Walter: So, he could be on top of the Empire State Building now.

沃尔特：那么，他可能现在就在帝国大厦的顶层。

Also by artist Steven Backman, this is a miniature replica of the Empire State Building.

史蒂芬贝克曼也由艺术家，这是一个微缩的帝国大厦的复制品。

Some of the glass has accumulated defects and must be discarded – much of it is between 15 and 17 years old – but overall the Empire State Building is recovering roughly 90 percent of its old glass.

一些有过多污渍或划裂的就要被丢弃掉了——大部分是哪些用了15到17年之间的玻璃——但是总的来说，帝国大厦大概清洗翻新了90%的旧玻璃。

So why aren't there any walkways sliding past the Stock Exchange or beneath the Empire State Building?

那么为什么现在没有任何移动人行道从纽约证券交易所或帝国大厦地下通过呢？

Soon, the fountain will be overshadowed by a hotel styled after a classical Chinese pagoda, which, at 918 feet, will be nearly three-quarters as tall as the Empire State Building.

但这音乐喷泉不久后便会暗然失色，因为一座仿中国古代宝塔结构的酒店即将建成，这座酒店高达918英尺，将近帝国大厦的四分之三。

For example, I can have a hypothesis that if I throw a penny off the Empire State Building it will fall to the ground.

例如，我可以有这样的一个假设，若我从帝国大厦丢下一个一分硬币，它就将会掉到地面。

View from Empire State Building to Chrysler Building and Queensboro Bridge.

从帝国大厦向克莱斯勒大厦与皇后大桥眺望。

Robert, 48, without the aid of ropes and other protective devices, climbing hand over more than 70 skyscrapers, including New York Empire State Building, Twin Towers in Malaysia, Chinese Taipei 101.

罗贝尔现年48岁，不借助绳索等保护装置，徒手攀爬过70多座摩天大楼，包括纽约帝国大厦、马来西亚双子塔、中国台北101大楼。

The height of the Empire State Building belittles the houses around it.

帝国大厦的高度使它周遭的房屋显得渺小。

Field trips to the Empire State Building are almost always accompanied by this warning: don't drop a penny off the top. Even a penny can kill a person from here.

帝国大厦的观光行程几乎总是伴随这这样一句警告：不要从楼上往下扔硬币，即便是一分钱也有可能会砸死一个人。

Millions of Chinese people and I knew the Empire State Building through the movie An Affair to Remember(1957).

包括我在内的数百万中国人是从影片《金石盟》（1957年）中认识帝国大厦的。

Empire State Building now uses bright lights at night only to celebrate holidays and special events.

帝国大厦现在使用只在夜晚明亮的灯光，庆祝节日和特别活动。

Those things that look like saw teeth big enough to cut down the Empire State Building are actually buckets, each of which could pretty much scoop up your whole house.

它嘴里的零件看起来像是牙齿，正想咬碎帝国大厦，其实正咬着水桶。这些机器随便一台都能轻易把你的房子举到空中。

SERGIO: I read about that. After that they built the Empire State Building which was even taller.

塞吉奥：我读到过这方面的东西。此后他们建造了更高的帝国大厦。

Of all those who opposed the World Trade Center, no one was more stubborn than the owners of the Empire State Building, the 1931 landmark about to lose its title as the world’s tallest building.

在反对世界贸易中心建设的圈子里，态度最坚决的莫过于帝国大厦的主人了。帝国大厦建成于1931年，是纽约的标志性建筑，可从此就要向“世界最高建筑”的光荣称号挥泪道别了。

Construction on the skyscraper begins. It goes up quickly, and soon, instead of the Empire State Building, we have the Leaning Tower of Suburbia. The sleepless nights return.

于是建摩天大楼的工作开始了。虽然进行得很快，可我们没有建成帝国大厦，却建了一座斜塔。不眠之夜又来了。

But when cleaning the 102nd floor windows of the Empire State Building, you are actually next to God.

当你清洁帝国大厦第102层的玻璃时，你真的就站在了上帝的身旁。

It sounded like cats jumping off the Empire State Building.

听上去像猫从帝国大厦跳下来的惨叫。

Mount Everest, book, horse, Peter, strength, car, Empire State Building, China, house, child.

珠穆朗玛峰，书，马，皮特（人名），力量，汽车，帝国大厦，中国，房子，孩子。

The following April the Empire State Building lost its title for good.

次年四月，帝国大厦就永远丧失她的最高建筑称号了。