Part E   America Should Go Wireless

 

Vocabulary Preparation:      

 

profess   v. to claim something falsely 佯称；伪称

carve   v. to make an object or pattern by cutting a piece of wood or stone刻；雕刻

towering   adj. extremely or impressively tall orhigh 高耸的；极高的

disfigure   v. spoil the attractiveness of 使变丑；毁损…的外形

tangle   n. a twisted mass of something such as hair or thread 缠结的一团；乱团

monstrosity  n. something, especially a building, which is very largeand is considered unsightly 庞然大物（尤指难看的巨厦）

skyline  n. the outline of a group of buildings or a mountain range seenagainst the sky 天空轮廓线

pole-borne   adj. carried by the poles 用杆架设的

foliage   n. plant leaves 叶；叶子

limb  n. one of the largerbranches of a tree 大树枝

log cabin a hut built of logs 原木小屋；小木屋

 

 

Notes:

 

The Hudson River is a river rising in the Adirondack Mountains of northeast New Yorkand flowing about 507 km (315 mi) generally southward to Upper New York Bay atNew York City. Giovanni da Verrazano first sighted the river in 1524, but itwas not explored until Henry Hudson's 1609 voyage. 哈得孙河（美国纽约母亲河）

Palisades or the Hudson Palisades area line of steep cliffs along the west side of the lower Hudson River innortheast New Jersey and southern New York in the United States. The cliffs areamong the most dramatic geologic features in the vicinity of New York City,forming a canyon of the Hudson north of Fort Lee, as well as providing adramatic vista of the New York City skyline from the opposite bank of theHudson. 哈得孙河壁岩（位于美国纽约州东部）

The GeorgeWashington Bridge (known informally as the GWBridge, the GWB, the GW, or the George) is a suspension bridge spanning theHudson River, connecting the Washington Heights neighborhood in the borough ofManhattan in New York City to Fort Lee in New Jersey. The GW span is the fourthlargest suspension bridge in the United States. 华盛顿大桥（全美排名第四长的悬索桥）

The Brooklyn Bridge, one of the oldest suspensionbridges in the United States, stretches 5,989 feet(1825 m) over the East River connecting the New York City boroughs ofManhattan and Brooklyn. On completion, it was the largest suspension bridge inthe world and the first steel-wire suspension bridge. Since its opening, it hasbecome an iconic part of the New York skyline. 布鲁克林大桥（世界上首次以钢材建造的大桥）

The Golden GateBridge is a suspension bridge spanning the GoldenGate, the opening of the San Francisco Bay onto the Pacific Ocean. It has thesecond longest suspension bridge main span in the United States. In 2007, itwas ranked fifth on the List of America's Favorite Architecture by the American Institute of Architects. 金门大桥（近代桥梁建造的奇迹，位于美国加州的金门海峡之上）

Chicago / FI5kB:^EJ / is the largest city of Illinois, in the northeast part of thestate on Lake Michigan. It is a major port and the commercial, financial,industrial, and cultural center of the Middle West. 芝加哥（位于美国中西部）

 

 

Exercise:Summarize the commentary and give your opinion on the subject.