有钱任性：阿联酋富翁计划将南极冰山运回国解决供水危机_BEC初级作文

有钱任性：阿联酋富翁计划将南极冰山运回国解决供水危机

阿尔谢希克服技术难关的计划是在冰山四周建起一个金属“带”，然后用一艘船穿越海洋将冰山拖回来。

The block selected for use by the UAE will be chosen via satellite and could measure as much as 1.2miles long and 550 yards across.

阿联酋将通过卫星选定目标冰山，尺寸大概是1.2英里长550码宽。

It is expected to lose around 30 percent of its mass during its ten-month journey from Heard Island, near Antarctica, to the Fujairah coast.

将冰山从南极洲附近的赫德岛拖到富查伊拉海岸，在长达10个月的旅途中预计会损失约30%的体积。

Even so, the block will provide millions of litres of fresh drinking water to the Arab kingdom, as well as bringing natural rain clouds by releasing cool, damp air.

即使如此，余下的冰山仍会为阿联酋提供数百万升新鲜饮用水，还能通过释放湿冷空气形成天然雨云。

Alshehi hopes the block will also prove to be a major tourist attraction.

阿尔谢希希望这座冰山还能成为一个主要旅游景点。

The final project will cost between $100million and $150million, in addition to the $60million to $80million spent on the test run.

除去试水工程所花费的6000万至8000万美元，最终的工程将耗资1亿至1.5亿美元。

The UAE is one of the most arid countries and one of the top 10 most water-scarce in the world, due to its extremely arid climate, which receives less than four inches (100 mm) of rainfall per year.