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Two great towers support four huge cables. The towers are built on immense underwater platforms make of steel and concrete. The platforms extend to a depth of over 100 feet under the sea. These alone took sixteen months to build. Above the surface of the water, the towers rise to a height of nearly 700 feet. They support the cables from which the bridge has been suspended. Each of the four cables contains 26,108 lengths of wire. It has been estimated that if the bridge were packed 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'.
tu greɪt ˈtaʊərz səˈpɔrt fɔr hjuʤ ˈkeɪbəlz. ðə ˈtaʊərz ɑr bɪlt ɑn ɪˈmɛns ˈʌndərˌwɔtər ˈplætˌfɔrmz meɪk ʌv stil ænd ˈkɑnkrit. ðə ˈplætˌfɔrmz ɪkˈstɛnd tu ə dɛpθ ʌv ˈoʊvər 100 fit ˈʌndər ðə si. ðiz əˈloʊn tʊk sɪkˈstin mʌnθs tu bɪld. əˈbʌv ðə ˈsɜrfəs ʌv ðə ˈwɔtər, ðə ˈtaʊərz raɪz tu ə haɪt ʌv ˈnɪrli 700 fit\
. ðeɪ səˈpɔrt ðə ˈkeɪbəlz frʌm wɪʧ ðə brɪʤ hæz bɪn səˈspɛndəd. iʧ ʌv ðə fɔr ˈkeɪbəlz kənˈteɪnz 26,108 lɛŋkθs ʌv ˈwaɪər. ɪt hæz bɪn ˈɛstəˌmeɪtəd ðæt ɪf ðə brɪʤ wɜr pækt wɪð kɑrz, ɪt wʊd stɪl ˈoʊnli bi ˈkæriɪŋ ə θɜrd ʌv ɪts ˈtoʊtəl kəˈpæsəti. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, saɪz ænd strɛŋkθ ɑr nɑt ði ˈoʊnli ɪmˈpɔrtənt θɪŋz əˈbaʊt ðɪs brɪʤ. dɪˈspaɪt ɪts ɪˈmɛnsəti, ɪt ɪz boʊθ ˈsɪmpəl ænd ˈɛləgənt, fʊlˈfɪlɪŋ ɪts dɪˈzaɪnərz drim tu kriˈeɪt ən ɪˈnɔrməs ˈɑbʤɛkt drɔn æz ˈfeɪntli æz ˈpɑsəbəl.
练习感悟：带数字、建筑物的文章是我最生的，完成复述要听三遍，还是很吃力。
