欢迎来到天天文库
浏览记录
ID:41562330
大小:71.47 KB
页数:22页
时间:2019-08-27
《【精品】新概念第三册课文精读详解5》由会员上传分享,免费在线阅读,更多相关内容在工程资料-天天文库。
1、Lesson17Thelongestsuspensionbridgeintheworld世界上最长的吊桥一、[Text]课文Verrazano,anItalianaboutwhomlittleisknown,sailedintoNewYorkHarbourin1524andnameditAngouleme.Hedescribeditasraveryagreeablesituationlocatedwithintwosmallhillsinthemidstofwhichflowedagreatriver.9ThoughVe
2、rrazanoisbynomeansconsideredtobeagreatexplorer,hisnamewillprobablyremainimmortal,foronNovember21st,1964,thegreatestbridgeintheworldwasnamedafterhim.TheVerrazanoBridge,whichwasdesignedbyOthmarAmmann,joinsBrooklyntoStatenIsland.Ithasaspanof4260feet.Thebridgeissolon
3、gthattheshapeoftheearthhadtobetakenintoaccountbyitsdesigner.Twogreattowerssupportfourhugecables.Thetowersarebuiltonimmenseunderwaterplatformsmadeofsteelandconcrete.Theplatformsextendtoadepthofover100feetunderthesea.Thesealonetooksixteenmonthstobuild.Abovethesurfa
4、ceofthewater,thetowersrisetoaheightofnearly700feet.Theysupportthecablesfromwhichthebridgehasbeensuspended.Eachofthefourcablescontains26,108lengthsofwire.Ithasbeenestimatedthatifthebridgewerepackedwithcars,itwouldstillonlybecarryingathirdofitstotalcapacity.However
5、,sizeandstrengtharenottheonlyimportantthingsaboutthisbridge.Despiteitsimmensity,itisbothsimpleandelegant,fulfillingitsdesigner'sdreamtocreate9anenormousobjectdrawnasfaintlyaspossible9.二[Newwordsandexpressions]生词和短语♦suspensionn.悬,吊♦agreeableadj.宜人的♦situationn.地点,地
6、方♦locatev./位于♦immortaladj.永生的,流芳百世的♦Brooklynn.布鲁克林(纽约一区名)♦Statenn.斯塔顿(岛)♦spann.‘跨度♦cablen缆索♦concreten.混泥土♦suspendv.悬挂♦lengthn.根,段♦estimatev.估计♦immensityn.巨大♦capacityn.承受量♦elegantadj.优美别致的♦faintlyadv.微细地★suspensionn.悬,吊suspensionbridge吊桥suspend:悬挂Eg.:Thelightissus
7、pendedfromtheceiling.暂停Eg.:Thetrainwassuspendedbecauseoftheheavyrain.suspense:n.担心,挂念,悬念Eg.:Thewonderfulfilmgivemeadeepimpressionbecauseofitssuspense.HedidrYttellusthetruthincaptomeinsuspenseallday.suspenders吊袜带★agreeableadj.宜人的Todayisagreeable.agreeablesituation
8、Hishouseisinaagreeablesituation.★situationn.地点,地方locationsituatev.locatev.BeijingislocatedintheNorthofChina.JapanislocatedtotheEastofChina.islocatedto...★locat
此文档下载收益归作者所有