豆腐渣 倫敦橋玻璃地板被酒瓶砸裂

A glass pane at Tower Bridge's new transparent walkway 140ft above the River Thames, has smashed after a visitor dropped a bottle of beer.
英國泰晤士河上的高約140英尺（約43米）的倫敦塔橋，2周之前開放了新景點--玻璃人行道，不過近日一名遊客不慎掉了個啤酒瓶，然後有一塊就被砸裂了。

Just two weeks after the new attraction opened, one of the six half-tonne glass panes that make up the floor, was damaged by visitors.
這段玻璃人行道，是由6塊重達半噸的透明玻璃組成的，被損壞的是其中的一塊。

The dropped bottle of beer caused an initial crack, but a woman walking over the broken glass in stiletto heels reportedly caused the pane to shatter further.
最初一名遊客掉落的啤酒瓶在一塊玻璃上砸出裂紋，隨後一名穿着細高跟鞋的女子通過有裂紋的玻璃後，導致玻璃裂縫進一步擴大。

Visitor Peter Gordon tweeted an image of the broken pane, writing: 'Was in tower bridge walkway today, someone dropped a beer bottle; this happened.'
遊客彼得·戈登在推特上發了一張破碎玻璃的照片，並寫道：“這是塔橋的玻璃人行道，有人掉了個啤酒瓶，就成了現在這樣。”

Officials at the attraction have rushed to reassure visitors, stating that the broken glass was just a 'sacrificial' layer.
官方立即向遊客作出解釋，稱破碎的玻璃只是人行道的“犧牲層”。

The transparent walkway is made up of five layers of glass in each pane and it was just the top one which was damaged.
透明人行道共有5層玻璃組成，被損壞的只是第一層。

However, Tower Bridge head Chris Earlie told ITV: 'We are gutted it's happened in the first couple of weeks when it's been open to the public but it's completely safe.
塔橋負責人克里斯·厄爾萊稱：“玻璃人行道在向公衆開放兩週後即有損壞讓我們感到吃驚，但它完全是安全的。”

The top layer was designed to be easily replaceable in the event of scratches or damage and the attraction remained open despite the shattered pane.
在設計之初，已考慮到容易被劃或被損壞，所以第一層玻璃就被設計爲容易更換的層面。儘管有玻璃碎裂，但塔橋玻璃人行道依然保持開放。

Following the incident on Friday night, the cracked pane was then covered with a mat for the remainder of the weekend, with a plan for it to be repaired on Sunday night.
玻璃是在上週五晚上碎裂的，當時被玻璃墊蓋上，計劃在上週日晚間修復。

One half of the £1million walkway opened to the public two weeks ago between the north and south towers of the bridge and will be joined on December 1 by a parallel walk alongside it.
這段玻璃人行道造價50萬英鎊（約482萬元人民幣），連通塔橋南北，2周之前對公衆開放。12月1日將有另一條平行人行道加入其中。

They have been designed to give tourists, sightseers and thrill-seekers a unique view from a bridge that bills itself as the most famous in the world.
設計透明的玻璃人行道是爲了能讓遊客以及尋求刺激的人們能從這所世界著名的倫敦塔橋上欣賞到獨特的景觀。

Each glass panel along the 36ft walkway is getting on for three inches thick and weighs nearly 1,200lb.
這段玻璃人行道長36英尺（約11米），每塊玻璃約有3英寸（約90釐米）厚，重約1200磅（約544公斤）。