大学体验英语英语视听说教程第三单元.ppt

Dymaxion5 Home It is like “life in a biscuit tin.” Part of the allure6 of some future homes is that they can be built like factory items: made of sheer7 metal. Dymaxion House is meant to be a revolution in the housing industry. Built out of stamped8 sheet metal, the house contains all of its utility lines. It is designed to heat and cool naturally, has a diesel9 generator10 for power, and is light enough to be air-lifted anywhere. Bubble House Solar powered and revolving11 to follow the sun, the house is fully air-conditioned and even enjoys a constant supply of year-round veggies thanks to its hydroponic12 gardens — though they look more like fish ponds. 5. dymaxion adj. 最大限度利用能源的，以最少结构提供最大强度的 6. allure v. 吸引7. sheer adj. 纯粹的 8. stamped adj. 铭刻的9. diesel n. 柴油10. generator n. 发电机 11. revolve v. 旋转12. hydroponic adj. 水栽培的 Living Capsule13 Not enough room to swing a cat and you have to supply your own kitty. At least this example has a color television, videophone, stereo, and bar. And just to make it easy to fit into any space, it’s spherical14! Globe-like House Why settle for a spherical room when you can have a spherical house? Globe like house is a twelve-foot diameter sphere that crams15 an entire house inside like Japanese commuters16 on the Tokyo Metro17. This German idea for handling the postwar housing shortage is admirable in its simplicity; simply prefabricate18 spherical homes and then install them with a simple process. 13. capsule n. 胶囊，太空舱14. spherical adj. 球的, 球形的 15. cram v. 挤满；塞满16. commuter n. 上下班往返的人 17. metro n. 地铁18. prefabricate v. 预先制造;预先构思 Space House If you really want to get away from the urban grind19, forget the suburbs and head straight for the Moon. For a surprisingly small payment, you can own one of these lovely lunar bungalows20 with all the modern conveniences (radiation shielding extra) and only a quarter of a million miles from shops. Steel Igloo21 Wartime housing shortages produced a deluge22