Life on the Ocean with Oceanix 入住 Oceanix 在海洋上生活


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Life on the Ocean with Oceanix 入住 Oceanix 在海洋上生活
A new kind of city could forever change how—and where—humans live.
一種新型城市可以永遠改變人類居住的方式和地點。


    

  Lack of housing and climate change are both global problems with local impacts. Cities worldwide are running out of space for the people who live in them. As sea levels rise due to climate change, the problem is only going to get worse. However, Oceanix has proposed an unusual solution: living on top of the ocean itself.
  The Oceanix city is a unique design that uses floating platforms as new “land.” Each platform is large enough to house a small neighborhood of around 300 people. Six neighborhoods can be connected to become a village where 1,650 people can live. And then six villages can be linked together to form a city of 10,000 people.
  Each neighborhood would include everything that the community needs, including eco-friendly farming, waste management, renewable energy, and water processing. Working together as a village or city gives everyone the means to have even more resources.
  What’s more, Oceanix’s floating cities would be able to survive rough seas and even storms. The platforms would be attached to the sea floor, but otherwise they would not affect ocean life. The idea is even being reviewed by the UN-HABITAT program to help solve the serious lack of housing.

 

1. global a. 全球的,世界的
The global economy is starting to improve.
全球經濟正要開始復甦。
2. propose + N/V-ing  提議(做)……
 propose vt. 提議,建議
Peter proposed having a family reunion.
彼得提議來辦一場家庭聚會。
* reunion n. 聚會;重聚
3. floating a. 漂浮的;飄浮的
 float vi. 漂浮;飄浮
Tony and his sisters went to the lake and saw a floating leaf on the water.
東尼和姊姊們去了湖邊並看到一片樹葉漂浮在水面上。
Richard was excited to learn how to float in the water in his swimming class.
理查很興奮可以在他的游泳課中學到如何在水中漂浮。
4. house vt. 安置;存放,收藏
That museum houses a variety of ancient and modern artwork.
那間博物館收藏許多各式各樣古代和當代的藝術品。
5. connect vt. & vi. 連接,接通
Cooper connected the blue wire to the red one, and the phone finally worked again.
庫柏將藍色的電線接上紅色的,然後電話終於又通了。
6. resource n. 資源(常用複數)
The government should put more effort into the protection of natural resources.
政府應該多盡心力保護自然資源。
7. rough a.(天氣)風浪大的;有暴雨的
Because the weather got rough, Ben and Sal had to take shelter during their hike.
由於天候不佳有暴風雨,小班和沙爾在健行途中必須找地方躲避。
8. be attached to...  固定/附著在……上
The note was attached to Alice’s cellphone.
這張紙條貼在愛莉絲的手機上。

▼ housing n. 住房提供
▼ renewable a.(能源)可再生/更新/恢復的
water processing n. 水處理
▼ habitat n. 居住地,棲息地

due to... 的用法
1. due to... 為用來說明「原因」的片語介詞,表「因為/由於……」之意,後面接名詞或動名詞,使用時可置於句首或句尾(如本文用法)。
Due to the heavy fog, the flight will be delayed.
= The flight will be delayed due to the heavy fog.
由於濃霧,航班將會延誤。
2. 以下為其他常見表「因為、由於」的片語介詞:
because of、owing to、thanks to、as a result of、on account of
The 30th anniversary was a big success thanks to everyone’s effort.
三十週年非常的成功都是因為所有人的努力。
The platforms would be attached to the sea floor, but otherwise they would not affect ocean life.
1. 本句中的 otherwise 為副詞,表「除此之外」,等同於 apart from that 的意思。
Mindy likes to gossip with her friends, but otherwise she is a good girl.
敏蒂喜歡和朋友聊八卦,但除此之外她是個好女孩。
2. otherwise 作副詞時,還可以表「否則、要不然」,使用時通常置於句首。
You’d better get going. Otherwise, you might miss the train.
你最好現在就出發。 否則,你可能會錯過火車。

  缺乏住宅和氣候變遷都是會對各地方造成影響的全球性問題。居住空間對世界各地城市裡的人們來說越來越少了。而且隨著氣候變遷導致海平面上升,問題只會變得更加嚴重。然而,Oceanix 已經提出了一個少見的解決方案:生活在海洋之上。
  Oceanix 城市是一種獨特的設計,使用漂浮平臺作為新的「土地」。每個平臺大到足夠容納約三百人的小社區。六個社區可以連接在一起,成為一個可供一千六百五十人居住的村莊。然後六個村莊可以連接在一起,形成一個一萬人的城市。
  每個社區都將含有該社群所需的一切事物,包括環保的農業、廢棄物管理、可再生能源和水處理。以一個村莊或整座城市一起合作的方式能讓每個人都有辦法獲得更多資源。
  而且,Oceanix 的漂浮城市將能夠在波濤洶湧的大海甚至風暴中生存。平臺將連接到海底,但除此之外它們不會影響海洋生物。聯合國人類住區規劃署(簡稱聯合國人居署)甚至正在審查這個想法,以幫助解決嚴重的缺乏住宅問題。

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