The bridge of San Luis Rey

On Friday noon, July the twentieth, 1714, the finest bridge in all Peru broke and precipitated five travellers into the gulf below.

1714年7月20日星期五的正午，全秘鲁最漂亮的一座桥断了，五名行人坠入下方的深渊。

The bridge seemed to be among the things that last forever; it was unthinkable that it should break.

那座桥似乎是永恒之物之一；它会断裂是不可想象的。