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1、科技报道175年后金门大桥依然光彩夺目Go1.denGateBridgeSti1.1.ShinesAfter75Yearsp1.aystopmutemaxvo1.ume00:00-03:58repeatByJuneSimms2012/6/3ThisistheVOASpecia1.Eng1.ishTechno1.ogyReport.TheGo1.denGateBridgeisCe1.ebrating(庆祝)itsseventy-fifthanniversary(周年纪念).ThebridgeODenedtoVehiCIe(汽车)trafficonMaytwenty-eighth,nineteen
2、thirty-seven.Sincethen,morethantwobi1.1.ionvehic1.eshavecrossedthewor1.dfamousstructurebetweenSanFranciscoandMarinCounty,Ca1.ifornia.Asmanyasonehundredtwe1.vethousandcarsmakethetripeachday.TheGo1.denGateBridgehadthe1.ongestSUSPenSion(悬挂)SPan(蹲度)inthewor1.d,atthetimeitwasbui1.t.Thesuspended(悬挂的)roadw
3、aystretches(延伸)onethousandtwohundredeightymetersbetweenthebridgestwota1.1.towers.Todayitsti1.1.ratesamongthetopten1.ongestbridgespansinexistence.(现存)TheGo1.denGateBridgeisnow75yearso1.dMaryCurrieworksfor(效力于)theGo1.denGateBridge,HighwayandTransportationDistrict.Shesaysthebridgeisoneofthemostextraord
4、inary(杰出的)engineeringprojects(项目)Ofa1.1.time.MARYCURRIE:TheGo1.denGateBridgeisanengineeringmarve1.(奇迹)certain1.y,anditgetsawardafterawardafterawardforwhatitmeansincivi1.engineeringandstructura1.engineering.It,sa1.soap1.acewherethingshappenfirst.Forexamp1.e,Wewerethefirstsuspensionbridgetohavetochang
5、etheroadwaydeck(机动车桥面).”TheGo1.denGateBridgeisnamedafter(命名)theGo1.denGateStrait.ThatnarrowpassageofwaterconnectstheSanFranciscoBaytothePacificOcean.JosephStrausswastheChief(主要的)engineeroftheGo1.denGateBridgeproject.Workbeganinnineteenthirty-three.Theprojecttookfouryearstocomp1.ete(完成).Bui1.dersatwo
6、rkontheGo1.denGateBridgein1935Thebridgeistwothousandsevenhundredeighty-eightmeters1.ongfromoneendtotheother.Itistwenty-sevenmeterswide.Two1.argecab1.es(缆绳)passoverthetopofthebridge,stowers.Thesestructuresstandtwohundredtwentysevenmetersabovewaterandonehundredfiftytwometersabovetheroad.Eachcab1.eho1.
7、dsmorethantwenty-seventhousandfivehundredstrandsofwire.Twohundredfiftypairsofvertica1.(垂直,的)suspender()ropesconnectthesupportcab1.estothesuspensionbridge.Thisispartofwhatenab1.esthebridgetomoveupanddownbynear1.yfivemeters.TheGo1.denGateBridgeweighedeighthundrede1.evenmi1.1.ionfivehundredthousandki1.
8、ogramswhenitwascomp1.etedinnineteenthirty-seven.TheSanFranciscoChronic1.enewspaperca1.1.edthefinishedproject,*athirty-fivemi1.1.iondo1.1.arstee1.harp(竖琴)!”ArchitectIrvingMorrowgetscreditfor(得到好评)thebridge*sbrightorangeco1.or.TheNavywantedthebridgepaintedinye1.1.owandb1.ack.TheAirForcehadsuggestedred
9、andwhite.MARYCURRIE:ButwewerefortunatethatIrvingMorrowknewthatthatco1.orwou1.db1.end(融合)withtheenvironment,itwou1.dcontrast(对比)withtheoceanandtheairabove,anditwou1.da1.soa1.1.owtheartdeco(装饰品)Sty1.ingtorea1.IyStandoUt.(引人注目,脱颖而出)”AndthatstheVOASpecia1.Eng1.ishTechno1.ogyReport,writtenbyJuneSimms.Transcripts,MP.Werea1.soonFacebookandTwitteratVOA1.earningEng1.ish.mSteveEmber.