cnn世界最毛骨悚然的七大场所（马尔代夫漂浮城市）
cnn世界最毛骨悚然的七大场所（马尔代夫漂浮城市）An archipelago of 1 190 low-lying islands the Maldives is one of the world's most vulnerable nations to climate change. Eighty percent of its land area is less than one meter above sea level and with levels projected to rise up to a meter by the end of the century almost the entire country could be submerged.But if a city floats it could rise with the sea. This is "new hope" for th
A floating city in the Maldives begins to take shape
- float 漂浮
- take shape 成型
A city is rising from the waters of the Indian Ocean. In a turquoise lagoon just 10 minutes by boat from Male the Maldivian capital a floating city big enough to house 20 000 people is being constructed.
- waters (某一江、河、湖、海的)大片水域
- turquoise [ˈtɜːkwɔɪz] 蓝绿色的
- lagoon [ləˈɡuːn] 水湖；环礁湖；濒海湖
Designed in a pattern similar to brain coral the city will consist of 5 000 floating units including houses restaurants shops and schools with canals running in between. The first units will be unveiled this month with residents starting to move in early 2024 and the whole city is due to be completed by 2027.
- pattern 模式；样式
- similar to 和…类似
- brain coral 脑珊瑚
- consist of 包含；由…组成
- canal 运河
- unveil [ˌʌnˈveɪl] 揭幕；揭开…上的覆盖物；拉开…的帷幔；(首次)展示；介绍；推出；将…公之于众
- resident 居民
- be due to 定于…
The project -- a joint venture between property developer Dutch Docklands and the Government of the Maldives -- is not meant as a wild experiment or a futuristic vision: it's being built as a practical solution to the harsh reality of sea-level rise.
- joint venture 合资企业项目
- property developer 房地产开发商
- be meant as 被当作…
- wild experiment 疯狂的实验
- futuristic 未来的愿景
- a solution to …的解决方案
- harsh reality 残酷的事实
An archipelago of 1 190 low-lying islands the Maldives is one of the world's most vulnerable nations to climate change. Eighty percent of its land area is less than one meter above sea level and with levels projected to rise up to a meter by the end of the century almost the entire country could be submerged.
- archipelago [ˌɑːkɪˈpeləɡəʊ] 群岛；列岛
- vulnerable to 易受…伤害；在…面前很脆弱
- be projected to 被预测…
- submerge [səbˈmɜːrdʒ] 淹没
But if a city floats it could rise with the sea. This is "new hope" for the more than half a million people of the Maldives said Koen Olthuis founder of Waterstudio the architecture firm that designed the city. "It can prove that there is affordable housing large communities and normal towns on the water that are also safe. They (Maldivians) will go from climate refugees to climate innovators " he told CNN.
- affordable 支付得起的
- community 社区
- refugee [ˌrefjuˈdʒiː]难民
- innovator 创新者
