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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