水立方 Water cube 偉大工程巡禮

國家地理.偉大工程巡禮系列E82.北京水立方］National.Geographic.Megastructures.Beijing.Water.Cube.中英文互譯（第一部分），自己聽譯的英文部分中文部分采用的是特大碗牛肉面@CHD聯(lián)盟在射手網(wǎng)上提供的翻譯僅供英語學(xué)習(xí)愛好者參考不當(dāng)之處請指正QQ:851418500中國，數(shù)千年來屢屢打造世上最偉大的建筑里程碑，借此展示其偉大及國力。Chinaforthousandsofyears,it'sproclaimeditsgreatnessanditspowerbyerectingsomegreatestmonumentontheearth.到了21世紀,中國迅速奪回世界強國的地位，它正再一次用鋼鋼筋混凝土,玻璃和石材展示國力AndasChinarobsbacktotheworldstatesin21century,it'sonceagainproclaimingitspowerinsteelconcrete,glassandstone.不過就算是現(xiàn)代中國,最讓人吃驚的莫過于此Butevenintoday'schinaitevendoesn'tgetmoreamazingthanthis.在中國的首都北京，工人正在打造人類史上最驚人的建筑之一InBeijing,china'scapital,workersareconstructingoneofthemostastonishingbuildingeverbuild.當(dāng)北京點燃奧運圣火的火把全球?qū)⒈牬笱劬粗涨敖^后的國家游泳中心WhenBeijinglightsitsOlympictorch,theeyesoftheworldwouldbeontheincrediblenationalaquaticscenter.一個可以自我調(diào)節(jié)溫度的巨大溫室Agiganticgreenhousethatheatsandcoldsitself,一個可以獨立支撐的骨架抗震性能卓越Withskeletonsostrongitcouldstandallinitandstruggleforearthquake可以自行滅火的薄膜式外殼Andveilforthinskinthatputsoutitownsfire.你能想象用這玩意蓋房子嗎?Canyouimagingthebuildingputonoutthis?基本上是利用氣泡膜來蓋房子Essentiallywillbuiltthebuildingunderit,bubble,right?Youknow.我得說實在太完美了Absolutely,Ihavetosayit'sperfect.而奧運的觀眾無從得見的是興建這座超大建筑所需要的汗水、腦力和膽識WhatOlympiccrowdswon'tsee,it'sthesweat,brainsandgutsthatgotthismega-structurebuilt.他們極力相信可以化不可能為可能Theystruggletobelievethatincredible.我想我們都有點兒嚇到，真的…Iwouldbeastoundedreally,你們想干什么？Isthathumantowant?影響了不少家庭生活Thelivesputonhold.我太太好一陣子不理我Mywifedidn'twannaspeaktomeforawhile.建筑工人爬上30米高表演高空特技。Andhardhatshighwellraxthirtymetershigh.看起來有點夸張，不過很安全。Itlooksbecrazybutitissafe.國家游泳中心是一座極具前瞻性的環(huán)保建筑ThenationalaquaticcenterisavisionarypiecesofEco-architect是21世紀中國的建筑杰作andbrilliantmonumentto21centuryChina.也是對建筑團隊的禮贊,Andit'salsoatributetoateamthatconcretefearindult,他們克服了恐懼和懷疑anddidn'tquituntilthatmadetheimpossible,areality堅持到底，實現(xiàn)了這個不可能的任務(wù)超級建筑Mega-structures北京水立方Beijingwatercube.北京，建材紛紛送到工地Beijing,materialsarrivedatconstructionsite,在這個瘋狂趕工的城市算是司空見慣hardlyandusuallyinthisconstructioncrazingtown.不過這些建材和這棟建筑物可是與眾不同的。Butthisbuildingmaterialsandthisbuildingaredifferent獨一無二的Reallydifferent.長達90公里的鋼材,兩萬兩千根鋼梁Ninetykilometerssteel,22thousandbeams完全違背了傳統(tǒng)的直線設(shè)計Followingnoconventionalstraightline錯綜復(fù)雜的金屬構(gòu)架Amazeametal這些鋼材足以繞奧運跑道200多圈That'senoughsteeltocirclemorethan2hundredOlympicrunningtracks.外面覆蓋10萬平方米的塑膠膜Andit'scoveredwithplastic.100thousandsquaremetersofit.足以包裹14座原尺寸的橄欖球場Enoughtocover14fullsizerugbypictures切割成直徑9米的氣枕Cutintocushionsasbigas9metersindiameternearlyeighttimesthinnerthanapenny.但厚度只有0.2毫米是一分錢的1/8Butonly2tenthofmillimeterthick這座建筑的正式名稱是國家游泳中心Officiallyit'scalledthenationalaquaticcenter不過在超大建筑的世界里人們都叫它水立方Butintheworldofmeg-architect,it'sknownaswatercube這是個令人嘆為觀止的蜂巢,像組裝玩具一樣輕盈脆弱It'sfantastichoneycomb,thatlooksaslightasfragilejob,asatinktoy.但它其實重達6500噸Butinrealityitweights6andhalfthousandtons幾乎相當(dāng)于埃菲爾鐵塔所有的金屬建材That'salmosttheheavyofallthemetalintheEiffeltower在墻壁和天花板里除了空氣什么都沒有Andinthewallsandceiling,nothingbutair.這是獨一無二的建筑物Thereisnothingelselikeit.這座驚人的建筑是誰設(shè)計出來的?Whocameupwiththeamazingbuilding.工程經(jīng)理特里斯坦卡弗雷Engineeringteamleader建筑師約翰比爾孟馬克巴特勒和克里斯波賽Architects消防工程師瑪麗安佛莉Fireengineer結(jié)構(gòu)工程師馬克艾金史塔Structureengineer建筑模型師斯圖爾特布爾Buildingmodeler環(huán)境工程師夏克謝波爾Environment中國設(shè)計團隊專案經(jīng)歷弋洪濤Chinesedesigningprojectmanager總共有上百位頂尖的建筑和工程師組成的夢幻團隊Partofonehundredstrongar