Words in the News (27th May 2015): New York's view from the top
For vocabulary and exercises: http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/witn/ep-150527
Transcript
The Freedom Tower in New York. The tallest building in the western hemisphere is now open to visitors.
The history of the city flashes by on the 100-floor journey to the top.
The skyscraper replaces the World Trade Center, and many visitors will inevitably think of September 11th, 2001.
New York still feels the trauma of those events. But the opening of this landmark is part of the city's ongoing recovery.
Vocabulary
hemisphere
(here) half of the Earth
flashes by
appears for a short time and then disappears
inevitably
unavoidably
trauma
(here) shock caused by a deeply disturbing experience
landmark
a building or site which helps to identify a place
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