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帝国大厦 (The
Empire State Buildingg) 开放了
1931年5月1日
骄傲的耸立在纽约市第五大道与第34街的路口，帝国大厦拥有102层楼，1454英尺高。因为克莱斯勒与通用汽车两家公司之间的竞争，后者的老板约翰．杰柯布．拉斯科布 (John
Jacob Raskob) 以及前纽约州州长阿福瑞得．史密斯 (Alfred
E. Smith) 两人共同资助兴建这栋大楼。整个工程于1930年正式开始，帝国大厦的钢铁结构以不可思议的速度，每星期增加四又二分之一层楼的高度兴建着。这栋大楼只花了一年又45天就兴建完成。顶楼本来是用来停泊飞船，因为在1930年代，人们认为飞船将是未来在空中旅行的交通工具，现在则被用来当成电视塔。
你或你的家人有没有去过帝国大厦呢？你曾经去过的最高建筑物是哪一栋呢？你在顶楼看到了什么？
Standing proud on the corner of Fifth Avenue and 34th Street in New York City, the Empire State Building has 102 stories and reaches a height of 1,454 feet. Motivated by a competition between the leaders of Chrysler and General Motors, John Jacob Raskob of General Motors and Alfred E. Smith, a former governor of New York, formed a corporation to finance the building. Construction started in 1930. The steel framework of the Empire State Building rose to the sky at an incredible rate of 4 and 1/2 stories per week. The building's construction was completed in a phenomenal one year and forty-five days! The mast on top, now a TV tower, was originally a mooring for dirigibles, or airships, which in the 1930s were considered to be the future of air travel.
Have you or members of your family visited the Empire State Building? What is the tallest building you have ever been to the top of? What did you see?
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