韦拉扎诺是一位关于其生平所知甚少的意大利人，他于1524年驶入纽约港，并将其命名为安古莱姆。
Verrazano, an Italian about whom little is known, sailed into New York Harbour in 1524 and named it Angouleme.
他将其描述为"一处怡人的地势，位于两座小山之内，中间流淌着一条大河"。
He described it as 'a very agreeable situation located within two small hills in the midst of which flowed a great river.'
尽管韦拉扎诺绝非被视为一位伟大的探险家，但他的名字很可能会永垂不朽，因为1964年11月21日，世界上最长的悬索桥以他的名字命名。
Though Verrazano is by no means considered to be a great explorer, his name will probably remain immortal, for on November 21st, 1964, the longest suspension bridge in the world was named after him.
韦拉扎诺大桥由奥斯玛·阿曼设计，将布鲁克林与史坦顿岛连接起来。
The Verrazano Bridge, which was designed by Othmar Ammann, joins Brooklyn to Staten Island.
它的跨度为4260英尺。
It has a span of 4,260 feet.
这座桥如此之长，以至于设计师不得不考虑地球的曲率。
The bridge is so long that the shape of the earth had to be taken into account by its designer.
两座巨大的塔楼支撑着四条巨型钢缆。
Two great towers support four huge cables.
这些塔楼建造在巨大的水下平台上，这些平台由钢铁和混凝土制成。
The towers are built on immense underwater platforms made of steel and concrete.
这些平台向下延伸至海面以下逾100英尺深处。
The platforms extend to a depth of over 100 feet under the sea.
仅仅是这些（平台），就花了16个月才建成。
These alone took sixteen months to build.
在水面以上，塔楼高耸至近700英尺的高度。
Above the surface of the water, the towers rise to a height of nearly 700 feet.
它们支撑着那些钢缆，桥面便从这些钢缆上悬挂而下。
They support the cables from which the bridge has been suspended.
四条钢缆中的每一条都含有26,108段钢丝。
Each of the four cables contains 26,108 lengths of wire.
据估计，即使这座桥上挤满了汽车，也仍然只达到其总承载量的三分之一。
It has been estimated that if the bridge were packed with cars, it would still only be carrying a third of its total capacity.
然而，尺寸和强度并不是这座桥唯一重要的特质。
However, size and strength are not the only important things about this bridge.
尽管体量庞大，它既简洁又优雅，实现了设计师那"将一个巨大的物体尽可能轻描淡写地描绘出来"的梦想。
Despite its immensity, it is both simple and elegant, fulfilling its designer's dream to create 'an enormous object drawn as faintly as possible'.