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1、Lesson17Thelongestsuspensionbridgeintheworld世界上最长的吊桥一、【Text】课文Verrazano,anItalianaboutwhomlittleisknown,sailedintoNewYorkHarbourin1524andnameditAngouleme.Hedescribeditas'averyagreeablesituationlocatedwithintwosmallhillsinthemidstofwhichflowedagreatriver.'ThoughVerrazanoisbynomeansconsidere
2、dtobeagreatexplorer,hisnamewillprobablyremainimmortal,foronNovember21st,1964,thegreatestbridgeintheworldwasnamedafterhim.TheVerrazanoBridge,whichwasdesignedbyOthmarAmmann,joinsBrooklyntoStatenIsland.Ithasaspanof4260feet.Thebridgeissolongthattheshapeoftheearthhadtobetakenintoaccountbyitsdes
3、igner.Twogreattowerssupportfourhugecables.Thetowersarebuiltonimmenseunderwaterplatformsmadeofsteelandconcrete.Theplatformsextendtoadepthofover100feetunderthesea.Thesealonetooksixteenmonthstobuild.Abovethesurfaceofthewater,thetowersrisetoaheightofnearly700feet.Theysupportthecablesfromwhicht
4、hebridgehasbeensuspended.Eachofthefourcablescontains26,108lengthsofwire.Ithasbeenestimatedthatifthebridgewerepackedwithcars,itwouldstillonlybecarryingathirdofitstotalcapacity.However,sizeandstrengtharenottheonlyimportantthingsaboutthisbridge.Despiteitsimmensity,itisbothsimpleandelegant,ful
5、fillingitsdesigner'sdreamtocreate'anenormousobjectdrawnasfaintlyaspossible'. 二、【Newwordsandexpressions】生词和短语 ◆suspensionn.悬,吊◆agreeable adj.宜人的◆situation n.地点,地方◆locatev.位于◆immortal adj.永生的,流芳百世的◆Brooklyn n.布鲁克林(纽约一区名)◆Staten n.斯塔顿(岛)◆span n.跨度◆cable n缆索◆concrete n.混泥土◆suspen
6、d v.悬挂◆length n.根,段◆estimate v.估计◆immensityn.巨大◆capacity n.承受量◆elegant adj.优美别致的◆faintly adv.微细地 ★suspensionn.悬,吊suspensionbridge吊桥suspend:悬挂Eg.:Thelightissuspendedfromtheceiling.暂停Eg.:Thetrainwassuspendedbecauseoftheheavyrain.suspense:n.担心,挂念,悬念Eg.:Thewonderfulfilmgiv
7、emeadeepimpressionbecauseofitssuspense.Hedidn’ttellusthetruthincaptomeinsuspenseallday.suspenders吊袜带 ★agreeableadj.宜人的Todayisagreeable.agreeablesituationHishouseisinaagreeablesituation. ★situationn.地点,地方locationsituatev.locatev.BeijingislocatedintheNorthofChin
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