1、 Though Verrazano is by no means considered to be a great explorer, hisname will probably remain immortal, for on November 21st,1964,the greatest bridge in the world was named after him.
虽然Verrazano绝对算不上一个伟大的探险家，但他的名字将流芳百世，因为1964年11月21日建成的一座世界上最长的吊桥是以他的名字命名。
2、 The VerrazanoBridge, which was designed by OthmarAmmann, joins Brooklyn toStaten Island.
维拉萨诺大桥由Othmar Ammann设计，连结着Brooklyn与Staten岛
3、 Two great towers support four huge cables.
两座巨塔支撑着4根粗大的钢缆。
4、 Thesealone took sixteen months to build.
仅这两座塔就花了16个月才建成。
5、 Above the surface of the water,the towers rise to a height of nearly 700 feet.
塔身高出水面将近700英尺。
6、 Despite its immensity, it is both simple and elegant, fulfillingits designer’s dream to create ‘an enormous object drawn as faintly aspossible’.
尽管此桥很大，但它的结构简单，造型优美，实现了设计者企图创造一个“尽量用细线条勾画出一个庞然大物”的梦想。
划线是做分词后置定语。
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