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Building bridges

机译:建筑桥梁

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Growing up in a small town in New Mexico, I heard many conversations at the dinner table about two subjects related to my parents' early lives: the St Louis Cardinals (a baseball team) and the Eads Bridge (which spans the Mississippi River). I certainly understood the importance of baseball, but I was somewhat mystified by so many comments about an old bridge. In 1950, I visited St Louis and saw the Cardinals win. I also saw the Eads Bridge, built in 1873. The history of the bridge is extraordinary, an enormous achievement by visionaries in transportation and commerce. On my first visit to New York City, I went to Ebbets Field and saw the Brooklyn Dodgers win. But it was the Brooklyn Bridge-a beautiful, fully functional bridge from another era (1883) that captured my imagination. Sixty years later, during my visit to Nanjing, conversation topics continued to include sports (specifically, Yao Ming, a national basketball hero). At the recommendation of my host, I visited the Nanjing Yangtze Bridge (built in 1968), arguably the most important bridge in the history of modern China.
机译:我在新墨西哥州的一个小镇长大,在餐桌上听到许多与父母的早期生活有关的话题,包括两个话题:圣路易斯红雀队(一支棒球队)和伊兹桥(横跨密西西比河)。我当然知道棒球的重要性,但是对一座旧桥的这么多评论让我有些迷惑。 1950年,我参观了圣路易斯,看到红雀队获胜。我还看到了建于1873年的伊兹桥(Eads Bridge)。这座桥的历史是非凡的,这是运输和商业领域的有远见卓识的人们的一项巨大成就。在我第一次访问纽约市时,我去了埃比兹球场,看到布鲁克林道奇队获胜。但是,布鲁克林大桥-另一个时代(1883年)美丽,功能齐全的大桥吸引了我的想象。六十年后,在我访问南京期间,谈话话题继续包括体育运动(特别是国家篮球英雄姚明)。在房东的推荐下,我参观了南京扬子大桥(建于1968年),可以说是近代中国历史上最重要的桥梁。

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