2016考研英語閱讀熱點：33米高空全透明泳池震撼來襲

考研英語來源：英語點津 2015-08-24　

2你敢在空中游泳嗎?33米高空全透明泳池震撼來襲

Would you dare swim in the sky? Stunning 90ft transparent swimming pool 10 storeys up

The world's first "sky pool" has been unveiled - and it's high enough to give anyone a touch of vertigo.

世界第一個“空中泳池”近日驚艷亮相——它的高度足以讓任何人頭暈目眩。

Towering far above the street balanced between two residential buildings in Nine Elms in London like a precarious nest, the sky pool isn't for everyone.

空中泳池架設在倫敦九榆樹巷(Nine Elms)兩座居民樓之間，高高地俯瞰著街道，像一個岌岌可危的鳥巢，并不適合每個人。

But the newly-built swimming experience looks like it has to be tried if you're not bothered by heights.

但是，到這座新建的泳池暢游一番似乎很值得體驗，前提是你不恐高。

Situated in the capital's new riverside district beside Battersea Power Station, the 90ft long glass encased pool is suspended 10 storeys, or 110ft up.

這個玻璃外殼的泳池坐落在倫敦泰晤士河岸新區、巴特西發電廠(Battersea Power Station)旁邊，高懸在10層樓之上，長90英尺(約合27.4米)，高達110英尺(約合33.5米)。

The pool is entirely transparent and structure free, 25m long, 5m wide and 3m deep with a water depth of 1.2m.

該泳池通體透明且無結構，長25米，寬5米，深3米，水深1.2米。

Acting as a bridge between two apartment buildings, swimmers are afforded a view right through the bottom of the pool down to the street below, and it's even got a bar, loungers, a spa and an orangery.

空中泳池將充當兩座居民樓之間的橋梁，游泳者剛好可以透過池底看到下方街道的景色。另外，游泳池旁還配備有酒吧、躺椅、溫泉浴場以及溫室橘園。

It's in Embassy Gardens, and is a part of a new development which will have 2,000 homes beside the new American Embassy in the capital.

空中泳池位于大使花園(Embassy Gardens)，是一個新開發項目的一部分。該開發項目位于倫敦的新美國大使(American Embassy)旁邊，屆時將會有2000戶入住。

Embassy Gardens takes design inspiration from the Meatpacking District of New York with floor to ceiling windows and brick facades.

大使花園從紐約的肉庫區(the Meatpacking District of New York)汲取設計靈感，擁有由頂及地的玻璃窗及磚墻。

Developers Ballymore and Eco World, headed by Sean Mulryan, used glass that measures 20cm thick to build the pool in the ￡1 billion development to give an experience more akin to an aquarium than a pool.

房地產開發商巴利摩(Ballymore)和Eco World耗費10億英鎊，使用20厘米厚的玻璃打造出這個更像水族館而不是游泳池的項目。

He explained:“My vision for the Sky Pool stemmed from a desire to push the boundaries in the capability of construction and engineering, I wanted to do something that had never been done before.

項目負責人肖恩·馬里安(Sean Mulryan)解釋道：“我對空中泳池的憧憬源于打破建筑和工程之間界限的渴望，我想做一些之前從沒人做過的事。”

"At Ballymore we like to push the boundaries on all aspects of design, the Sky Pool’s transparent structure is the result of significant advancements in technologies over the last decade.

“在巴利摩，我們喜歡打破所有設計方面的界限，空中泳池的透明結構是過去十年科技巨大進步的結果。

"The experience of the pool will be truly unique, it will feel like floating through the air in central London."

“空中泳池的體驗絕對是獨一無二的，你會感覺就像漂浮在倫敦中央上空一樣。”

Sadly, the pool will only be open to residents of the building who front up ￡602,000 for an apartment.

可惜，該泳池將只對預付了60.2萬英鎊購買公寓的居民開放。

But those people lucky enough to live there will have a flawless panorama of the Palace of Westminster and the London Eye when the second phase of the development is released to market in September.

但是，當該開發項目的二期工程在九月份上市時，足夠幸運住進去的人將有機會一覽無余地欣賞西敏宮(the Palace of Westminster)和倫敦眼(London Eye)的全景。

重點詞匯：

vertigo：眩暈

precarious：不穩固的，危險的

front up：預付，先付