双语趣听精彩世界 第169期:泰晤士河上又要造个烧钱玩意儿

 　　Mashable.com: Plans are afoot to launch a crowd-funding campaign for an open-air swimming pool in the middle of the river Thames in London.

　　泰晤士河

　　The Thames Baths project would see a ?10 million pool, measuring 25 metres by 10 metres, with a full filtration system and pool-side decking, plonked in the murky¹ waters by the Victoria Embankment.

　　The pool project has been conceived by architects Studio Octopi and Jonathan Cook Landscape Architects as well as other studios and construction companies, and is backed by Tracey Emin and The Outdoor Swimming society among others.

1 murky   

adj.黑暗的，朦胧的；adv.阴暗地，混浊地；n.阴暗；昏暗

参考例句：

• She threw it into the river's murky depths.她把它扔进了混浊的河水深处。
• She had a decidedly murky past.她的历史背景令人捉摸不透。