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Walking on a glass walkway suspended 1,000 meters up a mountain is supposed to be terrifying -- but not this terrifying. |
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走在海拔一千公尺的懸崖玻璃棧道上理當令人感到害怕──但不至於這麼可怕。 |
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Just two weeks after it opened to a nervous public, a walkway in China's central Henan province was evacuated after cracks appeared. |
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一條位於中國中部河南省的步道對興奮的大眾開放才不過兩週，就因為出現裂縫而將遊客撤離。 |
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Reports describe visitors running and screaming in panic as they saw the damage on the U-shaped path at Yuntaishan Scenic Park. |
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報導指出，遊客看見雲台山地質公園的 U 形步道出現損壞之後，紛紛驚慌地尖叫奔逃。 |
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"Just witnessed a historic moment -- Yuntaishan's glass walkway is broken," wrote one user on Weibo. |
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"As I was approaching the end of the passage, I heard a sudden loud 'bang.' My legs were shaken. |
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I looked down and saw the pane underneath me had shattered." |
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「見證了歷史性的一刻，雲台山玻璃棧道剛剛碎了，」一名微博使用者寫道：「就在快到終點的位置，突然『砰』的一聲巨響，腳下一震。低頭一看，我腳下的那一塊玻璃碎成花了。」 |
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Opened on September 20, the cliffside path spans 260 meters, with a 68-meter glass-bottom section. |
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It hangs 1,080 meters above sea level. |
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這條懸崖邊緣的步道在九月二十日開放，總長兩百六十公尺，其中有一段六十八公尺長的玻璃棧道。這條棧道位於海拔一千零八十公尺。 |
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The park issued a statement the next day, admitting discovery of "a small amount of cracks" during a regular inspection. |
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園方於次日發布聲明，坦承在一次例行巡查中發現了「少量裂紋」。 |
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"To ensure guests' safety, the glass walkway was closed immediately," the park's management said in the statement. |
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"Safety experts were deployed to find the cause of the incident." |
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「為保證遊客安全，即時封閉玻璃棧道，」公園管理局在聲明中指出：「並召集安全專家要找出事發原因。」 |
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It said the damage was caused by "external force" from a sharp object. There was no danger, it added. |
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聲明指稱此次損壞是因尖銳物體的「外力」導致，且補充表示安全無虞。 |
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"The passage's surface is made of custom-made three-layer tempered glass panes. |
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The cracks only affect one layer of the pane and will not pose a threat to safety." |
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「棧道玻璃由三層特製鋼化玻璃做成，其中只有一層出現裂痕，安全性不受影響。」 |
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Yuntaishan's passage is one of a recent series of glass-bottomed walkways to open in China. |
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When completed, the Zhangjiajie structure will be the world's highest and longest glass bridge -- 430 meters long and 300 meters high. |
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雲台山棧道是近來中國陸續開放的玻璃底板棧道之一。張家界的步道一旦完工，將會是全世界最高也最長的玻璃橋樑──長四百三十公尺，高三百公尺。 |
