美国百姓见证中国“工程壮举”:世界最大跨度大桥在中国通车。
“The world's largest bridge open in China. See the 'engineering feat.'”https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/video-shows-worlds-largest-bridge-163108720.html
“The new tallest option spans 4,659 feet – or .88 miles – according to the BBC and state-run Chinese network CGTN. Multiple state outlets reported that the structure caps "an engineering feat three years in the making."
据英国广播公司 (BBC) 和中国官方电视台 CGTN 报道,这座新的最高桥梁跨度达 4659 英尺(约 0.88 英里)。多家官方媒体报道称,这座桥梁标志着“一项历时三年打造的工程壮举”的落成。就此, 美国的百姓怎么看呢?
百姓一:为什么中国独享所有好东西?美国必须学会(或者被教导)让路。
(Why does China get all the good stuff? America must learn (or be taught) to step aside.)
百姓二: 中国用三年时间建造了这座桥,造价不到 30 万美元 (T/F?)。规模小得多的旧金山湾新东湾大桥耗时 15 年建成,耗资超过 60 亿美元,由于存在众多施工缺陷,每年的维护费用高达近 10 亿美元。
(China built this bridge in 3 years for under $300,000. The much smaller New East Bay Bridge in San Francisco Bay took 15 years to build at a cost of over $6,000,000,000, with maintenance costing nearly a billion a year due to the numerous construction defects.)
百姓三: 我是一名自豪的美国公民,我热爱权利法案,但我不得不悲伤地指出:1.中国的商品和服务总产量比美国高出30%;2.中国拥有世界上最大的超高速列车网络,而美国连一辆这样的列车都没有;3.中国不仅在高超音速导弹发展方面比美国先进(美国处于研发阶段),而且比俄罗斯先进(俄罗斯已经部署了一些最高效的高超音速导弹)。
(I am a proud American citizen and I love the Bill off Rights, but I have to remark with sadness that: 1. China's total production of goods and services became 30% greater than that of the United States, 2. China has the largest network of super-speed trains in the world while the US does not have even one such train, 3. China is more advanced not only than US in hyper sonic missiles' development (US in the R&D stage), but also than Russia (Russia has deployed some of the most efficient hyper sonic missiles).)
百姓四: 人们不应该对这一工程奇迹感到惊讶,中国在其5000多年的文明史中,基础设施建设一直处于领先地位,例如建于3500多年前的京杭大运河,建于2300多年前的长城等等……
近代以来,三峡大坝、引江济黄工程、正在实施的红旗河工程、雅鲁藏布江大坝以及南方省份的众多运河工程等等……都证明了中国正在持续建设大型基础设施项目。
(People should not be surprised by this engineering marvel, China has always been a leader in infrastructure construction in her 5,000 year-old civilization, for example the Grand Canal was built over 3, 500 years ago, the Great Wall 2, 300 years ago etc…
In modern times, the 3-gorge Dam, the water diversion from Yangtze River to the Yellow River, the current Red Flag River project and the Yalung Sampo River Dam as well as many canals projects in the southern provinces etc… are evidences that the country keeps building mega infrastructure projects.)
百姓五: 嘘……别说中国好话。否则会冒犯特朗普和他那些敏感的追随者。
(shhhh...dont say anything positive about china. ul offend trump and his delicate followers.
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当然,居心不良的美国佬也大有人在,比如,“这座桥会倒塌的。对于悬索桥来说,它的跨度太大了。我不是建筑师(但我有很多乐高积木),所以我认为我的意见很重要。”, “它肯定会倒塌的”,etc.