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[00:05.39]17 世界上最长的吊桥

[00:10.79]Listen to the tape then answer the question below.

[00:17.76]听录音,然后回答以下问题.

[00:24.74]How is the bridge supported?

[00:28.76]桥是靠什么支撑的?

[00:32.78]Verrazano,an Italian about whom little is known,

[00:35.66]1524年,一位鲜为人知的意大利人维拉萨诺

[00:38.53]sailed into New York Harbour in 1524 and named it Angouleme

[00:42.62]驾船驶进纽约港,并将该港命名安古拉姆

[00:46.71]He described it as 'a very agreeable situation

[00:49.14]他对该港作了这样的描述:"地理位置十分适宜

[00:51.57]located within two small hills in the midst of which flowed a great river

[00:55.04]位于两座小山的中间一条大河从中间流过

[00:58.51]Though Verrazano is by no means considered to be a great explorer

[01:01.60]虽然维拉萨诺绝对算不上一个伟大的探险家,

[01:04.68]his name will probably remain immortal,

[01:06.95]但他的名字将流芳百世,

[01:09.22]for on November 21st, 1964,

[01:11.86]因为1964年11月21日,

[01:14.50]the longest suspension bridge in the world was named after him.

[01:17.44]一座世界上最长的吊桥以他的名字命名

[01:20.38]The Verrazano Bridge, which was designed by Othmar Ammann