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2021-11-01 01:08龙菲
疯狂英语·读写版 2021年9期
关键词:马达加斯加校舍模块化

龙菲

一名22歲的女孩利用3D打印技术建设校舍,以帮助更多马达加斯加的孩子接受教育。

A 22-year-old Chinese immigrant, adopted as a baby by the founder of MapQuest, is using her adult-sized ambition to use 3D-printing to help more kids get an education in Madagascar.

Maggie Grouts non-profit organization is called “Thinking Huts” and she is fundraising to break ground on a series of modular (模块化的), honeycomb-shaped(蜂窝状的) schools, powered by solar panels, which would be the worlds first 3D-printed schoolhouses.

Hundreds of millions of children dont have schools to attend around the world, and Grout feels one of the best ways to solve the problem is by bringing down the construction costs of schoolhouses. The initial pilot Thinking Hut in Madagascar is expected to cost $20,000 and as well as being half the cost of traditional construction methods, 3D-printed buildings become cheaper when the project gets larger. In other words, the first house may cost $20,000, but the more houses that are built, the cheaper they become. The first hut is expected to begin in the summer on a university campus in the city of Fianarantsoa, home to about 200,000 people on the south end of the island.

The 3D-printer itself, at 6.5 feet, is being provided by Thinking Huts partner Hyperion Robotics, a Finnish 3D-printing company. Locally-sourced materials will be used, adapting to each communitys environment. Initial plans of the company call for solar power, Internet access, desks, chairs, and tables. The hut will have a secure door and operating windows. Other features include pockets of space on the outside of the walls, which can either be used for vertical(垂直的) farming or artificial rock climbing walls for the kids. The outside surface will be decorated with traditional Malagasy textile patterns, and local materials or wood carved by artisans.

Their honeycomb shape allows new huts to be added onto existing ones if the need for expansion arises. So far, Grouts charity has already raised $125,000. Not bad for a 22-year-old.

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1. What can we know about Thinking Huts?

A. Its a profitable organization bringing down the construction costs.

B. Its an organization helping more kids get an education in Madagascar.

C. Its an institute for designing schools in different shapes.

D. Its a lab studying solar technology.

2. How much will a 3D-printed building cost on average after the project gets larger?

A. $200,000.                                          B. $20,000.

C. Over $200,000.                                           D. Less than $20,000.

3. Which of the following may best describe Maggie Grout?

A. Creative and responsible.

B. Sensitive and quiet.

C. Humorous and kind.

D. Modest and friendly.

4. In which column is the text probably taken from a newspaper?

A. Sports.                                               B. Advertisement.

C. Entertainment.                                   D. Education.

[Language][Study]

Useful expressions

break ground 破土;動工

bring down 降低(成本)

be home to 是……的家园

in other words 换句话说

adapt to 适应

call for 需要

be decorated with 用……装饰

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