土木工程专业英语unit 6(3).ppt

Unit 6 Bridge Engineering 桥梁工程 The World’s Top Ten Most Incredible Bridges Bridges have developed greatly from the original transportation hub to its contemporary forms.The bridges have become more sophisticated in techniques and more diversified in expression. 桥梁从最初的交通枢纽，发展至今，技术上更加完善，表现形式上趋于多样. With the development of the new science and technology, there appear a number of amazing engineering marvels. The world’s top ten most incredible bridges will be introduced distinctively in the following paragraphs. 新科技力量的注入，也使得全球涌现出一批让人叹为观止的工程奇迹，下面就让我们一起走进其中最不可思议的十大桥梁。 1.Hangzhou Bay Cross-sea Bridge (China) — the world’s longest cross-sea bridge With a total length of 35,673 km and bridge length 35.7km, Hangzhou Bay Cross-sea Bridge is a two-way expressway with 6 lanes. It is the world’s longest cross-sea bridge. 双向6车道，全长35，673公里的杭州湾大桥是世界最长的跨海桥。 The construction of this bridge makes significant contributions to the economic development of the Yangtze River Developmental region. And thanks to the bridge, the driving time from Shanghai to Ningbo has shortened to 2.5 hours from the previous 4 hours. 它的建成为长三角区域的经济发展做出重大贡献，上海到宁波的车程也由之前的4个小时缩短到2.5小时。 It took a decade to analysis the feasibility of the construction of the bridge, and in the year 2003, it was approved to be built. Five years later, in 2008, it was opened to traffic. 关于这座桥的建设光进行可行性分析就花费了十年的时间，于2003年通过审核，2008年5月1日正式通车， The total construction fee of the bridge is up to(reaches) 11.8 billion RMB, it can be described as one of China’s Century Project. 修建的经费高达118亿人民币，可谓是中国的世纪工程之一。 2.Banpo Bridge (South Korea) — a fountain bridge Banpo Bridge is an impressive double-deck bridge in the city of Seoul that connects the downtown districts of Seocho and Yongsan. 半坡大桥位于首尔市连接瑞草区和龙山区，是一个令人印象深刻的双层桥。 It has come to be most notably recognized for a decent addition, (the Banpo Bridge Fountain). The addition of this highly distinguishing characteristic has made this bridge over the Han River a very popular attractio