theempirestatebuilding学习课程

1、introductionThe Empire State Building is a modern office building. It was the first building to have more than 100 floors. It has 6,500 windows and 73 elevators, and there are 1,860 steps from street level to the 102nd floor. 第1页/共13页第一页，编辑于星期日：点 二十四分。It has an indoor and outdoor observation deck on

2、 the 86th floor.第2页/共13页第二页，编辑于星期日：点 二十四分。The Empire State Building is generally thought of as an American cultural symbol. It is designed in the distinctive Art Deco style and has been named as one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World by the American Society of Civil Engineers. It was designate

3、d as a National Historic Landmark in 1986.In 2007, it was ranked number one on the List of Americas Favorite Architecture according to the AIA.history第3页/共13页第三页，编辑于星期日：点 二十四分。Its name is derived from the nickname for New York, the Empire State. It stood as the worlds tallest building for 40 years (

4、from its completion in 1931 until construction of the World Trade Centers North Tower was completed in 1972.) Following the September 11 attacks in 2001, the Empire State Building was again the tallest building in New York . It is truely the empires building.Its name第4页/共13页第四页，编辑于星期日：点 二十四分。The Emp

5、ire State Building was designed by William F. Lamb from the architectural firm Shreve, Lamb and Harmon, which produced the building drawings in just two weeks, using its earlier designs for the Reynolds Building in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and the Carew Tower in Cincinnati, Ohio as a basisdesi

6、gn第5页/共13页第五页，编辑于星期日：点 二十四分。FloodlightsIn 1964, floodlights were added to illuminate the top of the building at night, in colors chosen to match seasonal and other events, such as St. Patricks Day, Christmas, Independence Day and Bastille Day.第6页/共13页第六页，编辑于星期日：点 二十四分。FilmPerhaps the most famous popular culture representation of the building is in the 1933 film King Kong第7页/共13页第七页，编辑于星期日：点 二十四分。Sleepless in seattle第8页/共13页第八页，编辑于星期日：点 二十四分。Men in Black III 第9页/共13页第九页，编辑于星期日：点 二十四分。北京遇上西雅图第10页/共13页第十页，编辑于星期日：点 二十四分。Gossip