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One World Trade Center Observatory1 Opens to Public 世界贸易中心天文台对公众开放

NEW YORK—

From New Jersey2 to Long Island, from Northern suburbs to the Atlantic Ocean, with all of New York City in-between.  That view became available to the public Friday as the One World Trade Center Observatory opened in New York - atop the replacement3 for the buildings destroyed in the September 11, 2001, attacks. 

The emphasis was on New York, the future…but still remembering the past.

People from around the world lined up to go to the top of this shiny new building, which reaches 541 meters into the sky…taller than any other building on the North American continent.

Construction was completed at the beginning of this year…it took several years to build, with 45,000 tons of steel, 159,000 cubic meters of concrete, resulting in a total of nearly 28,000 square meters of office space.

And today, the latest tenant4 opened up for business, One World Observatory.

“We’re back.  You hear this.  You heard this from construction workers. 

We’re back.  We put this building up," said Dave Checketts, chief executive officer of Legends, which operates the Observatory.

The Observatory covers three floors - from 100 to 102.   But first, there's a 47-second elevator ride featuring time lapse5 video - depicting6 the development of New York and ending with a panoramic7 view of the region as it appears today.

Stepping off the elevator, visitors watch another video featuring those who helped build World Trade Center 1, also known as Freedom Tower.   Then comes the final treat - Manhattan and beyond as far as the eye can see.  On a clear day, that means approximately 80 kilometers in all directions.

Back on the ground - the official ribbon-cutting - to open the experience to the public.  It costs more than $30 for an adult to take in the view.  But that was not on the minds of the first day's visitors.

“It’s very impressive, so high, excellent,” a visitor from Germany said.

“Our country helped build this tower because the steel girders in the basement of the tower are coming from my country," said a visitor from Luxembourg. "So, you see that the smallest country of the world has helped the mightiest8 city of the world.

One of the principals in Legends is the owner of the Dallas Cowboys,  Jerry Jones, who summed up the feeling of many who remember September 11, 2001.

“This is called getting knocked down and getting back up, which is what we think of ourselves in this country," he said.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is guaranteed $875 million in revenue from the observatory over the next 15 years….and part of that return started today.  But more important, perhaps, was seeing the new World Trade Center as a place of remembrance and hope for the future.


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1 observatory hRgzP     
n.天文台,气象台,瞭望台,观测台
参考例句:
  • Guy's house was close to the observatory.盖伊的房子离天文台很近。
  • Officials from Greenwich Observatory have the clock checked twice a day.格林威治天文台的职员们每天对大钟检查两次。
2 jersey Lp5zzo     
n.运动衫
参考例句:
  • He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
  • They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致,都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。
3 replacement UVxxM     
n.取代,替换,交换;替代品,代用品
参考例句:
  • We are hard put to find a replacement for our assistant.我们很难找到一个人来代替我们的助手。
  • They put all the students through the replacement examination.他们让所有的学生参加分班考试。
4 tenant 0pbwd     
n.承租人;房客;佃户;v.租借,租用
参考例句:
  • The tenant was dispossessed for not paying his rent.那名房客因未付房租而被赶走。
  • The tenant is responsible for all repairs to the building.租户负责对房屋的所有修理。
5 lapse t2lxL     
n.过失,流逝,失效,抛弃信仰,间隔;vi.堕落,停止,失效,流逝;vt.使失效
参考例句:
  • The incident was being seen as a serious security lapse.这一事故被看作是一次严重的安全疏忽。
  • I had a lapse of memory.我记错了。
6 depicting eaa7ce0ad4790aefd480461532dd76e4     
描绘,描画( depict的现在分词 ); 描述
参考例句:
  • a painting depicting the Virgin and Child 一幅描绘童贞马利亚和圣子耶稣的画
  • The movie depicting the battles and bloodshed is bound to strike home. 这部描写战斗和流血牺牲的影片一定会取得预期效果。
7 panoramic LK3xM     
adj. 全景的
参考例句:
  • Most rooms enjoy panoramic views of the sea. 大多数房间都能看到海的全景。
  • In a panoramic survey of nature, speed is interesting because it has a ceiling. 概观自然全景,速率是有趣的,因为它有一个上限。
8 mightiest 58b12cd63cecfc3868b2339d248613cd     
adj.趾高气扬( mighty的最高级 );巨大的;强有力的;浩瀚的
参考例句:
  • \"If thou fearest to leave me in our cottage, thou mightiest take me along with thee. “要是你害怕把我一个人留在咱们的小屋里,你可以带我一块儿去那儿嘛。 来自英汉文学 - 红字
  • Silent though is, after all, the mightiest agent in human affairs. 确实,沉默毕竟是人类事件中最强大的代理人。 来自互联网

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