Want to sleep under the sea? The company Planet Ocean has plans for an exciting underwater hotel, which they hope to build in locations all over the world.

The hotel won’t be large, with only 12 guest rooms, plus a restaurant. Guests will get to the hotel in a lift – so no diving or getting wet! The hotel will float 10 metres under the ocean, although it will be attached to the sea bed to prevent it from moving too far. Because it won’t be very deep under the water, the sun will shine down and provide light. Guests will get great close-up views of the fish and other sea creatures, which won’t be bothered by the hotel and so won’t make any effort to avoid it.

The hotel’s design, with clear plastic walls, means guests will be able to see the sea and all the creatures that live there around, above and below them in their rooms. They will almost get the feeling that they are swimming in the ocean. The luxury rooms will have a shower, TV and even the internet. The restaurant will serve high-quality meals. As you might expect, Planet Ocean wants to encourage people to eat less fish, so guests won’t find any on the menu. What’s more surprising is that the atmosphere will be silent, so guests will have to imagine the sound of the ocean around them.

The hotel won’t be cheap to build and it won’t be cheap to stay in. But the designers are especially proud of the fact that it will be environmentally friendly. It will use electricity, of course, but it will produce its own, and won’t disturb ocean life at all. In fact, the designers hope some sea creatures will build their homes on parts of the building, which will bring real benefits to the underwater world.

Planet Ocean’s future designs include a moving hotel. It perhaps sounds like this will work in the same way as a cruise ship, but this is not the case. In fact, rather than moving between continents and countries, it will stay within a single country’s waters, but only occasionally change positions around its coast.

8. What might guests find strange about staying at the hotel?

• A
  swimming from their rooms into the ocean
• B
  having ocean life in their room
• C
  enjoying a meal of freshly caught fish
• D
  being unable to hear the ocean

9. From designers' comments, we understand that

• A
  The hotel won’t cost much to build.
• B
  The hotel won’t use much electricity.
• C
  The hotel won’t cause any damage to the environment.
• D
  Fish and other sea creatures won’t come very close to it.

10. Planet Ocean’s moving hotel will

• A
  rarely move from one site to another.
• B
  travel between various countries.
• C
  be similar to a type of cruise ship.
• D
  remain close to the coast of each continent.
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