新概念英語第三冊逐句精講語言點 第17課 世界上最長的吊橋 (4)

　　Each of the four cables contains 26,108 lengths of wire. It has been estimated that if the bridge were paced 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".

　　13. Each of the four cables contains 26,108 lengths of wire.

　　4根鋼纜中的每根由26，108股鋼繩組成。

　　語言點:contain指的是可見實物的“包括，包含”，在本句中指的是“包含”鋼繩。

　　14. It has been estimated that if the bridge were paced with cars, it would still only be carrying a third of its total capacity.

　　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。

　　語言點:句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:句中含有一個主語從句，it為形式主語，that引導(dǎo)的從句是真正的主語。在主語從句中，又有一個由if引導(dǎo)的條件狀語從句，表示“即使…也…”。

　　15. However, size and strength are not the only important things about this bridge.

　　然而，這座橋重要特點不僅是它的規(guī)模與強(qiáng)度。

　　語言點:句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:however在句中表示轉(zhuǎn)折。

　　16. Despite its immensity, it is both simple and elegant, fulfilling its designer's dream to create "an enormous object drawn as faintly as possible".

　　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。

　　語言點:句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析;despite its immensity是讓步狀語，交代一個條件后再說橋很漂亮，使讀者對這座橋充滿無限遐想。Fulfilling it's designer's…是現(xiàn)在分詞短語，作整個句子的狀語。