoes when entering a home. [03:18.08]The high-tech washlets can be found everywhere in Japan [03:22.29]– in public toilets, hotels and inside homes. [03:28.04]The market for the devices is huge, with millions of tech-friendly Japanese. [03:35.48]But people desiring the technology can pay a high price. [03:41.22]The low-end machines begin at around $232, [03:46.52]while the complex ones sell for up to $9,300. [03:54.00]I'm Bryan Lynn. 更多听力请访问51VOA.COM