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【Insight深思】Apple Spaceship - 世界上最大的办公建筑

VOA英语听力  · 公众号  · 英语  · 2017-11-18 22:43

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In early 2017 , Apple finished construction on their new massive office building called Apple Campus 2 , also known as Apple Park and the spaceship .

在2017年初, 苹果公司就完成了其大型办公楼的修建工作。它被称为苹果2号校园,又称为苹果公园或苹果飞船。


It was a project started by Apple founder Steve Jobs back in 2006.

该项目由苹果创始人史蒂夫·乔布斯于2006年发起。


Jobs presented his plan for couple Park to Cupertino city council in 2011 , months before he passed away .

2011年,乔布斯计划将苹果公园建在加州的库比蒂诺,几个月后他不幸离世。


As hewlett - packard has been shrinking lately , they decided to sell that property and we bought it .

由于惠普公司最近一直在收缩业务,他们决定出售那块土地,苹果,把它买了下来。


And we ' ve come up with a design that puts 12 thousand people in one building .

我们把它设计成一座可以容纳一万两千人的建筑。


Cupertino approved it in October 2013 and construction started in late 2013.

库比蒂诺政府在2013年10月将其批准,我们在年末开始动工。


The land cost is estimated at one hundred and sixty million dollars in 2011.

在2011年,这块土地的购置费用预计为一亿六千万美元。


The budget for Apple Campus 2 was less than 3 billion , however in 2013 the total cost was estimated to be closer to 5 billion .

最初苹果公园的预算不足30亿美元,但是到了2013年总花费几乎达到了50亿美元。


The company ' s new 175 acre campus was ready for employees to begin occupying in April 2017.

苹果公司的员工将在2017年4月进驻这座占地175英亩的新园区。


The process of moving more than 12 , 000 people would take over six months .

整个进驻过程将耗时半年。


Apple Park is home to several buildings , most prominently a 2.8 million square foot ring -- unofficially known as the spaceship -- which boasts four storeys of curved glass panels and one of the largest roof - mounted solar farms in the world .

苹果公园内有数所建筑, 最引人注目的是占地280万平方英尺的环形建筑,人们称其为苹果飞船,它的4层楼层全部由精雕细刻的玻璃面板构成,此外它还拥有世界上最大的屋顶太阳能农场。


The Pentagon is considered the world ' s largest office building by floor area .

美国五角大楼被认为是就建筑面积而言最大办公楼。


But Apple Campus is now the largest .

但是现在苹果公园是最大的了。


But if we are talking about how many employees it can hold , the Pentagon is still the largest .

但是就可容纳员工数量而言,五角大楼仍是最大的。


The campus can house 12 , 000 workers where the Pentagon can house 23 , 000.

苹果公园可容纳12000名员工而五角大楼可容纳23000名。


I guess most people will not take that fact into account when internet search results show the spaceship is bigger than the Pentagon .

因为互联网搜索结果显示,苹果公园比五角大楼面积要大,所以我觉得人们可能还是觉得苹果公园容纳的人要多一点。


Here are some of the key features of the campus : the circular four - story building will be around a mile in circumference in the third of a mile wide .

苹果公园有如下几个主要的特点:其四层环形建筑的周长为1英里左右,宽度则为1/3英里。


It has 2.8 million square feet of office space -- enough room for 12 , 000 employees .

办公面积达到了280万平方英尺,足够容纳12000名员工。


The campus is one of the most energy - efficient buildings in the world and is powered by 100 percent renewable energy from 17 megawatts of rooftop solar panels and natural gas .

苹果校园是世界上最节能环保的建筑之一,完全由屋顶的兆瓦级太阳能发电板提供可再生能源。


The campus sits on 175 acres of land ,

建筑共占地175英亩。


it also has a hundred thousand square foot fitness center , underground thousand seat auditorium .

它还包括一个占地10万平方英尺的健身中心,一个地下大礼堂拥有1000个座位。


The building is surrounded by around 9 , 000 drought resistant trees and will include olive apple apricot and cherry trees .

苹果公园环绕在9000棵抗旱树木之中,以后还会栽种橄榄树,苹果树,杏树和樱桃树。


That will be jogging and cycling trails and more than a thousand bikes kept on - site at all times , which staff can use to make their way around .

园内还将拥有慢跑小径和自行车道,并且会有1000辆自行车全天候供员工使用。


The building is clad entirely in the world ' s largest panels of curved glass .

整个建筑使用了世界上最大经雕刻的的玻璃面板。


The spaceship will have 360 - degree curved glass fronted walls and central courtyard .

苹果飞船将会拥有360度的雕刻的玻璃墙壁以及中心的庭院。


It has underground parking and roads hidden from view ,

在美丽的地面风景之下,还隐藏着地下停车场和地下道路。


meaning 80% of the site can be covered in trees the building stays eco - friendly with natural ventilation that works instead of the air conditioning for 70% of the year .

这意味着苹果公园可以达到80%的树木覆盖率。建筑的自然通风系统非常的生态友好,一年70%的时候可以代替空调。


The building also features a two - story yoga room ,

苹果公园还拥有一个两层的瑜伽室。


a 4 , 000 person cafe with four - story glass doors and even pavement pizza boxes to prevent food from getting soggy .

它还拥有一个4层的可以容纳4000人的咖啡馆,配有玻璃门甚至路边的披萨盒都是玻璃的,用来防止食物受潮。


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