The Longest Drawbridge Around the World

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1524年，一位鮮為人知的意大利人維拉薩諾駕船駛進(jìn)紐約港，并將該港名為安古拉姆。

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In 1524, a rarely known Italian Verrazano had driven the boat entering the New York harbor, and named it Anguram.

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他對該港作了這樣的描述：“地理位置十分適宜，位于兩座小山的中間，一條大河從中間流過”。

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He describe this harbor like this: “The geological position is very suitable, in the middle of two hills,

a large river flows through.

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雖然維拉薩諾絕對算不上一個(gè)偉大的探險(xiǎn)家，

Thou Salavino completely cannot be called ? as a mighty explorer,

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但他的名字將流芳百世，

but his name will be immortal.

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因?yàn)?964年11月21日建成的一座世界上最長的吊橋是以他的名字命名。

Because the longest drawbridge built on November ? 21st, 1964 was named as his name.

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維拉薩諾大橋由奧斯馬.阿曼設(shè)計(jì)，

The Verrazano Bridge was designed by ? Othmar Ammann,

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連結(jié)著布魯克林與斯塔頓島。

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which bind Brookline and Staten Island.

橋長4,260英尺。

The length of the bridge is 4,260 feet.

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由于橋身太長，設(shè)計(jì)者不得不考慮了地表的形狀。

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Because the bridge structure is too long, designer have to consider the earth surface’s shape.

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兩座巨塔支撐著4根粗大的鋼纜。

Two huge tower propping up four thick ? steel ropes,

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塔身建在巨大的水下鋼盤混凝土平臺(tái)上。

the harmica was built on the undersea big ? platform which is made of reinforced concrete.

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平臺(tái)深入海底100英尺。

The platform is 100 feet deep into the ? sea.

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僅這兩座塔就花了16個(gè)月才建成。

Only these two towers consumed more than ? 16 months to built.

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塔身高出水面將近700英尺。

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The harmica is higher upon the water surface more than 700 feet.

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高塔支撐著鋼纜，而鋼纜又懸吊著大橋，

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The high tower heaves the steel ropes, and the steel ropes suspense the bridge.

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4根鋼纜中的每根由26,108股鋼繩組成。

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Every single one in the 4 wireropes is ? made of 26,108 steel ropes.

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據(jù)估計(jì)，若橋上擺滿了汽車，

As the estimation, if we filled the ? bridge surface with cars,

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也只不過是橋的總承載力的1/3。

its only one in third of the bridge’s ? bearing capacity.

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然而，這座橋重要特點(diǎn)不僅是它的規(guī)模與強(qiáng)度。

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Nonetheless, the bridge’s important feature is not only its scale and strength.

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盡管此橋很大，但它的結(jié)構(gòu)簡單，造型優(yōu)美，

Though the bridge is large, it’s structure ? is simple and it’s profiling is elegant,

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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”的夢想。

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and it achieving the designer’s dream, which is to use thin stripe to sketch a leviathan as far as possible.