Lesson 17 The longest suspension bridge in the world

歌曲 Lesson 17 The longest suspension bridge in the world
歌手 英语听力
专辑 新概念英语(第三册)

歌词

[00:01.080] --- lesson 17 The longest suspension bridge in the world
[00:07.320] --- Listen to the tape then answer the question below.
[00:12.920] --- How is the bridge supported?
[00:17.520] Verrazano, an Italian about whom little is known, sailed into New York Harbour in 1524 and named it Angouleme.
[00:28.640] He described it as 'a very agreeable situation located within two small hills in the midst of which flowed a great river.'
[00:37.560] Though Verrazano is by no means considered to be a great explorer, his name will probably remain immortal,
[00:45.680] for on November 21st, 1964, the longest suspension bridge in the world was named after him.
[00:54.280] The Verrazano Bridge, which was designed by Othmar Ammann, joins Brooklyn to Staten Island.
[01:02.400] It has a span of 4,260 feet.
[01:06.880] The bridge is so long that the shape of the earth had to be taken into account by its designer.
[01:13.880] Two great towers support four huge cables.
[01:18.320] The towers are built on immense underwater platforms made of steel and concrete.
[01:24.520] The platforms extend to a depth of over 100 feet under the sea.
[01:29.720] These alone took sixteen months to build.
[01:33.520] Above the surface of the water, the towers rise to a height of nearly 700 feet.
[01:40.000] They support the cables from which the bridge has been suspended.
[01:44.720] Each of the four cables contains 26,108 lengths of wire.
[01:51.760] It has been estimated that if the bridge were packed with cars, it would still only be carrying a third of its total capacity.
[02:00.120] However, size and strength are not the only important things about this bridge.
[02:06.520] Despite its immensity, it is both simple and elegant,
[02:10.840] fulfilling its designer's dream to create 'an enormous object drawn as faintly as possible'.

歌词大意

[00:01.080] shì jiè shang zuì zhǎng de diào qiáo
[00:07.320] tīng lù yīn, rán hòu huí dá yǐ xià wèn tí.
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[00:17.520] 1524 nián, yī wèi xiǎn wéi rén zhī de yì dà lì rén wéi lā sà nuò jià chuán shǐ jìn niǔ yuē gǎng, bìng jiāng gāi gǎng míng wéi ān gǔ lā mǔ.
[00:28.640] tā duì gāi gǎng zuò le zhè yàng de miáo shù:" dì lǐ wèi zhì shí fēn shì yí, wèi yú liǎng zuò xiǎo shān de zhōng jiān, yī tiáo dà hé cóng zhōng jiān liú guò".
[00:37.560] suī rán wéi lā sà nuò jué duì suàn bù shàng yī ge wěi dà de tàn xiǎn jiā, dàn tā de míng zì jiāng liú fāng bǎi shì,
[00:45.680] yīn wèi 1964 nián 11 yuè 21 rì jiàn chéng de yī zuò shì jiè shang zuì zhǎng de diào qiáo shì yǐ tā de míng zì mìng míng de.
[00:54.280] wéi lā sà nuò dà qiáo yóu ào sī mǎ. ā màn shè jì, lián jié zhe bù lǔ kè lín yǔ sī tǎ dùn dǎo,
[01:02.400] qiáo zhǎng 4, 260 yīng chǐ.
[01:06.880] yóu yú qiáo shēn tài zhǎng, shè jì zhě bù dé bù kǎo lǜ le dì biǎo de xíng zhuàng.
[01:13.880] liǎng zuò jù tǎ zhī chēng zhe 4 gēn cū dà de gāng lǎn.
[01:18.320] tǎ shēn jiàn zài jù dà de shuǐ xià gāng jīn hùn níng tǔ píng tái shàng.
[01:24.520] píng tái shēn rù hǎi dǐ 100 yīng chǐ.
[01:29.720] jǐn zhè liǎng zuò tǎ jiù huā le 16 gè yuè cái jiàn chéng.
[01:33.520] tǎ shēn gāo chū shuǐ miàn jiāng jìn 700 yīng chǐ.
[01:40.000] gāo tǎ zhī chēng zhe gāng lǎn, ér gāng lǎn yòu xuán diào zhe dà qiáo.
[01:44.720] gēn gāng lǎn zhōng de měi gēn yóu 26, 108 gǔ gāng shéng zǔ chéng.
[01:51.760] jù gū jì, ruò qiáo shàng bǎi mǎn le qì chē, yě zhǐ bù guò shì qiáo de zǒng chéng zài lì de 1 3.
[02:00.120] rán ér, zhè zuò qiáo de zhòng yào tè diǎn bù jǐn shì tā de guī mó yǔ qiáng dù.
[02:06.520] jǐn guǎn cǐ qiáo hěn dà, dàn tā de jié gòu jiǎn dān, zào xíng yōu měi,
[02:10.840] shí xiàn le shè jì zhě qǐ tú chuàng zào yí gè" jǐn liàng yòng xì xiàn tiáo gōu huà chū yí gè páng rán dà wù" de mèng xiǎng.
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