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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