迪拜公主塔电梯故障 富豪要爬97层楼回家

Homeowners living in the world`s tallest residential skyscraper are having to climb up more than 1,300ft of steps - the equivalent of walking one-third of the way up Ben Nevis - after all the lifts broke down.

世界最高住宅大楼电梯全部故障，楼里的住户们不得不爬了1300多英尺高(396多米高)的台阶才回到了家中，要知道这相当于爬了英伦三岛最高峰本尼维斯山三分之一的路程。

Princess Tower in Dubai, which stands at 1,355ft tall with 97 above-ground residential floors, has been named the tallest residential building in the world Guinness World Records.

迪拜公主塔高达1355英尺(约为414米)，地上居民楼有97层，是吉尼斯世界纪录认证的世界上最高的住宅大楼。

But residents living in the luxurious tower block - many of whom are British - have been told they have `no choice` but to walk up to their flats, some on the 97th floor, after all eight lifts in the building broke down last week.

但上周，这座奢华住宅楼的住户却被告知，因为大楼里的8部电梯全部出现故障，他们没得选择必须得爬楼回家。楼里的住户有不少是英国人，有一些住户住在顶楼97层。

Princess Tower boasts 763 luxury apartments as well as eight giant stores and overlooks the Palm Jumeirah, the manmade `palm island` where David Beckham and Brad Pitt are said to have bought luxury pads.

公主塔有763个豪华公寓，8个超大的商店，从公主塔可以俯瞰贾米拉棕榈岛，据悉英国球星贝克汉姆和美国演员布拉德·皮特都有在这座著名的人造岛屿上买地。

But after a persistent water leak, the owners of Princess Towers have shut down all of its eight lifts. Emergency repairs are ongoing after the problems began last week - leaving penthouse owners who paid £2million plus for their flats forced to take the stairs.

由于楼里持续漏水，公主塔的所有者不得不关掉了全部8座电梯。从上周开始公主塔就在进行持续紧急抢修，顶层公寓的住户们不得不走楼梯回家，他们可是花了至少200万英镑才买下的公寓。

Flat owners have today been told that a solitary `service elevator` is available for `limited` trips to the 50th floor - but anyone living above that level will still have to walk the rest of the way.

6月17日，公寓住户被告知一座单独的服务电梯可以送住户去50层，运送次数有限。而住在50楼以上的住户剩下的楼层还是得自己步行。

Bosses at the skyscraper - owned by Tameer estates - say the flooding was caused by water from the `fire protection system` and that a `faulty fire hose` was to blame. Water from the hose got into the residents` lift shafts, flooding them and causing them to be shut down.

公主塔所属的泰玛尔房地产公司表示，消防系统系统漏水导致楼层里到处都是水，主要是消防水龙带出了故障。消防水龙带里的水流进了电梯井，电梯全被淹了只能全部关闭。

One resident, who lives on the 78th floor, said: `I came home after a hard day of work and was told I`d have to walk to my apartment on the 78th floor. I truly couldn`t believe it - there was no way I was walking all that distance so I just booked myself into a hotel.`

一位住在78层的住户抱怨说：“辛苦工作一天我累得要死的回家，结果被告知要自己步行到家，我简直不敢相信。这么远我根本走不回去，所以我就住在酒店里了。”

The 47-year-old, who left the UK two years ago to take a job in Dubai, added: `They need to get this fixed pronto - I can`t afford a hotel every night.`

这位47岁的住户两年前离开英国来到迪拜工作，还说道：“他们得赶紧修好，每晚住酒店我可付不起啊。”