• 世界最长最高的玻璃桥将于5月开放

    16-01-31 Travelers will soon be able to walk across the world's longest and highest glass-bottom bridge, which spans two cliffs in China's Hunan province. 游客们很快就可以体验这座世界最长最高的玻璃桥了。这座桥建在中国湖南省,横跨两座悬崖。 This week, workers...

  • 港珠澳大桥部分路段已通车

    16-01-29 A section of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge has opened to traffic. 香港-珠海-澳门大桥的一部分已经开放通车。 The section links north Hengqin interchange with Hongwan interchange, allowing vehicles to get in and out of the Hengqin area of the Guang...

  • Demades and his fable

    14-10-28 Demades the orator was once speaking in the assembly at Athens; but the people were very inattentive to what he was saying, so he stopped and said, Gentlemen, I should like to tell you one of Aesop's fables. This made every one listen intently. Then...

  • 樵夫过梁

    14-09-24 There was a natural rock bridge in Mountain Chi Cheng. The bridge was only one foot in width, and was covered with smooth and slippery mosses. On both sides there were steep cliffs, and it was really dangerous. But there was a woodman that could cro...

  • 乔治华盛顿大桥将加装护栏防止自杀

    14-07-31 A major bridge between New York City and New Jersey will be getting a safety fence designed to prevent suicides. 连接纽约市与新泽西州的一座特大桥梁将加装安全栏以防止自杀事件。 Last year 16 people jumped to their deaths on the George Washington Bridg...

  • The Bridge

    14-03-25 The Bridge Alan Shapiro Over the bridge across the river, the pilgrims prayed in lockstep(步伐一致) , and the deafening coherence of the single voice they made was a fulfillment of the dream each voice, alone, inaudible, dreamt it could be as it p...

  • 智利首座吊桥桥面装反被延期交付

    14-01-25 Chilean engineers have been left red faced by a delay in the grand opening of the country's first-ever drawbridge - after they discovered a major part was installed upside down. 智利工程师发现即将启用的该国首座吊桥的一边桥面居然是上下颠倒的,由此引...

  • bridge collapse 桥梁垮塌

    13-03-18 It is the sixth major bridge collapse across the country since July last year, following one in Beijing and another in the eastern city of Hangzhou. Shoddy construction and over-loading have been blamed. 此次大桥垮塌事故是自去年7月以来全国范围内发生...

  • 印尼发生吊桥坍塌事故 3人死亡

    11-11-27 At least three people have died and 17 others have been injured after a bridge collapsed in Borneo, Indonesia. 印度尼西亚婆罗洲一座桥梁坍塌,至少3人死亡、17人受伤。 The bridge was reported to be the longest in Borneo A bus, cars and motorcycles plun...

  • 柬埔寨发生人群踩踏事故 345人死亡

    10-11-23 At least 345 people have been killed in a stampede during festival celebrations in the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh, Prime Minister Hun Sen has said. 柬埔寨首相洪森称,首都金边举行节日庆祝时发生踩踏事故,至少345人死亡。 Huge crowds had gathered on...