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Hot Tips for August 2040
关于2040年8月的小贴士
It is August 2040. People in Garden City are buying their holidays, homes and cars on the Internet from QuickBuy.com. Here is the website.
现在是2040年8月。花园城的市民在网上都从QuickBuy.com购买自己的假期、房子以及汽车。这是该网站。
Holidays: The Magic Hotel
度假：奇幻宾馆
The underwater hotel in Garden City has many rooms that are half underwater, but the Magic hotel is completely underwater.
花园城的水下宾馆里有很多房间都处于半水下状态，但是奇幻宾馆是完全处于水下的。
It has fifty underwater rooms, a computer games hall and a shopping mall with designer clothes.
宾馆内有位于五十间水下房间，一个电脑游戏大厅和一个购物中心，里面都是名牌服饰。
There is also a dinosaur animation centre, where children can play with dinosaurs.
宾馆内还有一个恐龙动画中心，在那里孩子们和可以和恐龙一起玩。
Satisfied customer:
满意的顾客：
Mrs April Pang: 'When we stayed in the Magic Hotel, my children watched fish swim outside their room window. It was lovely.
彭四月女士：“我们在奇幻宾馆的时候，我的孩子们可以观赏到窗户外面的鱼。太可爱了。
When I was a young child, we didn't see as many fish as we do today. We're protecting fish now.
当我还是小孩子的时候，我们看不到像今天这么多的鱼。我们现在都在保护鱼类。”
Houses: 26 Kennedy Road
房子：肯尼迪路26号
This house is 'green'. It has a layer of glass around it.
这栋房子是“绿色的”。它有一层玻璃外层。
The house saves heat because it stays under the glass.
房子可以存储热能，因为在玻璃的作用下，热能可以聚集不散发出去。
The heat is then used as energy to run machines in the house.
然后热能可以用作运转屋内机器的能量。
All the walls are made of glass and you can move them, so you can have rooms any size you want.
所有的墙壁都是由玻璃制成的，你可以随便移动它们，这样你就可以随意调整房间的大小。
It is also smart. The medicine cabinet has a computer in it, linked to your doctor's computer.
房子很智能。医药橱柜里有个电脑，与你的医生的电脑相连。
The fridge in the kitchen also has a computer, linked to the supermarket's computer.
厨房里的冰箱也有个电脑，与超市电脑相连。
It tells the supermarket's computer when you need more food.
如果你需要更多的食物时，它可以把情况告诉超市的电脑。
It only orders the food that you like.
它只订购你喜欢的食物。
Satisfied Customer:
满意的顾客：
Mr David Yu: 'When we were living in our old house, life was much more difficult, and we were spending more money.
于大卫先生：“住在旧房子的时候，生活相当困难，我们还要花费很多钱。
We now live comfortably in a house like the one on Kennedy Road, and I would recommend it to anyone.'
现在在肯尼迪路的这套房子住着，生活非常舒适，我要向每个人都推荐一下。”
Cars: The CJ3
汽车：CJ3
The CJ3 is a hydrogen car. Hydrogen cars cause less air pollution in Garden City.
CJ3款汽车一款氢气动力车。氢气动力车可以减少花园城的空气污染。
The hydrogen is mixed with oxygen from the air to make electricity.
氢气与空气中的氧气混合产生电流。
The electricity drives the engine.
电流发动引擎。
The CJ3 also has satellite navigation, so you can see where you are on an electronic map on the windscreen, and you can see all the traffic ahead of you.
CJ3款汽车具有卫星导航功能，所以你可以通过挡风屏上的电子地图看到你所在的位置还能看到发生在你前方的所有交通事故。
It also has an Internet link, so the driver can get information about the weather or even book a restaurant from the car.
车内还有网络连接，这样司机可以知道天气情况，亦可以在车上预定餐厅。
Satisfied customer:
满意的顾客：
Mr Jacky Hu: 'I always felt guilty about the old car, because while I was driving, I was polluting our city, but I feel good driving the CJ3.'
胡杰克先生：“开旧车时，我总是感到很内疚，因为当我开车的时候，我在污染城市，但我开CJ3时的心情就好多了。”
