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欢迎收听美国之音“新闻词汇”。

This week's news word is about housing built in a shipping port: practical.

本周的新闻词汇有关一种建造在航运港里的房屋：实用的。

Urban Rigger is the name of a new low price type of housing for students at the University of Copenhagen.

Urban Rigger是针对哥本哈根大学的学生们的一种新型的、低价的学生公寓名称。

It is built using recycled shipping containers.

它是用回收的船运集装箱建造的。

It sits on top of solid materials that float.

它被建在一些能够漂浮的固体材料上面。

You can make your food, you can take a shower, you have a toilet, you have a bed, you have pretty much everything you need.

你可以自己做饭，可以洗澡，有一个卫生间，还有床，你基本上有所有需要的东西。

So, it's very practical for the student.

所以，它对于学生来说很实用。

Practical means fit for actual use.

Practical的意思就是适合实际的用途。

It refers to the doing or using of something instead of theories and ideas.

它指的是做某事或者使用什么东西，而不是建立在理论和想法层面上。