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<p>17.<a href="http://www.91pcb.com/download.asp">PCB之家</a></p>
<p>Verrazano, an Italian about whom little<br>
is known, sailed into New York Harbour<br>
in 1524 and named it Angouleme. He<br>
described it as 'a very agreeable situation<br>
located within two small hills in the midst<br>
of which flowed a great river.' Though<br>
Verrazano is by no means considered to<br>
be a great explorer, his name will prob-<br>
ably remain immortal, for on November<br>
21st, 1964, the greatest bridge in the<br>
world was named after him.<br>
The Verrazano Bridge, which was<br>
designed by Othmar Ammann, joins<br>
Brooklyn to Staten Island. It has a span<br>
of 4260 feet. The bridge is so long that<br>
the shape of the earth had to be taken<br>
into account by its designer. Two great towers support four huge
cables. The<br>
towers are built on immense underwater platforms made of steel and
concrete.<br>
The platforms extend to a depth of over 100 feet under the sea.
These alone took<br>
sixteen months to build. Above the surface of the water, the towers
rise to a<br>
height of nearly 700 feet. They support the cables from which the
bridge has<br>
been suspended. Each of the four cables contains 26,108 lengths
of wire. It has<br>
been estimated that if the bridge were packed with cars, it would
still only be<br>
carrying a third of its total capacity. However, size and strength
are not the only<br>
important things about this bridge. Despite its immensity, it is
both simple<br>
and elegant, fulfilling its designer's dream to create 'an enormous
object drawn<br>
as faintly as possible'.</p>
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<p>17.<a href="http://www.91pcb.com/download.asp">PCB之家</a></p>
<p>Modern sculpture rarely surprises us any<br>
more. The idea that modern art can only<br>
be seen in museums is mistaken. Even<br>
people who take no interest in art cannot<br>
have failed to notice examples of modern<br>
sculpture on display in public places.<br>
Strange forms stand in gardens, and out-<br>
side buildings and shops. We have got<br>
quite used to them. Some so-called<br>
'modern' pieces have been on display<br>
for nearly fifty years.<br>
In spite of this, some people--in-<br>
cluding myself--were surprised by a<br>
recent exhibition of modern sculpture.<br>
The first thing I saw when I entered the<br>
art gallery was a notice which said: 'Do<br>
not touch the exhibits. Some of them are dangerous!' The objects
on display<br>
were pieces of moving sculpture. Oddly shaped forms that are suspended
from<br>
the ceiling and move in response to a gust of wind are quite familiar
to every-<br>
body. These objects, however, were different. Lined up against the
wall, there<br>
were long thin wires attached to metal spheres. The spheres had
been magne-<br>
tized and attracted or repelled each other all the time. In the
centre of the hall,<br>
there were a number of tall structures which contained coloured
lights. These<br>
lights flickered continuously like traffic lights which have gone
mad. Sparks<br>
were emitted from small black boxes and red lamps flashed on and
off angrily.<br>
It was rather like an exhibition of prehistoric electronic equipment.
These Pecu-<br>
liar forms not only seemed designed to shock people emotionally,
but to give them<br>
electric shocks as well !</p>
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<p>18.<a href="http://www.91pcb.com/download.asp">PCB之家</a></p>
<p>Modern sculpture rarely surprises us any<br>
more. The idea that modern art can only<br>
be seen in museums is mistaken. Even<br>
people who take no interest in art cannot<br>
have failed to notice examples of modern<br>
sculpture on display in public places.<br>
Strange forms stand in gardens, and out-<br>
side buildings and shops. We have got<br>
quite used to them. Some so-called<br>
'modern' pieces have been on display<br>
for nearly fifty years.<br>
In spite of this, some people--in-<br>
cluding myself--were surprised by a<br>
recent exhibition of modern sculpture.<br>
The first thing I saw when I entered the<br>
art gallery was a notice which said: 'Do<br>
not touch the exhibits. Some of them are dangerous!' The objects
on display<br>
were pieces of moving sculpture. Oddly shaped forms that are suspended
from<br>
the ceiling and move in response to a gust of wind are quite familiar
to every-<br>
body. These objects, however, were different. Lined up against the
wall, there<br>
were long thin wires attached to metal spheres. The spheres had
been magne-<br>
tized and attracted or repelled each other all the time. In the
centre of the hall,<br>
there were a number of tall structures which contained coloured
lights. These<br>
lights flickered continuously like traffic lights which have gone
mad. Sparks<br>
were emitted from small black boxes and red lamps flashed on and
off angrily.<br>
It was rather like an exhibition of prehistoric electronic equipment.
These Pecu-<br>
liar forms not only seemed designed to shock people emotionally,
but to give them<br>
electric shocks as well !</p>
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<p>19.<a href="http://www.91pcb.com/download.asp">PCB之家</a></p>
<p>Kidnappers are rarely interested in<br>
Animals, but they recently took consider-<br>
able interest in Mrs Eleanor Ramsay's<br>
cat. Mrs Eleanor Ramsay, a very wealthy<br>
old lady,has shared a flat with her cat,<br>
Rastus, for a great many years. Rastus<br>
leads an orderly life. He usually takes a<br>
short walk in the evenings and is always<br>
home by seven o'clock. One evening,<br>
however, he failed to arrive. Mrs Ramsay<br>
got very worried. She looked everywhere<br>
for him but could not find him.<br>
Three day after Rastus' disappearance,<br>
Mrs Ramsay received an anonymous<br>
letter. The writer stated that Rastus was<br>
in safe hands and would be returned<br>
immediately if Mrs Ramsay paid a ransom of &1000. Mrs Ramsay
was instructed<br>
to place the money in a cardboard box and to leave it outside her
door. At first,<br>
she decided to go to the police, but fearing that she would never
see Rastus again<br>
--the letter had made that quite clear--she changed her mind. She
drew &1000<br>
from her bank and followed the kidnapper's instructions. The next
morning, the<br>
box had disappeared but Mrs Ramsay was sure that the kidnapper would
keep<br>
his word. Sure enough, Rastus arrived punctually at seven o'clock
that evening.<br>
He looked very well, though he was rather thirsty, for he drank
half a bottle of<br>
milk. The police were astounded when Mrs Ramsay told them what she
had<br>
done. She explained that Rastus was very dear to her. Considering
the amount<br>
she paid, he was dear in more ways than one!</p>
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<p>19.<a href="http://www.91pcb.com/download.asp">PCB之家</a></p>
<p>In 1908 Lord Northcliffe offered a prize<br>
of &1000 to the first man who would fly<br>
across the English Channel. Over a year<br>
passed before the first attempt was made.<br>
On July 19th, 1909, in the early morning,<br>
Hubert Latham took off from the French<br>
coast in his plane the 'Antoinette IV'. He<br>
had travelled only seven miles across the<br>
Channel when his engine failed and he<br>
was forced to land on the sea. The<br>
'Antoinette' floated on the water until<br>
Latham was picked up by a ship.<br>
Two days later, Louis Bleriot arrived<br>
near Calais with a plane called 'No. XI'.<br>
Bleriot had been making planes since<br>
1905 and this was his latest model. A<br>
week before, he had completed a successful overland flight during
which he<br>
covered twenty-six miles. Latham, however did not give up easily.
He, too,<br>
arrived near Calais on the same day with a new 'Antonette'. It looks
as if<br>
there would be an exciting race across the Channel. Both planes
were going to<br>
take off on July 25th, but Latham failed to get up early enough.
After making a<br>
short test flight at 4.15 a.m., Bleriot set off half an hour later.
His great flight<br>
lasted thirty seven minutes. When he landed near Dover, the first
person to<br>
greet him was a local policeman. Latham made another attempt a week
later<br>
and got within half a mile of Dover, but he was unlucky again. His
engine<br>
failed and he landed on the sea for the second time.</p>
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<p>20.<a href="http://www.91pcb.com/download.asp">PCB之家</a></p>
<p>Boxing matches were very popular in<br>
England two hundred years ago. In those<br>
days, boxers fought with bare fists for<br>
Prize money. Because of this, they were<br>
known as 'prize-fighters'. However, box-<br>
ing was very crude, for there were no<br>
rules and a prize-fighter could be seriously<br>
injured or even killed during a match.<br>
One of the most colourful figures in<br>
boxing history was Daniel Mendoza who<br>
was born in 1764. The use of gloves was<br>
not introduCed until 1860 when the<br>
Marquis of Queensberry drew up the first<br>
set Of rules. Though he was technically a<br>
prize-fighter, Mendoza did much to<br>
change crude prize-fighting into a sport,<br>
for he brought science to the game. In his day, Mendoza enjoyed
tremendous<br>
popularity. He was adored by rich and poor alike.<br>
Mendoza rose to fame swiftly after a boxing-match when he was only
fourteen<br>
years old. This attracted the attention of Richard Humphries who
was then the<br>
most eminent boxer in England. He offered to train Mendoza and his
young<br>
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