VOA慢速英语2017 瑞士建成世界最长悬索桥

Switzerland Opens World's Longest Suspension Footbridge

Switzerland has opened the world's longest suspension footbridge. It is 494 meters long.

瑞士建造了一条世界上最长的悬索桥。全长494米。 

The bridge is suspended between 1,600 meters and 2,200 meters above sea level. It is only 65 centimeters wide and goes as high as 85 meters above the ground.

这座桥悬浮在海拔1600米至2200米之间。桥身仅65厘米宽，距离地面最高处达到85米。 

Hikers, within sight of the famed mountain, the Matterhorn, and the Bernese Alps, can cross it in about 10 minutes.

徒步旅行者可以在这座桥上观赏到著名的马特洪峰和伯尔尼兹山，穿越这座桥只需要10分钟。 

The bridge crosses the deepest-cut valley in Switzerland. Hikers can look down onto it through grates in the bridge.

这座桥穿越了瑞士最深的峡谷。旅行者可以通过桥上的铁栅栏向下俯瞰。 

Without the bridge, the journey previously¹ took up to four hours.

没有这座桥的时候，走这段行程要花费4个小时。 

According to Swiss reports, it took only 10 weeks to build the bridge. And the structure surpasses Germany’s “Titan-RT” as the world’s longest suspension footbridge. The "Titan-RT", which opened last month, is just over 450 meters long. It crosses Germany’s highest reservoir, the Rappbode Dam.

据瑞士媒体报道，修建该桥仅用了10周。这座桥超过了德国的“泰坦-RT”悬索桥，成为世界最长的悬索桥。“泰坦-RT”于上个月建成，仅有450米长。它穿过了德国最大的拉普博德大坝（Rappbode Dam）。

The Swiss bridge is also longer than the so-called "footbridge in the sky." This bridge, built in 2014, is part of the Sochi Sky Park in Russia. It spans 439 meters and includes observation platforms looking on the mountains and the Black Sea Coast.

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suspension footbridge – n. a bridge ( for people who are walking) that is hung from two or more cables and held up by towers

surpass – v. to be better or greater than (someone or something)

1 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。