日本地震及海啸已经过去两周了,但工程师对道路、桥梁、铁路以及其他的一些基础设施遭受破坏的程度依然不知。
Nearly two weeks after the earthquake and tsunami struck Japan, engineers still do not know the full extent of damage to roads, Bridges, rail lines and other infrastructure.
根据2008年美国土木工程协会的基础设施报告,罗德岛中有57%的桥梁有结构性的缺陷。
According to the 2008 American Society of Civil Engineers infrastructure report, 57% of Rhode Island's Bridges are structurally deficient.
美国的土木工程师照例为本国的交通基础设施打低分,认为本国公路、铁路、桥梁不足,功能过时。
America's civil engineers routinely give its transport structures poor marks, rating roads, rails and Bridges as deficient or functionally obsolete.
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