新概念英語第三冊Lesson 17課件

Lesson17

Thelongestsuspensionbridgeintheworldpart1backgroundstorypart2Newwordsandexpressionssuspensionagreeablesituationlocateimmortalspancablen.懸，吊adj.宜人的n.地點(diǎn)，地方

v.位于adj.永生的，流芳百世的n.跨度n.纜索suspensionagreeablesituationlocateimmortalspancablen.懸，吊adj.宜人的n.地點(diǎn)，地方

v.位于adj.永生的，流芳百世的n.跨度n.纜索concretesuspendestimatecapacityimmensityelegantfaintlyn.混凝土v.懸掛v.估計

n.承受量

n.巨大adj.優(yōu)美別致的adv.微細(xì)地concretesuspendestimatecapacityimmensityelegantfaintlyn.混凝土v.懸掛v.估計

n.承受量

n.巨大adj.優(yōu)美別致的adv.微細(xì)地suspendvt.※besuspendedfrom...Alampwassuspendedfromtheceiling.Shewassuspendedfromherjobafterthataccident.suspensionn.suspensen.astoryofmysteryandsuspenseagreeableadj.1.pleasant,delightful,jolly2.willingbeagreeabletosth

immortaladj./n.※remainimmortalThesoulisimmortal.immortalnovelsHeisconsideredtobetheimmortalofalltime.mortalWheredidSirJohnHawkwoodsettlesixhundredyearsago?Whomdidhehiresoldierstointimesofwar?Wouldhethreatentodestroyacity-stateintimesofpeaceofnot?Whenwouldhespareacity-state?DidtheItaliansregardhimasaheroinspiteofthisornot?How0ldwashewhenhedied?Whogavehimastatefuneralwhenhedied?Didtheyhaveapicturepaintedornot?Whatwasitdedicatedto?Part3Noteonthetext

Verrazano,anItalianaboutwhomlittleisknown,sailedintoNewYorkHarbourin1524andnameditAngouleme.Hedescribeditas"averyagreeablesituationlocatedwithintwosmallhillsinthemidstofwhichflowedagreatriver."inthemidstof---amonginthemidstofsth/doingsthThoughVerrazanoisbynomeansconsideredtobeagreatexplorer,hisnamewillprobablyremainimmortal,foronNovember21st,1964,thelongestsuspensionbridgeintheworldwasnamedafterhim.innocase,innoway,onnoaccount,atnorateTheVerrazanoBridge,whichwasdesignedbyOthmarAmmann,joinsBrooklyntoStatenIsland.Ithasaspanof4,260feet.Thebridgeissolongthattheshapeoftheearthhadtobetakenintoaccountbyitsdesigner.Twogreattowerssupportfourhugecables.1.thelengthoftime：ashortattentionspanaspanofsixyears2.arangeof/avarietyof3.aspanofwidth/length...TheVerrazanoBridge,whichwasdesignedbyOthmarAmmann,joinsBrooklyntoStatenIsland.Ithasaspanof4,260feet.Thebridgeissolongthattheshapeoftheearthhadtobetakenintoaccountbyitsdesigner.Toaccount:takeaccountof...onaccountof...:becauseof...onnoaccount2.accountforsth:是...的說明（原因）；解釋；占比Thepoorweatheraccountedforthesmallcrowd.Canyouaccountforyoursuccess?Thetowersarebuiltonimmenseunderwaterplatformsmadeofsteelandconcrete.Theplatformsextendtoadepthofover100feetunderthesea.Thesealonetooksixteenmonthstobuild.Abovethesurfaceofthewater,thetowersrisetoaheightofnearly700feet.Theysupportthecablesfromwhichthebridgehasbeensuspended.Eachofthefourcablescontains26,108lengthsofwire.Ithasbeenestimatedthatifthebridgewerepackedwithcars,itwouldstillonlybecarryingathirdofitstotalcapacity.However,sizeandstrengtharenottheonlyimportantthingsaboutthisbridge.Despiteitsimmensity,itisbothsimpleandelegant,fulfillingitsdesigner'sdreamtocreate"anenormousobjectdrawnasfaintlyaspossible".

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。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”。雖然維拉薩諾絕對算不上一個偉大的探險家，但他的名字將流芳百世，因為1964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。維拉薩諾大橋由奧斯馬.阿曼設(shè)計，連結(jié)著布魯克林與斯塔頓島，橋長4,260英尺。由于橋身太長，設(shè)計者不得不考慮了地表的形狀。兩座巨塔支撐著4根粗大的鋼纜。塔身建在巨大的水下鋼盤混凝土平臺上。平臺深入海底100英尺。僅這兩座塔就花了16個月才建成。塔身高出水面將近700英尺。高塔支撐著鋼纜，而鋼纜又懸吊著大橋，4根鋼纜中的每根由26，108股鋼繩組成。據(jù)估計，若橋上擺滿了汽車，也只不過是橋的總承載力的1/3。然而，這座橋重要特點(diǎn)不僅是它的規(guī)模與強(qiáng)度。盡管此橋很大，但它的結(jié)構(gòu)簡單，造型優(yōu)美，實現(xiàn)了設(shè)計者企圖創(chuàng)造一個“盡量用細(xì)線條勾畫出一個龐然大物”的夢想。Verrazano,anItalianaboutwhomlittleisknown,sailedintoNewYorkHarbourin1524andnameditAngouleme.Hedescribeditas"averyagreeablesituationlocatedwithintwosmallhillsinthemidstofwhichflowedagreatriver."ThoughVerrazanoisbynomeansconsideredtobeagreatexplorer,hisnamewillprobablyremainimmortal,foronNovember21st,1964,thelongestsuspensionbridgeintheworldwasnamedafterhim.TheVerrazanoBridge,whichwasdesignedbyOthmarAmmann,joinsBrooklyntoStatenIsland.Ithasaspanof4,260feet.Thebridgeissolongthattheshapeoftheearthhadtobetakenintoaccountbyitsdesigner.Twogreattowerssupportfourhugecables.Thetowersarebuiltonimmenseunderwaterplatformsmakeofsteelandconcrete.Theplatformsextendtoadepthofover100feetunderthesea.Thesealonetooksixteenmonthstobuild.Abovethesurfaceofthewater,thetowersrisetoaheightofnearly700feet.Theysupportthecablesfromwhichthebridgehasbeensuspended.Eachofthefourcablescontains26,108lengthsofwire.Ithasbeenestimatedthatifthebridgewerepacedwithcars,itwouldstillonlybecarryingathirdofitstotalcapacity.However,sizeandstrengtharenottheonlyimportantthingsaboutthisbridge.Despiteitsimmensity,itisbothsimpleandelegant,fulfillingitsdesigner'sdreamtocreate"anenormousobjectdrawnasfaintlyaspossible".Part4Writing互聯(lián)網(wǎng)給我們提供了大量的信息，也讓我們的日常生活越來越便捷了，但如果我們沉迷于網(wǎng)絡(luò)，它也會成為問題的根源。參考第15課第2句一些花錢如流水的年輕人可能永遠(yuǎn)都不會想到，他們用來買一雙鞋的錢可以供父母花很長一段時間。參考第15課第3句與其把偶像名字紋在身上，或者在聽到他們婚訊的新聞時心碎不已，我們能用另外的方法表達(dá)自己的對偶像的愛。比如，我們可以從名人身上汲取力量，他們依靠艱苦努力才取得了名聲和財富，并努力成為更好的人。參考第15課第二段第2句人們以前總是認(rèn)為只要是外國的就都是好的，我們必須從這種慣性思維中跳出來。與此同時，我們要善于發(fā)現(xiàn)我們文化中的閃光點(diǎn)，這一點(diǎn)很重要。參考第15課倒數(shù)第2句互聯(lián)網(wǎng)給我們提供了大量的信息，也讓我們的日常生活越來越便捷了，但如果我們沉迷于網(wǎng)絡(luò)，它也會成為問題的根源。Theinternethasprovidedanamplesupplyofinformationforusandmadeourdailylifemuchmoreconvenient,butitcanalsobeasourceoftroubleifwegetaddictedtoit.一些花錢如流水的年輕人可能永遠(yuǎn)都不會想到，他們用來買一雙鞋的錢可以供父母花很長一段時間。Withsomeyoungsterswhosquandertheirmoney,itneveroccurstothemthattheamountofmoneytheyspendonapairofshoe