新概念第三冊(cè)經(jīng)典句子 第17課:The Greatest Bridge in the World

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第17課 The Greatest Bridge in the World
    1、 Though Verrazano is by no means considered to be a great explorer, hisname will probably remain immortal, for on November 21st,1964,the greatest bridge in the world was named after him.
    雖然Verrazano絕對(duì)算不上一個(gè)偉大的探險(xiǎn)家,但他的名字將流芳百世,因?yàn)?964年11月21日建成的一座世界上長(zhǎng)的吊橋是以他的名字命名。
    2、 The VerrazanoBridge, which was designed by OthmarAmmann, joins Brooklyn toStaten Island.
    維拉薩諾大橋由Othmar Ammann設(shè)計(jì),連結(jié)著Brooklyn與Staten島
    3、 Two great towers support four huge cables.
    兩座巨塔支撐著4根粗大的鋼纜。
    4、 Thesealone took sixteen months to build.
    僅這兩座塔就花了16個(gè)月才建成。
    5、 Above the surface of the water,the towers rise to a height of nearly 700 feet.
    塔身高出水面將近700英尺。
    6、 Despite its immensity, it is both simple and elegant, fulfillingits designer’s dream to create ‘a(chǎn)n enormous object drawn as faintly aspossible’.
    盡管此橋很大,但它的結(jié)構(gòu)簡(jiǎn)單,造型優(yōu)美,實(shí)現(xiàn)了設(shè)計(jì)者企圖創(chuàng)造一個(gè)“盡量用細(xì)線條勾畫出一個(gè)龐然大物”的夢(mèng)想。
    劃線是做分詞后置定語(yǔ)。