2017年CRI Sweden's largest smart house and society exhibition is underway

 

An exhibition focused on innovation¹, smart homes, and society has opened in Sweden. It's the largest event of its kind in the country since 2001 when the first sustainable and ecological² city was built in Malmo.

Linkoping Municipality Board Chairwoman Kristina Edlund says the smart city was well planned with innovative³ technologies and designs.

"Linkoping (linsherping) municipality is Sweden's largest city if we include the whole east Gotland. We also have relatively⁴ young population because we have Linkoping University in our city compared with other cities. Therefore we also need a lot of construction in Linkoping."

Edlund says this area not only attracts students who study at Linkoping University, but also attracts people both with high incomes and low incomes. Here, all kinds of people can meet.

One example is the new type of dormitories that were built. The students who designed the dorms say the quarters are a kind of family apartment. Erik is one of the students.

"We thought Swedish students would like to live alone, but we did a survey, it turned out that they like to live with the international students.So they changed the normal dormitory design with big bedrooms and small public spaces and instead designed smaller bedrooms and a larger public space with kitchen and a recreation area."

The other type of house is called "Dream House." They designed very smart apartments where doors, beds and tables can be folded away to make more space. When people want to use sleep or eat, the amenities⁵ can be unfolded as needed. More people can manage to live in a relatively smaller apartment, but still enjoy a high quality lifestyle.

Another type of house is called "passive house" in which the house sometimes actually produces surplus⁶ electricity that can be returned to the grid⁷.

There are also wooden houses and houses with beehive windows, or houses with their own car washes and electric car charging rooms, and many other features besides.

Moreover, all kinds of waste and waste water in the city are recylcled in a large unified⁸ underground recycling center.

According to local officials, this was a low price area, but after their considerable planning, and involving local people and all stakeholders, the land prices soared⁹ and all the apartments sold very well.

It has become a good model for building various houses with their own characteristics while at the same time building an harmonious¹⁰ society.

1 innovation   

n.改革，革新，新观念，新方法，新发明

参考例句：

• There are all sorts of possibilities for technical innovation.技术革新的门道很多。
• An enterprise should encourage innovation.企业应鼓励创新。

2 ecological   

adj.生态的，生态学的

参考例句：

• The region has been declared an ecological disaster zone.这个地区已经宣布为生态灾难区。
• Each animal has its ecological niche.每种动物都有自己的生态位.

3 innovative   

adj.革新的，新颖的，富有革新精神的

参考例句：

• Discover an innovative way of marketing.发现一个创新的营销方式。
• He was one of the most creative and innovative engineers of his generation.他是他那代人当中最富创造性与革新精神的工程师之一。

4 relatively   

adv.比较...地，相对地

参考例句：

• The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
• The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。

5 amenities   

n.令人愉快的事物；礼仪；礼节；便利设施；礼仪( amenity的名词复数 )；便利设施；（环境等的）舒适；（性情等的）愉快

参考例句：

• The campsite is close to all local amenities. 营地紧靠当地所有的便利设施。
• Parks and a theatre are just some of the town's local amenities. 公园和戏院只是市镇娱乐设施的一部分。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 surplus   

adj.过剩的，多余的；n.过剩，剩余额

参考例句：

• The manufacturers in some countries dumped their surplus commodities abroad.一些国家的制造商向国外倾销过剩产品。
• The surplus steam was blown off through the pipes.多余的蒸气通过管道放掉了。

7 grid   

n.高压输电线路网；地图坐标方格；格栅

参考例句：

• In this application,the carrier is used to encapsulate the grid.在这种情况下，要用载体把格栅密封起来。
• Modern gauges consist of metal foil in the form of a grid.现代应变仪则由网格形式的金属片组成。

8 unified   

(unify 的过去式和过去分词)； 统一的； 统一标准的； 一元化的

参考例句：

• The teacher unified the answer of her pupil with hers. 老师核对了学生的答案。
• The First Emperor of Qin unified China in 221 B.C. 秦始皇于公元前221年统一中国。

9 soared   

v.高飞( soar的过去式和过去分词 )；猛增；（音乐）升高；高耸

参考例句：

• The bird soared high, with outspread wings. 鸟儿展翅高飞。
• The rocket soared skywards. 火箭呼啸着朝天上飞去。

10 harmonious   

adj.和睦的，调和的，和谐的，协调的

参考例句：

• Their harmonious relationship resulted in part from their similar goals.他们关系融洽的部分原因是他们有着相似的目标。
• The room was painted in harmonious colors.房间油漆得色彩调和。