高中英语Module6OldandNewSectionⅣOtherPartsoftheModule教学案外研必修3

Module 6 Old and New Section Ⅳ Other Parts of the Module

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The Empire State Building, New York

Most① of the tallest buildings in the world were built in the 1990s and in the twenty­first century, but the two tallest buildings in the US were built much②earlier. In fact, the second tallest building in the US is more than③ 75 years old!

The Empire State Building, ④which was the tallest building at the time⑤ was finished in May 1931. It was the tallest building in the world until the World Trade Centre was built in New York in 1972. The World Trade Centre twin towers, which were destroyed⑥ in September 2001⑦， were 417 and 415 metres high⑧.

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①most pron.大多数，与of连用时，句中谓语动词的单复数形式取决于of后面的名词的单复数形式。

②much修饰比较级，用来加强语气。

③more than多于；不仅仅是；非常

④which was the tallest building at the time是which引导的非限制性定语从句，修饰先行词the Empire State Building。

which不能用that来替换，that不能引导非限制性定语从句。

⑤at the time在那时

⑥destroy v．破坏，毁坏，之所以与were连用，是因为先行词是the World Trade Centre twin towers。

⑦which were destroyed in September 2001是which引导的非限制性定语从句。

⑧注意此句的表达法：“...＋be＋数字＋度量名词＋adj.”表示“某物有多高/长等”。

纽约帝国大厦

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世界上大多数最高的建筑物是在20世纪90年代和21世纪建成的，但是美国的两座最高的建筑物建成得要早得多。实际上，美国第二高的建筑物已经有超过75年的历史了！

帝国大厦是在1931年5月完工的，在那时它是最高的建筑物。它一直是世界上最高的建筑物，直到1972年世界贸易中心在纽约建成。2001年的9月被毁坏的世界贸易中心的双子塔分别有417米和415米高。

Facts about the Empire State Building：

·Ten million bricks were used in the construction of the building.

·There are 6,500 windows.

·From the observatory⑨at the top⑩， on⑪ a clear day you can see five US states.

·Lightning strikes the Empire State Building about 500 ti mes a⑫ year.

·In 1945, a US military plane, ⑬which was flying over Manhattan on a foggy ⑭ day, cashed⑮ into the building just above the 78th floor.

⑨observatory/əb’zɜːvətri/n.观察台

⑩at the top在顶部

⑪on在此处不能用in替换， day前有clear修饰，表示具体的某一天。

⑫a此处表示“每”“每一”。

⑬which was flying over Manhattan on a foggy day是which引导的非限制性定语从句，修饰a US military plane。

⑭foggy/’fɒɡi/adj.有浓雾的

fog n．雾

⑮crash/kræʃ/vi.(飞机)失事；坠毁

crash into撞入……

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关于帝国大厦的事实：

·大厦的建成使用了1 000万块砖。

·有6 500扇窗户。

·在晴天，从顶部的瞭望台可以看到美国的5个州。,·帝国大厦每年遭受大约500次闪电的袭击。

·1945年的一个大雾天，美国的一架军用飞机在曼哈顿上空飞行时撞入了大厦，正好在第78层上面。

The World’s Top 10 Tallest Buildings (2004)

2 International

Finance Centre

Hong Kong, PRC 2003 88 415 m CITIC Plaza Guangzhou, PRC 1997 80 391 m Shun Hing Square Shenzhen, PRC 1996 69 384 m Empire State

Building

New York, US 1931 102 381 m Central Plaza Hong Kong, PRC 1992 78 374 m 建筑名称城市年代楼层高度

台北101 中国，台北2004 101 509米

双子塔1 马来西亚，

吉隆坡

1998 88 452米

双子塔2 马来西亚，

吉隆坡

1998 88 452米

西尔斯大厦美国，芝加哥1974 110 442米

金茂大厦中国，上海1999 88 421米2国际金融中心中国，香港2003 88 415米中信广场中国，广州1997 80 391米

信兴广场中国，深圳1996 69 384米

帝国大厦美国，纽约1931 102 381米

中心广场中国，香港1992 78 374米

Read the text on Page 59 and answer the following questions. 1．What is the tallest building in the world according to the text? A．2 International Finance Centre.

B．Taipei 101.

C．Central Plaza.

D．CITIC Plaza.

2．What is the tallest building in the US?

A．Empire State Building.

B．Petronas Tower 1.

C．Petronas Tower 2.

D．Sears Tower.