Igloo cafe 冰屋咖啡馆

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在喜马拉雅山的滑雪胜地古尔玛， 一家酒店的主人在这里建造了一间冰屋 咖啡馆。尽管天气很冷，咖啡馆依然很受游客们的欢迎。

1 Gulmarg is a ski resort high in the Himalayan mountains and one of the hotels at Gulmarg is the Ko - lahoi Green Heights， which is pretty high up， about 2.6 kilometers above sea level.

2 With so much ice and snow around from De -cember to March， people at the Kolahoi hotel decidedto build an igloo （冰屋） cafe. Syed Wasim Shah， who created the cafe， decided to createthe largest igloo cafe in the world. The coffee bar can seat up to 40 people.

3 The work began in early December and it wasnt until the next February that it was completed. When it was finished， they had created the biggest igloo cafe in the world， which is called Snoglu.

4Before this， Guinness World Records said the largest snow igloo was in Switzerland ， which was 10.5 meters tall， and 12.9 meters across. Snoglu is 11.4 meters tall and 13.6 me- ters across.“We have already written to Guinness， ”says Mr Shah. It will take a while， but he feels sure his igloo has set a new record.

5 Snoglu has 10 tables and can hold up to 40 people at a time. The benches， tables， and decorated railings are all made out of packed snow. Sheep skins cover the icy benches to make them more comfortable.

6 Snoglu is separated into two different sections. One part holds artwork made out of snow and ice. The other part of Snoglu is a working cafe， selling coffee， hot chocolate， and snacks. The hotel ， s manager says the cafe focuses on items that can be served quickly，since it，s so cold in the igloo that most guests don，t want to stay too long.

7 Tourists seem to love Snoglu in spite of the cold. Mr Shah says there are between 300 and 400 visitors every day. The hotel is charging a small fee to enter Snoglu to keep it from becoming too crowded.

8The snow in Gulmarg started to melt away in mid-March， but Mr Shah has big plans for the future. Next year he plans to rebuild the cafe. He also wants to create an igloo vil- lage， with rooms where people can spend the night.

1. What can we know about Snoglu according to the text？

A. It is located in Switzerland.

B. It holds 40 visitors every day.

C. It takes three months to build it.

D. It is probably the largest igloo cafe.

2. Why did Snoglu provide items served quickly？

A. To fight against the coldness.

B. To make it not too crowded.

C. To satisfy guests， requirements.

D. To make visitors leave it sooner.

3. What did Snoglu do to avoid being overcrowded？

A. Open for certain people.B. Ask for a bit of fees.

C. Limit the visiting time. D. Offer fewer tables.

4. Which column might the text be taken from？

A. Art. B. Architecture. C. Business.D. Technology.

Difficult sentence in the text

The work began in early December and it wasn，t until the next February that it was

completed. 工程從 12月初开始，一直到第二年 2月才完工。

【点石成金】本句中，it wasn，t until...that it was completed 为强调句。