无忧考新概念英语频道为大家整理的新概念英语第三册（美音版）Thelongestsuspensionbridgeinthe，供大家参考。更多阅读请查看本站频道。Lesson17Thelongestsuspensionbridgeintheworld世界上最长的吊桥Listentothetapethenanswerthequestionbelow.听录音，然后回答以下问题。Howisthebridgesupported?Verrazano,anItalianaboutwhomlittleisknown,sailedintoNewYorkHarbourin1524andnameditAngouleme.Hedescribeditasaveryagreeablesituationlocatedwithintwosmallhillsinthemidstofwhichflowedagreatriver.ThoughVerrazanoisbynomeansconsideredtobeagreatexplorer,hisnamewillprobablyremainimmortal,foronNovember21st,1964,thelongestsuspensionbridgeintheworldwasnamedafterhim.TheVerrazanoBridge,whichwasdesignedbyOthmarAmmann,joinsBrooklyntoStatenIsland.Ithasaspanof4,260feet.Thebridgeissolongthattheshapeoftheearthhadtobetakenintoaccountbyitsdesigner.Twogreattowerssupportfourhugecables.Thetowersarebuiltonimmenseunderwaterplatformsmakeofsteelandconcrete.Theplatformsextendtoadepthofover100feetunderthesea.Thesealonetooksixteenmonthstobuild.Abovethesurfaceofthewater,thetowersrisetoaheightofnearly700feet.Theysupportthecablesfromwhichthebridgehasbeensuspended.Eachofthefourcablescontains26,108lengthsofwire.Ithasbeenestimatedthatifthebridgewerepackedwithcars,itwouldstillonlybecarryingathirdofitstotalcapacity.However,sizeandstrengtharenottheonlyimportantthingsaboutthisbridge.Despiteitsimmensity,itisbothsimpleandelegant,fulfillingitsdesignersdreamtocreateanenormousobjectdrawnasfaintlyaspossible.Newwordsandexpressions生词和短语suspensionn.悬，吊agreeableadj.宜人的situationn.地点，地方locatev.位于immortaladj.永生的，流芳百世的Brooklynn.布鲁克林（纽约一区名）Statenn.斯塔顿（岛）spann.跨度cablen.缆索concreten.混凝土suspendv.悬挂lengthn.根，段estimatev.估计capacityn.承受量immensityn.巨大elegantadj.优美别致的faintlyadv.微细地