英国工程师发明可折叠房屋

British engineers have developed an incredible 100,000 pounds flat-packed house that can be unfolded in 10 minutes.

英国的工程师们发明出一种售价10万英镑、超赞的组装房屋，可以在10分钟内展开。

The adaptable unit can then be packed up with all its furnishings and transported on a lorry just as quickly.

展开后的可折叠房屋可以连同室内所有的家具一起被同样迅速地打包起来、装到卡车上。

The creators of Ten Fold hope to revolutionize the UK property market by mass producing the stackable homes.

Ten Fold可折叠房屋的发明者希望通过量产这种可堆叠式房屋变革英国的房产市场。

Inventor David Martyn, 58, said its built-in folding partitions and storage space allow it to be used as a home, classrooms, business spaces, pop-up shops, hospital operating theatres and emergency shelters for refugees.

58岁的发明家大卫·马丁称，这种房屋内置的折叠式隔板和储物空间使其可以被用作家庭住房、教室、营业场所、快闪店、医院手术室和难民应急避难所。

Furnishing such as sofas, beds, chairs, and tables can be tucked away in storage spaces and the whole unit is folded away and relocated in a truck without any specialist tools.

沙发、床、椅子和桌子等家具都可以藏在储物空间内，整个房子无需任何专门的工具即可折叠起来放到卡车上。

Martyn and his team of four engineers have spent seven years and 4 million pounds developing and patenting their designs.

马丁和他团队里的四名工程师花费7年时间、耗资400万英镑来研究这一设计和为其申请专利。