<p class="ql-block">疫情管控数月后，哥伦比亚一幢颠倒的房屋吸引了那些寻求乐趣的参观者。</p><p class="ql-block">An upside down house in Colombia is capturing the imagination of visitors looking for fun after months of coronavirus restrictions in the country.</p> <p class="ql-block">这幢房子位于一座小镇，距离首都70公里。它由一位奥地利人设计并拥有。这位奥地利人和家人住在哥伦比亚。</p><p class="ql-block">The house is in the town of Guatavita, about 70 kilometers from the capital, Bogota. It was designed by its Austrian owner Fritz Schall. He live in Colombia with his family.</p> <p class="ql-block">“每个人都看我像一个疯子，他们不相信我的话。” 这位奥地利人说，“我说我要建造一个颠倒得房子” ， 他们告诉我“ 好，你干吧。”</p><p class="ql-block">“Everyone looked at me like I was mad, they didn’t believe what I was saying,” Svhall said. “I said I’m going to make an upside down house ,” and they told me, “Ok,sure,go for it .”</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p> <p class="ql-block">今天，从许多地方来的参观者体验在天花板上行走。桌椅之类的东西都在他们上方。这里每个东西都是颠倒的。</p><p class="ql-block">Today,visitors from many places enjoy walking on ceilings where floors would normal be. Things like table and chairs are above them. Everything in the place is upside down. </p> <p class="ql-block">建造这栋房屋的激情来自这位奥地利人回奥地利家乡的一次旅行。2015年，他和他的孙子们在奥地利看到了同样的房子。</p><p class="ql-block">Inspiration for building the house came from a trip to Schall’s native Austria. There he saw a similar house with his grandchildren in 2015. </p> <p class="ql-block">疫情全球大流行使建造房子遇到了一些困难。但是终于在今年年初建成了。“疫情大流行让我们慢了一点，但现在好了。” 这位奥地利人说。The COVID-19 pandemic made building the house a little difficult. But it was finally finished at the start of this year. “The pandemic slowed us down a bit, but it’s done now ,” he said. </p><p class="ql-block">For many people, the pandemic has turned their worlds upside down. this expression means that people’s live have been greatly changed— often in shocking or upsetting ways. But for visitors to the upside down house, the place offers a bit of lighthearted relief from restrictions and other difficulties.</p> <p class="ql-block">莉娜访问了这里。 她说，经历过长时期的行动限制和其它疫情管控措施，这栋房子有助于参观者像她一样“放松一会儿。”</p><p class="ql-block">Iina Gutierrez has already made a visit there. She said, after a long period of movement restrictions and other pandemic measures, the house helps visitors like herself have” a moment of relaxation.”</p>