实用英语：“自来水”，告急！

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　　市民纷涌超市，纯净水价格猛涨……
这很让人想到2005年哈尔滨因松花江污染而引起的停水风波。近日，太湖蓝藻提前暴发，无锡居民为此备受变质自来水的困扰。
        　　请看外电相关报道：Residents in eastern Chinese city of Wuxi rushed to buy bottled
water after tap supplies became putrid from algae blanketing a nearby lake, and
scientists said the outbreak could last for months.
        　　The volatile mix of pollution, thirsty citizens and health worries echoed a
panic in late 2005, when millions of residents of Harbin in northeast China had
tap water cut off for weeks after a toxic spill in the Songhua River affected
drinking water.
        　　报道中的“tap water”就是我们每天使用的“自来水”，有时也可写作“running water”或“tap supplies”。
        　　此外，这里再顺便提一提“矿泉水”。值得提醒的是，外国人一般不称“矿泉水”为“mineral water”，他们更喜欢用“bottled
water”或“drinking water”来形容矿泉水。
        　　最后，再谈一个与“喝水”有关的词 —— drinking fountain(饮水机)。