Every year, people gather in West Virginia to celebrate something special. It’s not an ordinary holiday with parties or gifts. It’s an exciting event called Bridge Day, which takes place on one of the most famous bridges in the United States—the New River Gorge Bridge. Before the bridge was built, the only way to cross the deep valley was by taking a long and winding road. In the 1960s, a new highway was planned, but it didn’t solve the problem of crossing the gorge.
每年，人們都會聚集在西維吉尼亞州，慶祝一項特別的活動。這不是那種有派對和禮物的普通節日。這是一場充滿刺激的盛會，稱之為「橋樑日」，舉辦地點正是美國最著名的橋樑之一 ── 新河峽谷大橋。在這座橋尚未建成以前，穿越這座深谷的唯一方法就是走一條又長又蜿蜒的道路。儘管在 1960 年代便規劃了一條新高速公路，卻仍無法解決跨越峽谷的問題。
生活必備字詞：
ordinary a. 普通的；一般的
take place 舉行；發生
solve vt. 解決
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本文節錄自《常春藤生活英語》雜誌，完整內容請見十月號。
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