Lesson 17 Sarah's version

The longest suspension bridge in the world

The longest suspension bridge in the world at this time Akashi Kaikyō Bridge--- 日本明石海峡大桥

Words & Expression suspension agreeable situation locate immortal Brooklyn Staten span 悬，吊 宜人的 地点， 位于 永生的 布鲁克林 斯塔顿 跨度

cable concrete suspend length estimate capacity immensity elegant faintly 缆索 混凝土 悬挂 根，段 估计 承受量 巨大 优美别致的 微细的

suspension 暂停 悬，吊

Bridge

suspension---suspend---suspense The pendent lamp is suspended from the ceiling. ( 悬挂，吊 ) The athlete who had taken stimulant 兴奋 剂 was suspended from the season. ( 取消，暂停比赛 )

suspense (a feeling of excitement or anxiety when you do not know what will happen next.) The suspense is killing me! What happened to Sherlock in the next session?

agreeable---pleasant/acceptable agreeable weather agreeable young man

immortal 不朽的，长生不死的，流芳百世的 Plato believed that the soul is immortal. Shakespear's immortal lines.

immortal-----immoral The condemned slavery is immoral. immortal-----mortal 终有一死的，致命的

Brooklyn 布鲁克林 an industrial and international port area of New York city, and one of the city's 5 boroughs. It is known as an area where people of many different races live.

5 boroughs Manhattan The Bronx Queens Richmond

span a period of time between two dates or two evens. 期间 Over a span of ten years, the company has made great progress. life span --- 寿命 Enjoy a long life span. 长寿

a short attention span. 短时间的注意力

cable （ 1 ）海底或地下电缆 cable television 有线电视（ CATV ） cable car 缆车 （ 2 ）线索，钢索 区分： thread----- 细而长的棉线或丝线 cord 粗绳或细线 chord----- 和弦，乐器的弦

concrete 混凝土。 cement 水泥 concrete -----clearly beased on fact rather than on beliefs or guess 具体的 Sherlock failed to get the concrete information of the identity of the murderer.

length 3 Dimention （三维空间） ---height/width/length

length go to any lenghs /great lengths to do sth. 千方百计，竭尽全力做某事 CPPCC will go to any lengths to develop the economy this year. Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference

capacity 容积，容量 ability 能力 capacity for sth. capacity to do sth. He has great capacity for learning English.

Text Verrazano, an Italian about whom little is known, sailed into New York Harbour in 1524 and named it Angouleme. He described it as 'a very agreeable situation located within two small hills in the midst of which flowed a great river.'

New York Harbour Harbour(Br.) 海港 Harbor(Am.) describe sth. as sth. 把... 描绘成... For millions of immigrants, the USA was described as a promising land, but for many others, it was a bitter disillusionment.

近义表达： regard sth as sth. The Statue of Liberty was regarded as a symbol of American democracy. address sb/sth as New York is addressed as Big Apple. refer to sth as People who work in offices are referred to as white- collar workers. think of sth. as

介词妙用，句子倒装，连为一气呵成的一句 有画面感 He described it as 'a very agreeable situation located within two small hills in the midst of which flowed a great river.' Which 引导定语从句 in the midst of which ， among which ， before which 等来引导定语从句 ? 

Sentence-making 这个饭店地理位置十分便利，它位于市中心，前面 有一个公车站和地铁站。 The hotel/restaurant has a very convenient situation located in the downtown before which stand a bus stop and a metro station.

您不用担心这个地区的生态环境，因为它附近有茂 密的森林，森林里还有清澈的河流穿过。 (ecological environment ) You need not worry about the ecological environment of this area located near a thick forest in the midst of which flows a clear river.

他对水上餐厅做了这样的描述： “ 地理位置十分独 特，位于如镜的湖面上，两边是椰林构成的画一般 的风景 ” 。 (mirror-like lake, picturesque scenery, coco forest) He described the on-water restaurant as ‘a very special situation located on the mirror- like lake on the both sides of which are the picturesque scenery composed of coco forest.’

Though Verrazano is by no means considered to be great explorer, his name will probably remain immortal, for on Novermber 21st, 1964, the longest suspension bridge in the world was named after him.

The Verrazano Bridge, which was designed by Othmar Ammann, joins Brookly to Staten Island. It has a span of 4,260 feet.

It has a span of 4,260 feet. 长达 4260 英尺。 如何表达 ‘ 立体空间中的长宽高 ’ ？ Everest rises to a height of 8,848 m. The hole extends to a depth of 2 m. The road extends to a width of 5 m. China covers an area of 9,600,000 square kilometers.

The bridge is so long that the shape of the earth had to be taken into account by its desiger.

account description give an account of ( 书面语 ) He gave us a vivid account of his trip to Paris. take account of sth 仔细考虑到 take sth. into account.

on account of--- because of He can't run very fast on account of his woundered leg. account 作为动词时， account for---explain The heavy homework can account for his crazy behavior.

Two great towers support four huge cables. The towers are built on immense underwater platforms made of steel and concrete. The platforms extend to a depth of over 100 feet under the sea. made of steel and concrete 过去分词作后置定语

These alone took sixteen months to build. these---two towers alone ：仅仅... 就...

Above the surface of the water, the towers rise to a height of nearly 700 feet. They support the cables from which the bridge has been suspended. Each of the four cables contains 26, 108 lengths of wire.

同义表达 It has been estimated that if the bridge were packed with cars, it would still only be carrying a third of its total capacity. It is said that It is expected that It is predicted that..... It is known that It is felt that It id reported that..... It is assumed that......

虚拟语气 if the bridge were packed with cars, it would still only be carrying a third of its total capacity. be packed with.... The road is packed with crowd. be teeming with 充满 Future is teeming with hope.

be crammed with The house is crammed with people. be stuffed with... The ice box is stuffed with food.

However ， size and strength are not the only important things about this bridge. Despite its immensity, it is both simple and elegant, fulfilling its designer's dream to create 'an enormous object drawn as faintly as possible.'

fulfill---(literature) fulfill your dream fulfill your hope.

Sentence-making The bridge is so long that the shape of the earth had to be taken into account by its designer. 由于桥身太长，设计者不得不考虑了地表的形 状 甄子丹 (Donnie) 的公众形象是如此清晰，以至于每 当他要接新角色的时候，都必须考虑公众是如何看 待他的。 The definition of Donnie’s public persona is now so precise that he needs to take into account how he is perceived when he takes on a role.

Despite its immensity, it is both simple and elegant, fulfilling its designer's dream to create 'an enormous object drawn as faintly as possible'. 尽管此桥很大，但它的结构简单，造型优美， 实现了设计者企图创造一个 “ 尽量用细线条勾画出一 个庞然大物 ” 的梦想。 现代人自上个世纪起，疯狂地射杀和诱捕野生动物， 结果造成了严重的破坏。 Modern people have been shooting and trapping the wildlife crazily since last century, creating dreadful havoc in nature.

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