40米深的喜悦：世界最深游泳池开放

 　　If you can hold your breath all the way to the bottom here, you are in a very small minority - this is Y-40 The Deep Joy and with a staggering depth of -40 metres it is the world's deepest pool.

　　能屏住呼吸游到一个普通的游泳池底部的人并不少，但能憋住气一直游到这个名为“Y-40 The Deep Joy”的游泳池底部的人却不多。它可是世界上最深的游泳池，深度达到40米。

　　The incredible swim centre, designed by renowned¹ architect Emanuele Boaretto, is located within the four-star Hotel Terme Millepini in Montegrotto Terme, Italy.

　　这个不可思议的游泳中心，由著名设计师伊曼纽尔设计，位于意大利蒙泰格罗托泰尔梅的四星级酒店米勒皮尼泰梅酒店内。

　　Operating since June, the pool has a diving height of a 12-storey building, or nine double decker buses placed on top of each other.

　　Y-40的深度约为12层楼或9辆双层巴士叠放在一起的高度，今年6月开始对外营业。

　　Wet suits aren't required here as swimmers can enjoy a regular temperature of between 32-34°C.

　　在这里游泳者不用穿紧身潜水衣，因为泳池内的水温会始终保持在32度到34度之间。

　　There are several platforms, ranging from -1.3m, to -12m. The pool at the surface is 21m by 18m but it becomes a narrow well-like hole as the depths plummet² straight down.

　　在深度为1.3米和12米处分别设有平台。泳池的上表面长21米宽18米，但越往深处越窄，像一个垂直的深洞。

　　Visitors are able to use the facilities for free diving and scuba³ diving, with underwater caves for cave diving beginners.

　　在这里游客们可以使用相应的设施进行自由潜水或戴水肺潜水，另外还有供洞穴潜水新手使用的地下水洞。

　　There is also a unique suspended underwater tunnel which is entirely⁴ transparent⁵, so non-swimmers can experience the pool without getting wet.

　　该泳池还设有一条独一无二的水下全透明隧道，不游泳的人也可以在这里体验“深深的喜悦”。

　　There is a sunbathing⁶ deck with loungers on the roof, where swimmers can recover from their deep-diving experience.

　　泳池的顶部，有一个供休闲的日光浴甲板，游泳者深潜之后可在这里休息。

　　Nemo 33 in Brussels, Belgium, was the deepest indoor swimming pool in the world before Y-40 was completed.

　　在Y-40建成之前，世界上最深的室内用泳池是比利时首都布鲁塞尔的nemo33。

1 renowned   

adj.著名的，有名望的，声誉鹊起的

参考例句：

• He is one of the world's renowned writers.他是世界上知名的作家之一。
• She is renowned for her advocacy of human rights.她以提倡人权而闻名。

2 plummet   

vi.(价格、水平等)骤然下跌；n.铅坠；重压物

参考例句：

• Mengniu and Yili have seen their shares plummet since the incident broke.自事件发生以来，蒙牛和伊利的股票大幅下跌。
• Even if rice prices were to plummet,other brakes on poverty alleviation remain.就算大米价格下跌，其它阻止导致贫困的因素仍然存在。

3 scuba   

n.水中呼吸器

参考例句：

• I first got hooked on scuba diving when I was twelve.12岁时我开始迷上了带水中呼吸器潜水。
• While on honeymoon in Bali,she learned to scuba dive.她在巴厘岛度蜜月时学会了带水肺潜水。

4 entirely   

ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
• His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。

5 transparent   

adj.明显的，无疑的；透明的

参考例句：

• The water is so transparent that we can see the fishes swimming.水清澈透明，可以看到鱼儿游来游去。
• The window glass is transparent.窗玻璃是透明的。

6 sunbathing   

n.日光浴

参考例句：

• tourists sunbathing on the beach 在海滩上沐浴着阳光的游客
• We've been sunbathing on the beach. 我们一直在海滩上晒日光浴。