VOA常速英语:US Bridge Loses Main Claim to Fame

短语讲解：

1. Several years ago, the U.S. automobile-rental company Avis came up with an imaginative, if not exactly boastful, advertising slogan.

come up with想出, 提出
例句：I hope you can come up with a better plan than this.
我希望你们能提出一个比这个更好的计划。

2. The folks in southern Louisiana might want to dust that one off, because, just last month, its Pontchartrain Causeway - which had been the longest bridge in the world - lost that title to a brand-new bridge in China.

dust off掸〔拭〕去灰尘,  (长期搁置后)重新使用〔温习〕
例句：Before we sat down, she hurried and dusted off each of the chairs.
在我们就座之前, 她赶忙把每把椅子掸干净。

3. A causeway is a long road, often resting on pilings or a dirt embankment, over water or wetlands.

rest on搁在〔支撑在〕…上
例句：The bridge rests on stone arches.
这座桥由石拱支撑。

4. It was only lightly damaged during Hurricane Katrina, the deadly storm that wiped out whole neighborhoods in New Orleans in 2005.

wipe out彻底摧毁, 消灭
例句：The earthquake wiped out the whole town.
那次地震毁掉了整个城镇。

5. So the causeway was a key route used by rescue and recovery teams based on the North Shore as the city was slowly rebuilt.

base on使建立在…基础上,立足
例句：Action should be based on solid facts.
行动应有确凿的事实为依据。

6. So if the Pontchartrain causeway needs a calling card - admittedly not a very dramatic one - it can claim that when it comes to concrete pillars, it’s still number one.

when it comes to当提到……；当谈到……
例句：When it comes to cooking I know nothing.
说到做饭，我是一窍不通。