Retailing for $5 million, the oddly egg-shaped Trilobis seems halfway between a giant yacht and a floating home.

每只售价5百万美金。 它看起来既像是一个巨大的游艇，又像是一个浮动的家。

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But the more watery the world gets, the more likely its rich coastal cities will start transferring themselves into floating homes and Trilobis-like home vehicles.

但是只要世界变得更潮湿，富有的沿海城市就更可能选择海洋建筑和三叶虫一样的海上交通工具。

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Nearby there, in Cypress Bay, a couple by their names, Wayne Adams and Catherine King, have built with their own two hands, a floating home made out of 12 separate platforms.

小镇不远处的塞普拉斯湾有一对夫妇，丈夫叫威尼·亚当，妻子名为凯瑟琳·金，他们用12个漂浮的平台亲手建造了一座水上家园。

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One type of real estate that ultimately takes advantage of water, however, is the floating home.

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Designed by Orhan Cileli, the sleek floating home, which would house up to five occupants, explores alternatives to conventional houseboat engineering.

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But it was just her two oldest sons, Roy and Troy, floating home inside the bubble of her prayer, still in crumpled, cattin'-around clothes from Saturday night, still a little drunk on Sunday morning.

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