帝国大厦英汉双语简介.doc

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1、基本信息
帝国大厦（Empire State Building），是位于美国纽约曼哈顿一栋著名的摩天大楼，位于第五大道350号，楼高381米，于1951年增添的天线高62米，总高443米。
Basic information
The Empire State Building is a 102-story skyscraper located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and West 34th Street. It has a roof height of 1,250 feet (381 meters), and with its antenna spire included, it stands a total of 1,454 ft (443.2 m) high.

2、名字的由来
帝国大厦的名字源于纽约州的昵称“帝国州”，英文原意实际上是“纽约州大厦”或“帝国州大厦”， 但由于帝国大厦的译法已广泛流传，故沿用至今。自1931年竣工以来，雄踞世界最高建筑的宝座达40年之久。并在1972年世界贸易中心北楼建成之前，一直是世界最高大楼.在2001年的911事件之后，帝国大厦再度成为纽约最高的建筑。
Named by
Its name is derived from the nickname for New York, the Empire State. It stood as the world's tallest building for 40 years, from its completion in 1931 until construction of the World Trade Center's 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 (although it was no longer the tallest in the US or the world, It is turely the empire’s building.)

3、历史位置
帝国大厦被普遍认为是美国文化的象征。它的设计具有独特的装饰艺术风格，帝国大厦已被美国土木工程师学会（ASCE）评价为现代世界七大工程奇迹之一。纽约地标委员会选其为纽约市地标。1986年，它被指定为国家历史地标。2007，根据美国建筑师联合会的数据，他是美国人最喜爱的建筑。
The Empire State Building is generally thought of as an American cultural icon. 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. The building and its street floor interior are designated landmarks of the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission, and confirmed by the New York City Board of Estimate. It was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1986.In 2007, it was ranked number one on the List of America‘s Favorite Architecture according to the AIA（美国建筑师联合会）.

6、建筑
1930年1月22日项目开始动工， 1931年5月1日，帝国大厦正式落成，美国总统赫伯特·胡佛在首都华盛顿特区亲自按下电钮，点亮大厦灯光。（大楼于1930年动工，1931年落成，建造过程仅用了410天，此大厦在美国经济最萧条，最不景气的时候，是世界上罕见的建造速度纪录。）
Construction
Excavation of the site began on January 22, 1930, The building was officially opened on May 1, 1931 in dramatic fashion, when United States President Herbert Hoover turned on the building’s lights with the push of a button from Washington, D.C. Coincidentally.

7、设计结构
帝国大厦有着世界上最受欢迎的户外观景台，已访问了超过一亿一千多万人。第八十六层的观景台上提供360度全景观光。另外的一个观景台在第一百零二层楼。参观过帝国大厦的著名人士包括英国前首相丘吉尔、英国伊莉莎白二世女王、古巴前国务委员会主席菲德尔·卡斯特罗、前苏联已故总书记赫鲁晓夫。
observation deck
The building has 85 stories of commercial and office space representing 2,158,000 sq ft (200,500 m2). It has an indoor and outdoor observation deck on the 86th floor.

8、灯光
1984年，自动变色灯装上了大厦顶端，灯光的表现力变得更为丰富多彩。每逢情人节、圣诞节、美国独立日等美国传统节日，大厦顶部的泛光灯的颜色会因应变换。由于纽约华人华侨众多，从2001年开始，帝国大厦会在每年春节、每年中华人民共和国国庆节期间晚上点亮象征吉祥的红、黄两色彩灯
Floodlights
In 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. Patrick's Day, Christmas, Independence Day and Bastille Day.

10、电影
帝国大厦的顶层一直是文艺界喜爱取景的地方，自大厦建成后，共有90多部电影选择这里作为取景点，其中最为著名的包括《金刚》（King Kong）和《西雅图不眠夜》（Sleepless in Seattle）等经典电影。1933年的电影《金刚》及2005年的《金刚》重拍版中，金刚最后都是爬到帝国大厦顶端，然后被战斗机攻击身受重伤、摔落地面而死。还有大家熟知的《gossip girl》、北京遇上西雅图都有在这里拍摄的画面。
Film
Perhaps the most famous popular culture representation of the building is in the 1933 film King Kong, in which the title character, a giant ape, climbs to the top to escape his captors but falls to his death after being attacked by airplanes.

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