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The world's largest igloo restaurant can be found in northern India in the Jammu and Kashmir area.
在印度北部的查谟和克什米尔地区，可以找到世界上最大的冰屋餐厅。
An igloo is a shelter that is usually round and is made of snow and ice.
冰屋通常是圆形的，由雪和冰构成。
But the cafe will not be available for too much longer.
但是这家咖啡馆的营业时间不会太长。
The 40-seat business is expected to melt away sometime in March.
这家拥有40个座位的咖啡馆预计将在3月份的某个时候融化。
Snoglu Cafe is owned and operated by the hotel Kolahoi Green Heights.
斯诺鲁咖啡馆归Kolahoi Green Heights酒店所有并由其运营。
It is at the Himalayan winter sports resort of Gulmarg, which is 50 kilometers southwest of Srinagar and 2,500 meters above sea level.
它位于喜马拉雅山脉冬季运动胜地古尔默尔格，古尔默尔格位于斯利那加西南方50公里处，海拔2500米。
Syed Wasim Shah is the creator of the cafe.
赛义德·瓦西姆·沙阿是这家咖啡馆的创建者。
He said an igloo village in Zermatt, Switzerland that he visited a few years ago helped him come up with the idea.
他说，他几年前参观过的瑞士泽尔马特的一个冰屋村帮助他想出了这个主意。
Snoglu Cafe is 11.43 meters tall and 13.56 meters wide.
斯诺鲁咖啡馆高11.43米，宽13.56米。
That makes it larger than the current record holder.
这使得它比目前的纪录保持者还要大。
The Guinness Book of World Records publishes such records.
《吉尼斯世界纪录大全》收录了这些纪录。
The igloo listed by Guinness is found in Switzerland.
《吉尼斯世界纪录大全》列出的冰屋是在瑞士发现的。
It is 10.5 meters tall and 12.9 meters wide.
它高10.5米，宽12.9米。
Shah told VOA, "We have already written to Guinness Book of World Records to certify our record and they will do it in due course of time."
沙阿对美国之音说：“我们已经写信给《吉尼斯世界纪录大全》来认证我们的记录，他们会在适当的时候来认证。”
The cafe has two areas.
这家咖啡馆有两个区域。
Coffee and small foods are served in one area.
咖啡和小吃在同一区域供应。
The other is for artwork.
另一个区域陈设艺术品。
Shah said, "It took us 64 days, precisely 1,700 man-days to complete: We started on the 3rd December and completed on the 4th of February."
沙阿说：“我们花了64天，正好1700个工日才完成：我们从12月3日开始，到2月4日完成。”
He added, "We employed all locals to construct it and the snow art was all done by me."
他补充说：“我们雇佣了所有当地人来建造它，雪上艺术都是我做的。”
The cafe immediately became popular with visitors from the resort.
这家咖啡馆立刻受到了度假村游客的欢迎。
Shah said the business has 300 to 400 visitors every day.
沙阿说，咖啡馆每天有300到400名游客。
He said he is asking people to pay about $3 to enter the snowy structure to limit the number of people.
他说，他要求人们支付大约3美元才能进入这座白雪覆盖的建筑，以限制人数。
One of those customers was Dr. Vaishnavi.
瓦什纳维博士就是其中一位顾客。
She visited Kashmir for the first time from the eastern Indian state of Orissa.
她是第一次来克什米尔游玩。她从印度东部的奥里萨邦来。
She ate there with her husband, Dr. Indrajeetm.
她和丈夫德拉吉特姆博士在那里吃饭。
Vaishnavi told VOA that she was interested in the idea behind the structure and liked the feeling inside the Snoglu Cafe.
瓦什纳维告诉美国之音，她对这个建筑背后的想法很感兴趣，喜欢斯诺鲁咖啡馆内部的感觉。
Visitors wear winter clothes and sit on sheepskin seats to stay warm.
游客们穿着冬装，坐在羊皮座椅上取暖。
Hamid Masoodi runs the Hotel Kolahoi Green Heights.
哈米德·马苏迪经营着Kolahoi Green Heights酒店。
He said this is the second year that the hotel has had the igloo cafe.
他说，这是该酒店第二年开设冰屋咖啡馆。
It is only possible to have one during the winter season from early December until about the middle of March.
只有在12月初到3月中旬的冬季才有可能有冰屋咖啡馆。
He said the hotel built one last year that could fit 16 people.
他说，该酒店去年建造了一座可以容纳16人的冰屋。
He estimates this year's larger igloo could serve almost 20,000 visitors during a full season.
他估计，今年更大的冰屋在整个季节可以接待近2万名游客。
Shah, meanwhile, has bigger plans.
与此同时，沙阿有更大的计划。
He said the goal is to create a "full-fledged igloo village next year."
他说，他们的目标是明年建造一个“完整的冰屋村”。
It would have places to sleep, along with the Snoglu Cafe.
它将会有睡觉的地方，还有斯诺鲁咖啡馆。
I'm Gregory Stachel.
我是格雷戈里·施塔赫尔。
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