1. is the critical breakthrough behind three icons of American architecture.

- Critical: UK /ˈkrɪt.ɪ.kəl/ US /ˈkrɪt̬ .ɪ.kəl/ :quan trọng

- Breakthrough: UK /ˈbreɪk.θruː/ US /ˈbreɪk.θruː/: đột phá
- Behind: đằng sau
2. Steel is a cornerstone of the modern world.
- Cornerstone: UK /ˈkɔː.nə.stəʊn/ US /ˈkɔːr.nɚ.stoʊn/ : nền tảng.
- Versatile: UK /ˈvɜː.sə.taɪl/ US /ˈvɝː.sə.t̬ əl/ : Tính ứng dụng cao.
- Durable: UK /ˈdʒʊə.rə.bəl/ US /ˈdʊr.ə.bəl/ : độ bền
- Flexible: UK /ˈflek.sə.bəl/ US /ˈflek.sə.bəl/: tính dẻo.
3. Steel is essential in our daily life.
- Essential: UK /ɪˈsen.ʃəl/ US /ɪˈsen.ʃəl/ :cần thiết/ thiết yếu.
4. Steel has impacted our lives in a lot of ways that we take for granted almost everything you use you wake
up in the morning you turn on your faucet think of the toaster oven you use what it's all steeled if you're
touching the automobiles we drive airplanes, ships all these things are made out of Steel
5. In 1860 New York and Brooklyn stand on opposite sides of a 600 foot divide.
6. They need a convenient thoroughfare for commerce and transportation.
- Thoroughfare: giao thông/ đường xá.
- Commerce: UK /ˈkɒm.ɜːs/ US /ˈkɑː.mɝːs/: thương mai
- Transportation: UK /ˌtræn.spɔːˈteɪ.ʃən/ US /ˌtræn.spɚˈteɪ.ʃən/: giao thông vận tải
7. Bridge is a landmark in engineering.
8. At first glance it may look like stones the bridges main support but it's actually steel that gives this
overpass its strength.
- Overpass: UK /ˈəʊ.və.pɑːs/ US /ˈoʊ.vɚ.pæs/: cầu vượt / vượt trội,
- Strength: UK /streŋθ/ US /streŋθ/: sức mạnh
9. Rising almost 100 feet into the air just four steel cables suspend an entire roadway high above the water
- Suspend: UK /səˈspend/ US /səˈspend/: treo
10. is a testament to the power of steel.
11. The ACT uses four steel cables each 3,500 78 feet long to span the East River from shore to shore.
- shore to shore: từ bờ này sang bờ kia.

12. The cables will hold the roadway more than 130( 40m) feet above the water
13. there are 19 strands inside each cable Containing 278 wires
14. The combined strength of the steel will make the Brooklyn Bridge one of the strongest bridges of its time
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convenient thoroughfare for commerce and transportation to span the East River they will turn to steep
stretching sixteen hundred feet across New York's East River the Brooklyn Bridge is a landmark in
engineering at first glance it may look like stones the bridges main support but it's actually steel that gives
this overpass its strength rising almost 300 feet into the air just four steel cables suspend an entire roadway
high above the water it is a testament to the power of steel the bridge has been a main artery of
Transportation and trade for over a century but few who Traver).