Passage 10
学霸导读 高楼林立的现代社会有一群人建起了“地下家园”，一起探究一下这个不寻常的澳大利亚小镇吧。
Coober Pedy is a small town in the Australian desert. It’s famous not only for its opals （ 蛋白石 ）， but also for a very unusual r 1 —the people live and work underground.
Why do people choose to live under the ground？ To avoid the boiling hot days and f 2 cold nights—daytime temperatures can rise to 50℃ or more and on a cold night the thermometer （ 温度计 ） can hit zero. The locals say that their strange lifestyle is the only answer to the unfavorable climate. In the underground homes， the temperature is always a very pleasant 19℃ to 24℃. But that’s not the only a 3 ： the people there don’t need to pay builders if they want to build a home or make any changes.
You would be very surprised to see how well people manage to live underground. They have f itted kitchens and bathrooms， sometimes e 4 spas （ 水 疗 室 ）. “People are wrong about this place，” says Bev Smith， who has lived in Coober Pedy for over 30 years. “They think that it’s impossible to live here and that we’re like primitive （ 原始的 ） cave people， but that’s not t 5 . When my husband， Larry， and I f irst came here， there was no electricity or running water. Life was very diff icult and many people decided to leave. But now， things have c 6 a lot and we’re very comfortable. We now have underground shops， hotels， restaurants， cafés and churches！ ”
Abigail and Brian Tynan left their large house in Melbourne two years ago to live in an underground home. “My mouth fell open when I saw my underground home，” remembers Brian. “It was like a cave. It took us about a year to turn it into a cosy （ 舒适的 ） home， but we’ve settled in now and I’d rather live here than a 7 the ground. It’s my choice and I really enjoy it.”
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高频词汇
boiling /'bɔɪlɪŋ/ adj. 炽热的，很热的
unfavorable /ʌn'feɪvərəbl/ adj. 不利的，有害的
manage to do sth. 设法做成某事
would rather 宁愿