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▍原文

The remote Indian Ocean archipelago of the Maldives is building the world's first floating city, modelled on the human brain-like appearance of a coral reef.

Located almost 500 miles from India, the nearest continental land mass, the world's lowest-lying nation hopes to have come up with a sustainable solution to the stark reality of rising sea levels.

With a little help from the sea-level-fighting Dutch, the Maldives Floating City has received the green light for 5,000 colourful housing units to be constructed, linked together and tethered to the floor of a 500-acre lagoon.

There will be no cars, but people will get around via the white-sand roads on foot, bicycles or electric buggies and scooters, or they'll hop onto boats and cruise the canals.

▍语言点 

1. remote /rɪˈməʊt/ adj. 偏远的

2. archipelago /ˌɑːkɪˈpeləɡəʊ/ n. 群岛

3. be modelled on 仿造，仿制

· The house is modelled on a 16th century castle.

这所房子是仿照一座16世纪的城堡建造的。

4. a coral reef 珊瑚礁

5. lowest-lying adj. 地势最低的 

6. come up with 提出(想法或解决方案)

· come up with a plan / an idea 提出计划/想法

· come up with a solution 找到解决办法

7. the green light 许可

· give the green light 表示许可

· get/receive the green light 获得许可

· His boss finally gave him the green light to start the new project. 

他老板终于同意他开始新项目了。

8. tether /ˈteðə/ v. 栓

9. lagoon /ləˈɡuːn/ n. 潟湖(海边的湖泊)

10. electric buggies and scooters 电动四轮车和小摩托

11. hop onto boats 坐上船

12. cruise /kruːz/ v. 巡游 

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