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，人们都会聚集在西维吉尼亚州，庆祝一项特别的活动。这不是那种有派对和礼物的普通节日。这是一场充满刺激的盛会，称之为「桥梁日」，举办地点正是美国最著名的桥梁之一 ── 新河峡谷大桥。在这座桥尚未建成以前，穿越这座深谷的唯一方法就是走一条又长又蜿蜒的道路。尽管在 1960 年代便规划了一条新高速公路，却仍无法解决跨越峡谷的问题。
生活必备字词：
ordinary a. 普通的；一般的
take place 举行；发生
solve vt. 解决
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