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From the Ted Talk by Alex Gendler: Building the impossible Golden Gate Bridge

Unscramble the Blue Letters


Where a cantilever bridge is supported from one end a suspension bridge suspends its deck from cbales strung across the gap. The result is a more fxbielle structure that’s resilient to winds and stihfing loads. This kind of design had long been used for small rope bridges. And in the 1930s, advanced steel manufacturing could ctreae cables of bndelud wire to act as strong steel rope for large-scale crcionsttoun. At the time, the Golden Gate Bridge was the lgoesnt and tallset suspension bridge ever attempted, and its design was only possible due to these innovations. But cables and towers of this size could only be built at large steelworks on the country’s east coast.

Open Cloze


Where a cantilever bridge is supported from one end a suspension bridge suspends its deck from ______ strung across the gap. The result is a more ________ structure that’s resilient to winds and ________ loads. This kind of design had long been used for small rope bridges. And in the 1930s, advanced steel manufacturing could ______ cables of _______ wire to act as strong steel rope for large-scale ____________. At the time, the Golden Gate Bridge was the _______ and _______ suspension bridge ever attempted, and its design was only possible due to these innovations. But cables and towers of this size could only be built at large steelworks on the country’s east coast.

Solution


  1. bundled
  2. shifting
  3. create
  4. construction
  5. flexible
  6. longest
  7. cables
  8. tallest

Original Text


Where a cantilever bridge is supported from one end a suspension bridge suspends its deck from cables strung across the gap. The result is a more flexible structure that’s resilient to winds and shifting loads. This kind of design had long been used for small rope bridges. And in the 1930s, advanced steel manufacturing could create cables of bundled wire to act as strong steel rope for large-scale construction. At the time, the Golden Gate Bridge was the longest and tallest suspension bridge ever attempted, and its design was only possible due to these innovations. But cables and towers of this size could only be built at large steelworks on the country’s east coast.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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golden gate 3
suspension bridge 3
gate bridge 2
cantilever bridge 2
south tower 2

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golden gate bridge 2

Important Words


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  31. shifting
  32. size
  33. small
  34. steel
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  36. strong
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  38. strung
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  42. tallest
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  46. wire