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New Hotels, New Experiences 新奇旅馆新体验

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If you think a hotel is just a big, boring building like a box in the middle of the city, think again. Today, innovative hotels are opening in unusual environments all around the world. Some are underwater, like Jules’ Undersea Lodge, which is located on the floor of the Gulf of Mexico, six meters below the surface. Others are underground, like Kokopelli’s Cave Bed and Breakfast, carved like a cave into the side of a desert mountain in New Mexico. Still others are high in the air, like Ariau Amazon Towers, built among the tops of the tallest trees in the Brazilian rainforest.

如果你觉得旅馆就只是像个盖在城市里盒状的无趣大型建筑物。请再想想吧！现今，已有不只一家的创意旅馆在世界上不寻常的环境里开张营业。有些在水中，像是位于墨西哥湾海面下六公尺的「尤勒的海底旅馆」；有些在地面下，如位于美国新墨西哥州，凿刻在沙漠山壁里像个洞穴的「科拜佩利洞民宿」；甚至还有些在高空中，像是盖在巴西热带雨林里最高树梢间的「阿里奥亚马逊塔酒店」。

These hotels can be difficult to reach. Visitors to the Undersea Lodge must scuba dive to the entrance, visitors to the Cave Bed and Breakfast must climb a cliff-face trail, and guests at the Amazon Towers travel between buildings on elevated wooden catwalks. However, they offer unforgettable experiences found nowhere else. Just imagine, you look out your windows to see colorful fish staring back at you. Or you relax on the balcony, high above the desert, and admire the sunset, like red and purple fire that fills the sky. Or you fall asleep to the gentle whisper of the breeze among the leaves, and wake up to the calls of tropical birds.

要前往这些旅馆可能很困难，想去尤勒的海底小屋的访客必须潜水才能到抵达入口，去科拜佩利洞民宿则得爬过岩壁上的小径，而阿里奥亚马逊塔酒店房客则要在架高的木栈道上，但也因如此，这些旅馆给我们在别的地方找不到的难忘经历。想象一下，你从窗外看出去，色彩缤纷的鱼群和你对望；或是你舒服地在高于沙漠的阳台上，欣赏如火焰般的紫红色晚霞布满天空；亦或让树叶间微风的温柔低语伴你入眠，并在有热带小鸟的啁啾中醒来。

These experiences are more than just a dream or a picture on a calendar. They are the pleasures of staying at an innovative hotel underwater, underground, or high in the air!

这些体验已不再只是一个梦想，或只是日历上的一张图片，而是住在新奇旅馆的乐事──无论是水中、地面下还是在高空中！

－by Dmitri Detwyler

Vocabulary

单词发音

lodge [lɑdʒ] n. 小屋，草屋

scuba [ˋskjubə] dive  水肺潛水

Bed and Breakfast (缩写为 B and B, b and b, B & B) (旅馆之类的) 夜宿兼次日早餐

trail [trel] n.（荒野中踏成的）小道

elevated [ˋɛlə͵vetɪd] adj. 升高的

catwalk [ˋkæt͵wɔk] n.  狹小通道

unforgettable [͵ʌnfɚˋgɛtəb!] adj. 難忘的，永遠記得的

admire [ədˋmaɪr] v. 欣賞

tropical [ˋtrɑpɪk!] adj. 熱帶的

Reading Questions

1.   Which of these locations is NOT mentioned as the location of an unusual hotel?

(A)  Under the surface of the sea.

(B)  On the side of a mountain.

(C)  Above some trees in a forest.  

(D)  In the middle of a big city.

2.   How do visitors reach the Kokopelli’s Cave Bed and Breakfast?

(A)  They use special equipment to dive under the water.

(B)  They go down into the side of a mountain.

(C)  They take some elevated wooden walkways.

(D)  They climb to the top of some very tall trees.

3.   Which of these things are you likely to experience at the treetop hotel?

(A)  Some colorful fish near the waterfall.

(B)  A beautiful sunset like fire in the sky.

(C)  Tropical birds singing in the morning.

(D)  People relaxing on the balcony.

Jules Underwater Lodge in Key Largo

Kokopelli's Mancave

Amazon Ariau Towers, Brasil 1 

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