2020年新高考英语二卷阅读理解C篇讲解(3)

有时候，设备失败是因为好的设计是用劣质材料建造的，而这些材料应用不当。
Or perhaps a design works so well it is adopted elsewhere again and again, with seemingly harmless improvements, until, suddenly, it does not work at all anymore.
或者，一个设计工作得很好，在其他地方被一次又一次地采用，进行了看似无害的改进，直到突然间，它不再工作了。
Readers will encounter not only stories they have heard before, but some new stories and a moving discussion of the responsibility of the engineer to the public and the ways young engineers can be helped to grasp them.
读者不仅会遇到他们以前听过的故事，还会遇到一些新的故事，以及关于工程师对公众的责任以及如何帮助年轻工程师掌握这些责任的方法。
"Success is success but that is all that it is," Dr. Petroski writes.
“成功就是成功，但仅此而已，”彼得罗夫斯基博士写道。
It is failure that brings improvement.
失败才能带来进步。
8. What happened to the Golden Gate Bridge on its 50th birthday?
A. It carried more weight than it could.
B. It swayed violently in a strong wind
C Its roadway was damaged by vehicles
D. Its access was blocked by many people.
9. Which of the following is Dr. Petroski"s idea according to paragraph 3?