Living in space involves a lot of challenges both physically and mentally.

It is a type of hotel first developed in Japan intended to provide cheap, basic overnight accommodation for guests who do not require the services offered by traditional hotels. Facilities differ, but most include a television and wireless internet connection. There are many buttons in the capsule. One turns on the light, one turns on the TV, one controls the channels. There is a radio and an alarm clock built in. The open end of the capsule can be closed, for privacy, with a curtain or a fiber glass door. Luggage is stored in a locker、 Clothes and shoes are sometimes exchanged for a Yukawa and slippers on entry. Washrooms are communal. Guests are asked not to smoke or eat in the capsules. Some hotels also provide restaurants (or at least vending machines), pools, and other entertainment facilities. Capsules are used primarily by men. Some capsule hotels offer separate sections for male and female guests.

The benefits of these hotels are convenience and price, usually around？ 2000—4000 (USD 25—50) a night. They provide a place for those who may be too drunk to return home safely.

About 30% at the Capsule Hote1 were unemployed or underemployed and were the month. It was first offered to salary men who had missed the last train

also popular with travelers from all over the world. There for it’s going

Popularity.

26、 The space of each capsule id quite ()

A、large

B、capacious

C、limited

27、 Most capsules are not equipped with ()in the small sleeping space.

A、a TV

B、washrooms

C、wireless Internet connection

28、Capsule hotels were first developed in ().

A、Japan

B、China

C、UK

29、The benefits of these hotels do not include()

A、convenience

B、comfort

C、price

30、The writer has a () attitude towards capsule hotels.

A、positive

B、negative

C、neutral

Living on Water

Desperately short of living space and dangerously prone to flooding, the Netherlands plans to start building homes, businesses and even roads on water.

With nearly a third of the country already covered by water and half of its land mass below sea level and constantly under threat from rising waters, the authorities believe that floating communities may well be the future.

Six prototype wooden and aluminum floating houses are already attached to something off Amsterdam, and at least a further 100 are planned on the same estate, called Ijburg.

"Everybody asks why didn&39;t we do this kind of thing before," said Gijsbert Van der Woerdt,director of the firm responsible for promoting the concept. "After Bangladesh we&39;re the most densely populated country in the world. Building space is scarce and government studies show that we&39;ll need to double the space available to us in the coming years to meet all our needs."

Before being placed on the water and moved into position by tugboats (拖船), the houses are built on land atop concrete flat-bottomed boats, which encase giant lumps of polystyrene (聚苯乙烯) reinforced with steel. The flat-bottomed boats are said to be unsinkable and are anchored by underwater cables. The floating roads apply the same technology.

The concept is proving popular with the Dutch. "The waiting list for such homes, which will cost between euros 200,000,500,000 to buy, runs to 5,000 names," claims Van der Woerdt.

With much of the country given over to market gardening and the intensive cultivation of flowers, planners have also come up with designs for floating greenhouses designed so that the water beneath them irrigates the plants and controls the temperature inside.

A pilot project, covering 50 hectares of flooded land near Amsterdam&39;s Schiphol airport, is planned for 2005.

The opportunities for innovative developers look promising. "We have 10 projects in the pipeline- floating villages and cities complete with offices, shops and restaurants," Van der Woerdt said.

The Netherlands plans to start building floating communities on water because 查看材料

A.most parts of the country are covered by water

B.the country is constantly threatened by floods

C.it will promote the cultivation of flowers

D.people think it better to live on water

A、asked

B、told

C、prompted

D、claimed