Staying at a nice hotel is fun! But in just a few years … some people could be staying at a nice hotel… in space!
Yeah! A space hotel is going to open in 2027!
2027年有一些人可能會去太空旅館度假。
You will be able to look out the window and see Earth far below you.
從窗戶看出去就會看到地球。
What a great view!
The space hotel will look like a Ferris wheel.
這個太空旅館看起來就像一座摩天輪。
The hotel will spin like a Ferris wheel, and that will give the people inside some gravity so you won't fly away all the time.
它像摩天輪一樣旋轉產生引力，裡面的人才不會一直飄起來。
But not too much gravity… it will still feel a little like floating, and the hotel wants to set up fun things to do… like basketball!
Can you imagine playing basketball with only a little gravity? You could jump super high and super far!
因為引力不大所以你會感覺輕輕飄飄，打籃球就可以跳得又高又遠喔！
But…. there is one thing not so cool about the space hotel. It's going to be very expensive to go there. The cost for flying in a rocket and staying at the space hotel for three days is $140 million NT dollars!
但是搭火箭去住太空旅館三天要1.4億台幣！
Wow, 140 million?! Woah! Well, let's hope someday it gets cheaper.
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Vocabulary
太空旅館聽起來很棒，但是一般人住不起！
1. Expensive 昂貴的。
I'd really love to travel to space, but it's too expensive! 我好想去太空旅行，可是太貴了。
It's expensive and dangerous. 它很貴並且很危險。
2. Space 太空。
So you don't want to stay in a space hotel? 所以你不想住在太空旅館嗎？
No, I'll just stay here and watch the moon. 不想，我只想待在這裡賞月。
3. Gravity 地心引力。
Then you can't experience almost zero gravity. 那你就不能體驗幾乎沒有引力的感覺。
What's wrong with gravity? 地心引力有什麼不對？
I don't want things floating around! 我可不要東西飄來飄去！
4. Hotel 旅館。
This hotel is very special. 這間旅館很特別。
You can feed giraffes from your window. 你可以從窗戶餵長頸鹿！
These are useful words to learn.
expensive 昂貴的
space 太空
gravity 地心引力
hotel 旅館
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Quiz
1. What is the space hotel going to look like?
A: A swimming pool
B: A Ferris wheel
C: A rocket
2. How much is a 3-day stay going to cost?
A: About NT$140 million!
B: About NT$400!
C: About NT$400,000!
3. What is one fun thing you can do at the space hotel?
A: Play basketball in low gravity
B: Ride a horse
C: Shoot a bow and arrow
Answers
1. B
2. A
3. A
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