VOA常速英语:Singing Bridge

Oh dude. Its like Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
哦天呐，简直就像《第三类接触》里的声音。
I watched the video and I was like, what a crazy sound.And then after it ended, I like heard the sound in the background.
我看了视频，觉得完全是不可思议的声音。视频结束之后我在我们这边也听到了这个声音。
Its quite loud actually.Since then, Ive been hearing it almost every afternoon or evening.
其实声音很大。从那以后，我几乎每天下午或者晚上都能听到。
The Golden Gate Bridge has started to sing.The new musical tones that are coming from the Golden Gate Bridge
金门大桥又开始唱歌了。这种从金门大桥上产生的新音调
are known as an evitable phenomenon that stem from our wind retrofit project.
事实上是一种由风力改造计划产生的可避免的现象。
It happens during very high winds.
一般发生在风力较强的时候。
Weve been replacing handrail on the west sidewalk with new railing
我们已经把西侧人行道上的扶手换成了新的栏杆，
that has thin vertical slats that are designed to run more air to flow through them.
新扶手上有薄的垂直板条，可以让更多的空气流过。
One effect of that is that the bridge now at very high winds and with specific angles sings or hums.
这种改进的其中一个影响就是，只要有大风，大桥在特定的角度下就会产生特定的音调。
We knew going into the replacement that the bridge would sing during high wind events
在更换这些扶手的时候我们已经知道大桥会在大风中产生声音，
but what we didnt know was just how loud that might be.
但我们不知道这个声音会有多大。
Some people love it and find it soothing and meditative.
有些人喜欢这种声音，觉得能抚慰人。
Others have found it somewhat unpleasant.
但有些人就不怎么喜欢了。
I moved to America like five or six years ago to pursue my music career,
五、六年前我搬到美国来追求我的音乐事业，
which is basically DJ-ing or and writing electronic music and playing it at clubs and stuff like that.
基本上就是做DJ，写电子音乐，在俱乐部之类的地方演奏。
So, I rode my bike like right into the middle of the bridge
有一天我骑车在大桥上行驶，
and then I just took a field recorder with me and recorded it and then turned it into music.
之后我带着我的野外摄影机，把这个声音录了下来，然后改变成音乐。
I was just working on a few tracks at the time
当时我正在写一些曲子，
and that one just happened to be slightly closer to being into the key of the bridge.
其中有一首跟大桥声音的主音调特别接近。
Im not sure, I might use the sample like here and there and a few other tracks maybe.
我还不确定，我看会把大桥的声音样本用在这首曲子里，当然可能还会有其他曲子。
The thing that I found the most interesting about it was that they were doing all this construction
我认为最有趣的事情就是，他们在建造和改进这座桥的时候，
and didnt realize until the very end that it was going to make this huge resonance
并没有意识到会产生这么大的共鸣声，直到最后才发现，
and now its just like this hum that just emanates through the immediate vicinity of the city around us.
现在这个声音就像是从城市周围散发出来的一样，萦绕在我们耳边。