103.The Tallest Building in the World p.203
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103.The Tallest Building in the World p.203
日期:2007-03-21
Recently Kuala Lumper beat Chicago in a battle of skyscrapers when experts had the country's Petronas
Twin Towers measured and declared it the world's tallest building. The title was f.mp3erly held by Chicago's
110-story Sears Tower. Its status had been left unchallenged for 22 years.
Buildings in the United States have held the title since 1913, but the need for space has created a
skyscraper boom in Asia. According to one building expert, "the ball has started rolling in Asia." However,
some experts think that building super-tall skyscrapers is not a matter of economics but ego. Every architect
wants to have the honor of having the tallest building in the world. When the planned 1509-foot Shanghai
World Financial Center is finished in a couple of years, it will be China's turn to have that honor.
high 固定高度 tall 不断增高 习惯用法 The man is not tall, but he is high in status.
beat = defeat 击败
I try to measure(live) up to my teacher's expectations of me. 符合达到期望 expectations 用复数
or: meet your parents'expectations
on the fifth floor a fifty-story building storey(英)
construction ego = pride is a matter of ego 面子问题
It's Peter's turn to treat me to dinner finally. treat sb to sth
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