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一座美国桥和一位意大利大叔？

The Verrazano Bridge 韦拉扎诺海峡大桥

方位：美国纽约市，Brooklyn&Staten Island

意大利人 Giovanni da Verrazano 乔凡尼·达·韦拉扎诺

世界上最长的悬索桥排行榜

1.suspension 

n. 吊起、悬空；停职、停学、停赛

suspension bridge 悬索桥

Any employee not at his desk is faced with immediate suspension.

任何擅离职守的员工都会被立即停职。

suspension from school 暂时停学

suspension from game 暂时停赛

扩展：比较suspense

1) 不同源

2) Suspense means a feeling or state of nervousness or excitement caused by wondering what will happen. 急于想知道某事件的结果而引发的紧张或者兴奋激动的心情。

I don’t know who won and the suspense is killing me!

我不知道谁赢了，真是要急死了！

She kept him in suspense for 2 whole days before she agreed to marry him.

她让他等了整整2天才答应他的求婚。

（Poor guy! The suspense must have been killing him!）

3)suspense also means 悬念

a novel of suspense 一部悬疑小说

悬疑电影 a film of suspense/a movie of suspense

悬疑惊悚片 a suspense thriller

《蝴蝶梦》Rebecca：心理变态的女管家Mrs Danvers试图说服女一号Mrs. De Winter跳楼自杀。—> 悬疑大师希区柯克

Alfred Hitchcock was a master of suspense.

希区柯克是悬疑大师。

The suspense builds steadily as the story progresses.

随着故事情节的发展，悬念层层加深。

原句：Though Verrazano is by no means considered to be a great explorer, his name will probably remain immortal, for on November 21st, 1964, the longest suspension bridge in the world was named after him.

虽然Verrazano先生算不上一位伟大的探险家，但是他的名字将流芳百世，因为1964年11月21日建成的当时世界上最长的悬索桥，就是以他的名字命名的。

2.means n.

1）一个模糊点的澄清

2）含义一：方式手段

A car is a means of transport. 

汽车是一种交通运输手段。也可以说，

There are many other means of escape.

有很多其他的逃生方式。

扩展：

a means to an end 一个手段达成一个目标

She simply treated him as a means to an end.

她只是把他当成达成目的的一个手段而已。

含义二：金钱财富、资源

He is a person of means. 他是个有钱人。

= he is a rich man.

Try to live within your means

= not spend more money than you have.

要尽可能量入为出。

He was living beyond his means. 

他入不敷出。

3）by no means ＝certainly not; definitely not.

He will by no means give up his shop.

= He will definitely not give up his shop.

他绝对不会放弃他的商铺。

I am by no means telling him about this. 

Which means I am definitely not telling him about this.

我绝对不会把此事告诉他。

扩展：by no means的部分倒装

By no means will he give up his shop.

By no means am I telling him about this.

课后挑战1：请把课文中的原句，改写成倒装

Though Verrazano is by no means considered to be a great explorer, his name will probably remain immortal…

3.immortal 

a. 永生不死的；流芳百世的

1）词根mort：death 死亡

2）mortal a.  致命的、会死的；非常危险的；凡人的、并非永生的

He suffered from a mortal wound.

他受了致命伤。

We are in mortal danger.

我们处境极度危险。

He is faced with a mortal enemy.

他不得不面对十分危险的敌人。

扩展：Lord Voldemort 伏地魔

Voldemort 词源分析：法语vol de mort ：英文 flight of death

flight 逃离、逃跑

flight of death ：死亡的逃离

Tom Marvolo Riddle ：I am Lord Voldemort.

伏地魔花名的寓意

Humans are mortal. 

人必有一死。无人能够永生。

3）immortal 永生不死的、流芳百世的

Gods are immortal.

诸神永生。

Mozart’s music is immortal.

莫扎特的音乐流芳百世。

4.be named after  以…命名

He was named after his great grandfather.

他以他的曾祖父的名字命名。

西方起名方式之一：照抄

John Smith Jr. 小约翰史密斯

John Smith Sr. 老约翰史密斯

John Smith III =John Smith the third

John Smith IV =John Smith the fourth

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

据估计，假若桥上摆满了汽车，也只不过是桥的总承载力的1/3。

5. capacity

n. 承载、容纳人或物的最大能力

Capacity means the ability to hold or contain people or things.

Although the restaurant has a large seating capacity, we still have to wait every time we go there.

虽然这家饭店能同时容纳很多客人，但是我们每次去还是要排队。

扩展：be filled to capacity 满负荷、满员

The theatre was filled to capacity. 剧场爆满。

课后挑战2：医院病房里人满为患。

本课重点词汇总结：

1.suspension n. 悬吊、暂停

扩展：suspense n. 悬念、悬疑

2.means n. 方式、手段、财富、

by no means 绝不

3.immortal a. 永生不死的、流芳百世的

扩展：mortal、mort、Voldemort

4.name after  v. 以…命名

5.capacity n. 承载、容纳人或物的最大能力

课后挑战答案：

1.Though by no means is Verrazano considered to be a great explorer, …

2.Hospital wards are filled to capacity.