2020年新高考英语二卷阅读理解C篇讲解

In May 1987 the Golden Gate Bridge had a 50th birthday party.
1987年5月，金门大桥举行了一场50岁生日派对。
The bridge was closed to motor traffic so people could enjoy a walk across it.
这座桥禁止机动车通行，所以人们可以在桥上散步。
Organizers expected perhaps 50,000 people to show up.
组织者预计将有5万人参加。
Instead, as many as 800, 000 crowded the roads to the bridge.
相反，多达80万人拥挤在通往大桥的道路上。
By the time 250,000 were on the bridge, engineers noticed something terrible：the roadway was flattening under what turned out to be the heaviest load it had ever been asked to carry.
当25万人在桥上时，工程师们注意到一件可怕的事情:路面被压平了，这是大桥有史以来承受的最大负荷。
Worse, it was beginning to sway(晃动).
更糟糕的是,它开始晃动。

The authorities closed access to the bridge and tens of thousands of people made their way back to land.
当局关闭了通往大桥的通道，成千上万的人返回陆地。
A disaster was avoided.