Section_ⅣOther_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 much② earlier. 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