In an instant, the door burst inwards. Into the slowly melting surroundings of the lodge stepped a smiling young man.
屋门一下给冲开了。一个面带微笑的青年迈进了这座四周正在慢慢融化的雪屋。"The only wooden thing we have left in the igloo is the front door, " he says.
“唯一的木制的事情,我们留在雪屋是前门,”他说。The popularity of the igloo is beyond doubt: it is now attracting tourists from all over the world.
受欢迎的雪屋是不容置疑的:现在是吸引游客来自世界各地的。Igloos are usually dome-shaped and are made of large slabs cut from compacted snow.
雪屋通常都是圆顶结构,由坚实的冰雪割成大块的冰砖搭建而成。They normally build one made of snow, for survival courses, within three to four hours.
在锻炼生存能力的课堂上,他们通常在三四个小时内就能搭建出一座雪屋。These days, igloos are a tourist attraction well. Igloo hotels are built during the winter in manycountries, including Norway and Finland.
如今,雪屋也成为旅游观光景点:包括挪威和芬兰在内的许多国家,在冬天时会建造雪屋饭店。Snow depths in the housing, with a snow build into the high-profile, which is the Inuit people of the Wota.
在雪屋最深处,有一块用雪筑成的高台,这就是因纽特人的卧榻了。When they are out in storm and can't get back home, they build houses of snow.
外出遇到暴风雪不能回家,就建造雪屋躲避风雪。At least 800 people have stayed at the igloo this season even though there are only 10 rooms.
至少有800人住在雪屋本赛季尽管目前只有10个房间。