One World Trade Center is the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, and currently fourth tallest in the world. Opened in November, this sleek skyscraper soars 1,776ft (541m) above Manhattan. Its height is a symbolic reference to the US Declaration of Independence in 1776.
世界贸易中心一号大楼是西半球最高的建筑,也是世界第四高楼。该楼楼高1,776 ft(541 m),于去年11月份完工。1776英尺的高度是为了纪念1776年签订的《美国独立宣言》而设定的。
The name of the new building, designed by David Childs of Skidmore Owings Merrill (SOM), was to have been ‘Freedom Tower’. This, after all, was the monumental skyscraper – the first designs were by Daniel Libeskind – commissioned to take the place of the Twin Towers destroyed by a terrorist attack executed by men who believe neither in life, liberty nor happiness.
这座摩天大楼由SOM建筑事务所的大卫·查尔兹担任主要设计,原称“自由塔”。它是世界贸易中心在“911”袭击事件遭到损毁后所重建的建筑之一,建筑师丹尼尔·里伯斯金是世贸重建工程的总策划人.
The new World Trade Center was also renamed to re-establish the idea that New York is one of the most important hubs of global trade, and because, as President Calvin Coolidge told the Society of American Newspaper Editors in January 1925, “the chief business of the American people is business”. He added, “Of course, the accumulation of wealth cannot be justified as the chief end of existence. But we are compelled to recognise it as a means to well-nigh every desirable achievement.”
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