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1、笔译练习1RethinkingSkyscrapers(2)精品文档RethinkingSkyscrapers摩天大楼的警示Mostoftheworld’stallbuildings,calledskyscrapers,areintheUnitedStates.However,theterroristattackshavecausedcomeAmericanstoworryaboutthesafetyoftheseextremelytallbuildings.Foralmost30years,theW

2、orldTradeCenterstoodmorethan410metersaboveNewYorkCity’sfinancialcenter.ThetwotowersoftheCenterwerethetallestbuildingsinthecity.Theyhadmorethan100levels.ThenonthemorningofSeptemberEleventhlastyear,twohijacked(劫持)airplanesstruckthebuildings.About50thousa

3、ndpeopleworkedintheWorldTradeCenter.Someestimatessaymany90thousandpeoplepassedthroughitonsomedays.ThetowersrepresentedbusinessandtradeinthebiggestcityinAmerica.ManypeoplethroughouttheworldrecognizedpicturesoftheWorldTradeCenteragainsttheskiesofNewYork.

4、Afterthecollapseofthetwintowers,somecityplannersbelievesuchextremelytallstructuresshouldnotbereplaced.SomemembersbelieveskyscraperswastespaceTheseexpertssaysomebuildingsusetheirlowerlevelsmainlytogetpeopletotheupperlevels.收集于网络，如有侵权请联系管理员删除精品文档Someexpe

5、rtsalsobelievetheofficeneedsofbusinessesarechanging.Mostlargecompaniesnowhavetheirheadquartersinskyscrapers.Thispermitstheiremployeestoworktogetherinoneplace.However,employeestodaycancommunicateeasilythoughelectronicmailandothertechnology.Sosomeplanner

6、sbelievetherewillbelessneedforskyscrapersinthefuture.TheEmpireStatebuildingisnowthetallestbuildinginNewYorkCity.Itwasbuiltin1931.Itwasthetallestbuildingintheworldformorethan40years.Itstillisoneofthemostpopular.ThousandsofmillionsofvisitorshaveseenNewYo

7、rkfromobservationareasinthisbuilding.SkyscraperswereinventedintheUnitedStates.Asearlyasthe1880,twonewtechnicaldevelopmentsmadethesetallerbuildingspossible.Onedevelopmentwasthemechanicalstepstoreachtheupperfloorsoftallbuildings.Thedevelopmentofsteelalso

8、helpedmaketallerbuildingspossible.Chicagobecamehometotheworld’stallestbuildingin1973whentheSearsTowerwasbuilt.Itis442meterstall.TheSearsTowerwasthetallestbuildingintheworldfor23years.Then,in1996,twotallerbuildingswerecompleted.Theyareth