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Ifyouareplanningatrip,youmaybewonderingwhatmightbeinyourlineoftravelwhenitcomestouniquebuildings.Therearesomeunusual,uniquebuildingsyoushouldputonyourtravelbucketlist.
CapitalGate—AbuDhabi,UnitedArabEmirates
CapitalGateisoneofthetallestbuildingsinAbuDhabi.AccordingtotheGuinnessWorldRecords,CapitalGateistheworld’sfarthestleaning,man-madetower.Thestructureleansatan18-degreeangle,andintentionallyso.Thisisaleanabout5timesgreaterthantheLeaningTowerofPisa.
SvalbardGlobalSeedVault—Spitsbergen,Norway
Nothingisgrandorstunningaboutthisstructure,fromavisualperspective.But,insomeway,thefutureofcivilizationmaydependontheworkdoneattheSvalbardGlobalSeedVault.TheSvalbardGlobalSeedVaultisdesignedtostoremillionsofdifferenttypesofseedsforthereplantingofvariouscropsintheeventofanynumberofmajorglobaldisasters.Thebuildingcomescompletewithblast-proofdoors,airlocks,andmotionsensors.
ThePalaceoftheParliament—Bucharest,Romania
ThePalaceoftheParliamentisthesecondlargestadministrativebuildingontheplanet.Indeed,itissobigthatitcanbeseenfromspace.ThestructurewascommissionedbythelastcommunistdictatortoruleinRomania.Afractionofthebuildingisinusetoday,mostofitsittingidle.
LotusTemple—NewDelhi,India
IfinIndia,avisitorinterestedinbuildingandarchitectureshouldalsocheckouttheLotusTempleinNewDelhi.TheLotusTempleisindeeddesignedtomimictheappearanceoftheflower.TheLotusTempleisaBahaihouseofworshipcompletedin1986.
1.WhatcanwelearnaboutCapitalGate?
A.ItistheonlytowerinAbuDhabi.
B.It’sthefarthestleaningtowerbuiltbyman.
C.ItisasfamousastheLeaningTowerofPisa.
D.It’sthetallestbuildinginUnitedArabEmirates.
2.WhatisuniqueaboutSvalbardGlobalSeedV