Building
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Table of Contents Two Friends Think Big.
内容表 两个朋友想大。
4 Stars and States.
4 星与州.
5 Making Room for Greatness.
5 为伟大的创造空间。
7 Sky Boys.
7个天空男孩。
9 Zoom to the Top.
9 放大到顶.
11 Happy Birthday!
生日快乐!
15 Glossary.
15 词汇。
16 Two Friends Think Big Two friends, John Raskob and Al Smith, wanted to build the tallest skyscraper in the world.
16 二个朋友 想个大 两位朋友约翰·拉斯克(John Raskob)和艾尔·史密斯(Al Smith)想建造出世界上最高的摩天大楼.
As children, they were poor.
他们小时候很穷
Both had to quit school and go to work.
两人都不得不退学去工作.
Years later, Raskob was rich and Smith was famous.
多年后,拉斯克布富有,史密斯出名.
Together, the two friends made a good team and built the Empire State Building.
两人共同组成了一支好团队并建造了帝国大厦.
Their building was the tallest in the world for forty-one years.
他们的建筑是41年来世界最高的.
The builders chose the middle of New York City for their building.
建造者选择了纽约市的中部作为他们的建筑.
The Empire State Building The Empire State Building is known as the “world’s most famous office building,” “America’s favorite building,” and even one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World.
帝国大厦 帝国大厦被称为"世界最出名的办公楼"("American's favorite building"),甚至有"现代世界七大奇迹"之一.
Stars and States Take an elevator to the top of this building and you can see parts of five states.
星和州乘电梯到这栋楼顶 你可以看见五个州的一部分
Look around and you might see stars, even in the daytime.
看看四周,你可能会看到星星,即使在白天。
Famous movie stars visit to see the view, too.
出名的电影明星也来看风景.
The 102nd floor is for visitors.
102楼供参观者使用.
The 86th floor is for visitors.
86楼是供游客使用的.
From the ground to the top is 1,454 feet (443 m).
从地到上方有1,454英尺(443米).
The building has its own zip code—10118.
该建筑有自己的拉链代码-10118.
The ground floor is much larger than a football field.
地层比足球场大得多.
The address is 350 Fifth Avenue, New York City.
地址为纽约市第五大道350号.
From the top of the Empire State Building, you can see five states.
从帝国大厦上方可以看到五个州.
Huge cranes were used to move giant beams into place.
巨型起重机被用来把巨型梁移到原地
Making Room for Greatness The place Raskob and Smith chose for their building was a busy one.
为伟大创造空间 Raskob和Smith为他们的建筑选择的地方是繁忙的.
A grand hotel was already standing there.
一家大酒店已经站在那里了
The hotel had to go.
旅馆必须去。
A skyscraper as big and heavy as the one they planned needed to sit on solid rock.
一个大而重的摩天大楼 他们计划需要坐在坚固的岩石上。
Workers dug down 40 feet (12.
工人挖了40英尺(12.
2 m) to reach solid rock.
2米)可以到达固体岩石.
Huge trucks carried tons of dirt and rock away.
巨大的卡车载着一吨的泥土和岩石。
It took five months to tear down the hotel and make the hole.
拆开酒店并打出洞来花了五个月时间.
Then, on April 7, 1930, construction of the Empire State Building began.
后于1930年4月7日,帝国大厦开工建设.
Men worked day and night to tear down the hotel quickly.
男人们日以继夜地工作,以迅速拆掉酒店.
The two friends needed to construct their building fast.
两个朋友需要快速建造他们的建筑.
The hotel was large and hard to tear down.
酒店规模宏大,难以拆除.
Sky Boys Strong metal beams rose.
天空男孩 强金属束玫瑰。
Beams support the skyscraper much as your bones support your body.
束子供养摩天大楼 如汝骨供养身.
As the steel beams went higher and higher, crowds gathered on the streets below.
随着钢梁越来越高,人群聚集在下方的街道上.
They looked up in wonder as men walked the narrow beams high above.
当人们走在高处的狭长梁上时,他们仰望着奇怪。
People called the men “sky boys.”
人们称这些人为“天空男孩”。 “
Sky boys worked in teams of four to join the beams together with red-hot rivets.
天空男孩们在四人小组中工作,与红热活泼相接而入梁.
Every team member was brave and fast.
每个队员都勇敢而快.
The steel beams zoomed up an amazing four floors a week.
钢梁每周放大四层
Some of the best teams were Mohawk Indians from New York State.
一些最好的队伍是来自纽约州的莫霍克印第安人.
Some of them could set a rivet every minute.
他们中有些人每分每秒都能设一个管子
The sky boys were the best show in town.
天空男孩是镇上最好的表演。
Riveters worked far above the ground floor.
里维特斯在地上工作
They often worked without a safety line.
他们经常在没有安全线的情况下工作。
Zoom to the Top By June, the steel reached the twenty-fifth floor.
缩放至顶部到6月,钢铁已通达25层.
Behind the sky boys came other workers.
天后男孩们来了其他工人。
They built the outside wall of the building.
他们建造了大楼外墙.
These workers were so fast that they started to catch up to the sky boys.
这些工人速度太快,开始赶上天空男孩.
August was the busiest month.
八月是最繁忙的月份。
The sky boys were almost to the top.
天空男孩几乎是顶级。
The outside wall made of stone, windows, and metal was going up a floor a day.
由石头、窗户和金属组成的外墙一天上一层楼。
Inside, thousands of workers were busy.
里面有成千上万的工人忙着工作
In August, there were 3,500 workers doing 60 different kinds of jobs.
8月,有3500名工人从事60个不同种类的工作.
By June, the Empire State Building was higher than most of the buildings around it.
至6月,帝国大厦比周围大部分建筑都高.
Getting supplies to so many workers was taking too much time.
给这么多工人的补给太花时间了
Workers laid tracks around each floor to speed things up.
工人在每层铺上铁轨,以加速事情的发展.
Carts were loaded and pushed along the tracks right to the workers.
卡茨被装上子弹 沿着铁轨推向工人
In November, Al Smith stood proud.
11月,艾尔·史密斯站出骄傲.
He was on the 102nd floor.
他在102楼
The steel beams had reached the very top.
钢梁已经到了顶端
He was also scared standing that high up on a beam.
他还害怕站在梁上那么高
The last rivet was placed.
上个轮回被放置.
When he smashed it into the beam, the steel work was done!
当他把它砸入梁子时,钢铁工作已经完成了!
That rivet made newspaper headlines.
那条新闻成了报纸的头条新闻
Not only was it the last one set, but it was also the only one made of gold.
它不仅是最后一套,也是唯一的由黄金制成.
These two steel workers are very close to the top.
这两个钢铁工人非常接近顶部.
Their work is almost done.
他们的工作快完成了。
Working so high off the ground was dangerous.
这么高地工作很危险
The men had to be brave.
男人必须勇敢
Happy Birthday!
生日快乐!
The building opened on May 1, 1931.
该建筑于1931年5月1日开通.
Fifty years later, in 1981, the building was made a landmark.
50年后的1981年,该建筑被定为地标.
It is protected by law and cannot be torn down.
它受到法律保护,不能被撕毁。
Al Smith said his building was made for the future, and he was right!
艾尔·史密斯说,他的建筑是为未来而建造的,他是对的!
It will be standing tall in New York for a long time to come.
它将在纽约站得高高,将在今后很长一段时间。
Glossary beams (n.)
词汇束 (n.
long, sturdy pieces of wood or metal that are used in building (p.
长而坚固的用于建筑的木材或金属(p.
9) construct (v.)
9) 构造(五.
to make or build something (p.
用于制造或建造某物(p.
7) elevator (n.)
7) 电梯 (n.
a platform that carries people and things to different floors in a building (p.
一个将人和事物带到建筑物不同地层的平台(p.
5) rivets (n.)
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bits of metal that hold something together (p.
将某种东西粘在一起的金属(p.
10) skyscraper (n.)
10) 摩天大楼 (n.
On special holidays, the building uses colorful lights to put on shows.
在特殊节日,该建筑使用多彩的灯来放出出出场.