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           The first capsule hotel has opened in Australia, where travellers rest in a small sleeping pod rather than anentire room. Capsule hotels, or pod hotels, have been a popular choice for business people and tourists in Japanfor a long time, but never before have Aussies had a chance to try out the alternate overnight resting place onhome soil.
          The properly named Capsule Hotel at Sydney’s bustling downtown contains 72 pods, each offering all theextras of a fully-functional hotel room, minus the bathroom and minibar — It updates the Japanese craze for alocal crowd.
         Property developer Walter Guo said the venture was inspired by a trip to Japan where he saw first-hand howpopular the idea had become for a cross-section of society. “I thought such special hotels would be a uniqueexperience for a backpacker to stay in, but I found out that in Australia no one was doing it,” he added.
         As in Australia the usual accommodation is one big room for backpackers to share, Guo believes that thepod hotel will work because it is a better version of dormitory-style bunk beds and provides higher level ofprivacy and services. Each pod comes fully kitted out with a locker, a TV, USB plugs and headphone jacks, alongwith a mirror, dimmed lights and an alarm clock. Guests share a communal kitchenette and a laundromat.
         Priced at AU$50 (about NT$1,000) for a smaller pod and AU$70 (roughly NT$1,400) for a deluxe doublebed, the new hotel option has been taking off. While a large part of the customers at Capsule Hotel is backpackers,interstate businessmen looking for an affordable, private space to sleep have also been making good use of thespot.
         Guo is confident his Capsule Hotel would be here to stay. “I think it’s in a great location and we’re offeringsomething new — it works because it’s something people already accept but we’re making it even better,” hesaid.
【題組】1. Which of the following is true about Australia’s first capsule hotel?
(A) It was opened soon after Japan’s first capsule hotels.
(B) It is exactly named as how people usually call such a hotel.
(C) It is located in the rural area of Australia’s biggest city.
(D) It has attracted many but only backpackers so far.