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The Golden Gate Bridge is celebrating its seventy-seventh anniversary. The bridge opened to vehicle traffic on May 28th, 1937.
金門大橋迎來了它的77歲生日。它的開始通車時間是1937年5月28日。
Since then, more than two billion vehicles have crossed the world famous structure between San Francisco and Marin County, California.
迄今，在這座聞名世界、貫通加州三藩市和馬林縣的大橋上通行過的車輛已超過20億。
As many as 112,000 cars make the trip each day.
而每天從這里經過的車輛就多達11.2萬。
The Golden Gate Bridge had the longest suspension span in the world, at the time it was built.
金門大橋最初建成時期是世界跨度最大的懸索橋。
The suspended roadway stretches 1,280 meters between the bridge's two tall towers.Today it still rates among the top ten longest bridge spans in existence.
兩座橋塔之間的橋身長達1280米。在現(xiàn)存懸索橋中仍躋身前十。
Mary Currie works for the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District.
瑪麗·居里在負責大橋事務的金門大橋高速公路和交通運輸區(qū)工作。
She says the bridge is one of the most extraordinary engineering projects of all time.
她說金門大橋是有史以來最令人稱奇的建筑工程。
The Golden Gate Bridge is named after the Golden Gate Strait.That narrow passage of water connects the San Francisco Bay to the Pacific Ocean.
金門大橋名字來源于聯(lián)通舊金山海灣與太平洋的狹長水道——金門海峽。
Joseph Strauss was the chief engineer of the Golden Gate Bridge project.
負責金門大橋建造項目的總工程師是約瑟夫·斯特勞斯。
Work began in 1933. The project took four years to complete.
工程始建于1933年，工期四年完成。
The bridge is 2,788 meters long from one end to the other. It is 27 meters wide.
大橋總長2788米，寬27米。
Two large cables pass over the top of the bridge's towers. These structures stand 227 meters above water and 152 meters above the road.
兩座聳立的橋塔高出水面部分為227米，與橋面距離為152米。橋塔頂端是兩根大直徑鋼纜。
Each cable holds more than 27,500 strands of wire.
而每根鋼纜上又連接了27500根鋼繩。
The Golden Gate Bridge weighed 811,500,000 kilograms when it was completed in 1937.
1937年大橋竣工之時，金門大橋總重81.15萬噸。
The San Francisco Chronicle newspaper called the finished project, "a thirty-five million dollar steel harp!"
《舊金山紀事報》 稱金門大橋為“一座價值三千五百萬的鋼豎琴?！?/div>
Architect Irving Morrow gets credit for the bridge's bright orange color.The Navy wanted the bridge painted in yellow and black. The Air Force had suggested red and white.
當時海軍為金門大橋橋身選擇的顏色搭配是黑黃，空軍則是紅白。而最終建筑師艾爾文·莫羅敲定的國際橘色廣受贊譽。
Questions 16-18 are based on the passage you have just heard.
請根據你剛聽到的短文回答16-18題。
16. Which one is true about the Golden Gate Bridge?
16.關于金門大橋的說法哪一個是正確的？
17. How did the bridge get its name?
17.金門大橋名字的由來是什么？
18. What made architect Irving Morrow a special person to the bridge?
18.對于金門大橋來說建筑師艾爾文·莫羅為什么是一個有特殊意義的人物？
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