万花筒 2012-11-01&11-03 世界各地的“蜗居”

 We're watching a trend here in America and around the crowded world. People ready to live in houses only a couple of feet wide, ABC's Nick Wart¹ shows us life inside the microhome of the future. 

Sick and tired of your cramped² quarters, stretch out and look at this, a tiny sliver³ of 156 square feet, just 36 inches widing places. Shark might squeeze through the front door, but I'm thinking he gets stuck in that bathroom. There's a table for two, cozy⁴ by candle light, but a bed just for one. 

I think plenty of light is most important, says the experimental architect Yaku Sheshezni. 

Designed for this guy, Ediker Karet, an Israeli writer reclaiming⁵ his Polish roots. And how much space do we really need, the tiny house movement is gaining some traction⁶.

This is my tiny house.

Here's poster boy Jay Shafren. 

It sleeps too really comfortably.

Oh, it is small.

This model microapartment in San Francisco toured by our very own Cecilia Viga.

You can almost from the bathroom, reach and grab something in the fridge, that's convenient. That place is just 150 square feet. 

The world's population is exploding, we're getting bigger, we'll soon be vacationing in Japanese style capsule hotels, driving a mini-scale Peel P50 and stroking descendants of Mr. Peebles, the world's smallest cat. The average family home in the US is shrinking,but it's still over 2300 square feet. that's 15 times the size of our polish Pied Terrier. 

1 wart   

n.疣，肉赘；瑕疵

参考例句：

• What does the medicaments with remedial acuteness wet best wart have?治疗尖锐湿疣最好的药物有什么？
• Flat wart is generally superficial,or sometimes a slight itching.扁平疣一般是不痛不痒的，或偶有轻微痒感。

2 cramped   

a.狭窄的

参考例句：

• The house was terribly small and cramped, but the agent described it as a bijou residence. 房子十分狭小拥挤，但经纪人却把它说成是小巧别致的住宅。
• working in cramped conditions 在拥挤的环境里工作

3 sliver   

n.裂片，细片，梳毛；v.纵切，切成长片，剖开

参考例句：

• There was only one sliver of light in the darkness.黑暗中只有一点零星的光亮。
• Then,one night,Monica saw a thin sliver of the moon reappear.之后的一天晚上，莫尼卡看到了一个月牙。

4 cozy   

adj.亲如手足的，密切的，暖和舒服的

参考例句：

• I like blankets because they are cozy.我喜欢毛毯，因为他们是舒适的。
• We spent a cozy evening chatting by the fire.我们在炉火旁聊天度过了一个舒适的晚上。

5 reclaiming   

v.开拓( reclaim的现在分词 )；要求收回；从废料中回收（有用的材料）；挽救

参考例句：

• People here are reclaiming land from the sea. 这儿的人们正在填海拓地。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• How could such a man need reclaiming? 这么一个了不起的人怎么还需要别人拯救呢？ 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹

6 traction   

n.牵引；附着摩擦力

参考例句：

• I'll show you how the traction is applied.我会让你看如何做这种牵引。
• She's injured her back and is in traction for a month.她背部受伤，正在作一个月的牵引治疗。