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一、【Text】课文
Verrazano, an Italian about whom little is known, sailed into New York Harbour in 1524 and named it Angouleme. He described it as 'a very agreeable situation located within two small hills in the midst of which flowed a great river.' Though Verrazano is by no means considered to be a great explorer, his name will probably remain immortal, for on November 21st, 1964, the greatest bridge in the world was named after him.
The Verrazano Bridge, which was designed by Othmar Ammann, joins Brooklyn to Staten Island. It has a span of 4260 feet. The bridge is so long that the shape of the earth had to be taken into account by its designer. Two great towers support four huge cables. The towers are built on immense underwater platforms made of steel and concrete. The platforms extend to a depth of over 100 feet under the sea. These alone took sixteen months to build. Above the surface of the water, the towers rise to a height of nearly 700 feet. They support the cables from which the bridge has been suspended. Each of the four cables contains 26,108 lengths of wire. It has been estimated that if the bridge were packed with cars, it would still only be carrying a third of its total capacity. However, size and strength are not the only important things about this bridge. Despite its immensity, it is both simple and elegant, fulfilling its designer's dream to create 'an enormous object drawn as faintly as possible'.
二、【New words and expressions】生词和短语
◆suspension n. 悬，吊
◆agreeable adj. 宜人的
◆situation n. 地点，地方
◆locate v. 位于
◆immortal adj. 永生的，流芳百世的
◆Brooklyn n. 布鲁克林(纽约一区名)
◆Staten n. 斯塔顿(岛)
◆span n. 跨度
◆cable n 缆索
◆concrete n. 混泥土
◆suspend v. 悬挂
◆length n. 根，段
◆estimate v. 估计
◆immensity n. 巨大
◆capacity n. 承受量
◆elegant adj. 优美别致的
◆faintly adv. 微细地
★suspension n. 悬，吊
suspension bridge 吊桥
suspend: 悬挂
Eg.: The light is suspended from the ceiling.
暂停
Eg.: The train was suspended because of the heavy rain.
suspense: n. 担心，挂念，悬念
Eg.: The wonderful film give me a deep impression because of its suspense.
He didn’t tell us the truth in cap to me in suspense all day.
suspenders 吊袜带
★agreeable adj. 宜人的
Today is agreeable.
agreeable situation
His house is in a agreeable situation.
★situation n. 地点，地方
location
situate v.
locate v.
Beijing is located in the North of China.
Japan is located to the East of China.
is located to...
★locate v. 位于
★immortal adj. 永生的，流芳百世的
★Brooklyn n. 布鲁克林(纽约一区名)
★Staten n. 斯塔顿(岛)
★span n. 跨度
★cable n 缆索
★concrete n. 混泥土
★suspend v. 悬挂
★length n. 根，段
★estimate v. 估计
underestimate 低估
overestimate 高估
Eg.: At a rough estimate, the car is worth 500 thousand RMB.
estimation n. 判断
in my estimation
★immensity n. 巨大
★capacity n. 承受量
Are you clear about the capacity of the cinema?
做某事的能力
have a capacity for doing sth.
have a capacity to do
ability成功地做到了
We have ability to finish the work in two days.
capability内在的潜力
have capability to do
have capability of doing
Any chile has capability of learning a foreign launguge well.
Any chile has capability to learn a foreign launguge well.
faculty 侧重于“主观的能力”
the faculty of seeing
the faculty of hearing
competence 胜任工作的能力、资格
I have competence for the job.
★elegant adj. 优美别致的
The lady is elegant.
graceful: 强调一个人的体型
elegant: 还表示人的举止很得体，大方
delicate: 精致的
★faintly adv. 微细地
三、【课文精析】
sailed into.. ----句子的主干
about whom----Italian
describe sth. as 把......描绘成......，认为 ......
常见的动词有：see, view, look upon, recoginze, regard, treat, accept
Eg.: I should describe the attempt as a failure.
His mother regards him as genius.
I accept his words as true.
located within two small hills in the midst of which flowed a great river 位于两座小山之间，一条大河滔滔流过。
located... 是过去分词短语作定语，修饰 situation;
in the midst of which 引导一个定语从句，which指two small hills。句子结构要倒装(flowed 在a great river之前)
in the midst of, 在......之中。
in the midst of two small hills flowed a great river
A great river flowed in the middle of the two hills.
in the middle of the night == at midnight
in the middle of the winter
in the middle of the summer
I like the village located within two small hills.
Eg.: 我们来到了一个农庄，在这个农庄的前面有一座大山。
We arrived at a farm house. in front of which is a mountain. 动词位于主语之前
though / although / even though 引导让步状语从句
用了though, although 不能使用but, yet可以用——强调转折关系。
by no means 决不，绝对不 (加强语气)
E.: It is by no means pleasant to take a crowded bus.乘坐一辆拥挤的公交车无论如何不是一件令人高兴的事。
not by any means
not at all
He isn’t satisfied with a job at all.
in no way
in no case
in no sense
in no circumstances
remain immortal
be named after
be named for
take one’s name from
a span of: 跨度，桥长
take into account / take into consideration / take account of 考虑到
Eg.: We have to take the date into account when we have the meeting.
support : hold up 支撑
extend 延伸，伸展
a railway extends to the next city
extend to a depth of 深度
extend to a length of 长度
extend to a width of 宽度
rise to 上升的高度
which指代先行词 cables
It has been estimated / expected that…据估计
It is said
It is reported
It has been estimated / expected
be packed with... 作“挤满......; 装满 ......”解
were 虚拟语气
carry 承载
a third 三分之一
immensity----size
despite==in spite of
fulfilling: 分词做状语表结果
The bus was held up by the snowstorm, causing the delay.
her husband died in1970, leaving her with two children.
At last he passed his examination, fulfilling his dream to go abroad. 他终于通过了这次考试，实现了出国的梦想(现在分词做结果状语，表示一种主动的概念。)
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发表于 2016-7-11 23:03:12