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Share the love: The world’s most romantic restaurants
Roses? Champagne? A heart-shaped chocolate cake? There are some special establishments well worth a punt for Valentine’s Day. Here are 4 of the world’s most romantic restaurants where the love is well shared.
Crab Shack, Soneva Jani, Maldives
If you ask travelers to pick the most romantic destinations around, the chances are that the Indian Ocean paradise of the Maldives will make it to the top of lists. That’s partly because it offers some of the world’s very best crustaceans served in multiple dishes. Finish the evening with a Maldivian sunset, pretty enough to steal your heart, as well as your Valentine’s.
TEl: +960 6566666
Sunset Monalisa, Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
The bay at Cabo San Lucas is already a picturesque destination even before you find yourself in a restaurant carved into a cliffside. It’s home to the romantically named Sunset Monalisa. Big spenders will want to belly up to the Champagne bar, where selected bubbles can be paired with local oysters and lobster.
TEl: +52 6241458160
Aqua Shard, London, UK
With dazzling and incomparable views of the UK capital, it’s easy to see why it’s such a popular choice for incurable romantics. Up on the 31st floor of one of the city’s most striking buildings, the restaurant’s daily hours from 7 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. means that there’s at least a chance of snagging an especially coveted window table.
TEl: +440 2030111256
ICEHOTEL Restaurant, Jukkasjärvi, Sweden
The world’s very first hotel made from snow and ice is the chilly but undeniably fairytale-like backdrop to a unique dining location. Unlike the rest of the hotel, the dining room is warm. A five-course classic menu features some dishes served on ice, while fillet of reindeer with sauce must be the most intriguing Valentine dish.
TEl: +46 706680263
1．If someone want to reserve a coveted window table with striking city view, which number should he call?
A．+960 6566666 B．+52 6241458160
C．+46 706680263 D．+440 2030111256
2．What can we learn from the passage?
A．You can enjoy a breathtaking Maldivian sunset in Crab Shack.
B．You can taste the world’s very best crustaceans in Sunset Monalisa.
C．You can even snag an especially coveted window table at 11 p.m. in Aqua Shard.
D．You can try some dishes served on ice in the freezing dining room in ICEHOTEL Restaurant.
3．Where is the text most probably taken from?
A．A research paper. B．A biology textbook.
C．A travel brochure. D．A health magazine.
B
The green, natural forest absorbs carbon dioxide from the air through photo- synthesis (光合作用). There is another way of dealing with the climate crisis. That is setting up fields of dark-colored solar panels (太阳能电池板), also known as “solar forests”, which replace power stations that use fossil fuels such as coal and gas to make electricity, thus mitigating harmful emissions (排放) of greenhouse gases.
But since they are both relatively dark, they absorb a lot of solar radiation. Some of the energy is used for photosynthesis in natural forests or to produce electricity in “solar forests”, but most returns to the atmosphere, heating it up. Then what would be the more effective land use option in terms of the climate crisis: planting a forest, or building solar panels? This issue has long been debated by decision-makers around the world. Now, we may have an answer, thanks to a new study.
First, the researchers compared the impact of a forest on the climate crisis in a dry area to that of a solar farm in a similar environment. The researchers found that the albedo effect (反射效应) of both of these “forests” was similar, but that the absorption or prevention of carbon emissions was very different. It turns out that it takes 2.5 years for the heat emitted by solar farms to be balanced by the carbon emissions that are avoided, thanks to the energy they produce. In the case of a natural forest of similar size, it would take more than 100 years of photosynthesis to balance its heating effect.
