The World Trade Center, an office building for over 1200 firms employing about 50,000 people, is even higher at 411 metres.
世界贸易中心要高得多，有411米。它是一座办公大楼，楼里有1，200多家公司，大约有5万雇员。
高三英语课文
Unit 13 The USA
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
n. 办公室;办公楼;问询处;重要官职;
💡 fac, fect, fic, fig, fea =make,do,表示”做,制作”
"The office was light and airy."
办公室又明亮又通风。
近义：organisation, organization, bureau, department, agency, entity
n. 建筑物;楼房;房屋;建筑（艺术或行业）;
v. build的现在分词;
💡 build建造+ing某种行为的产物→建筑物
"The whole building was soon ablaze."
整栋大楼很快就熊熊燃烧起来。
近义：pile, construction, edifice, uplifting, edifying
n. 人，人类;居民;人民;种族;
vt. 居住于，布满;使住满人，在…殖民;把动物放养在;
💡 popul, publ 表”人民”
"I can't abide people with no sense of humour."
我讨厌和没有幽默感的人打交道。
近义：populate, settle, crowd, individuals, persons, folks
反义：person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke
n. 世界;地球;领域;尘世;
💡 一句（l）话（word）讲出 世界的本质
"In a world that had suddenly become alien and dangerous, he was her only security."
在一个突然变得陌生而危险的世界里，他是她唯一的守护神。
近义：humanity, civilisation, civilization, orb, earth, globe
n. 贸易;行业;<美>顾客;买卖;
vt.& vi. 交易，经商;
vt. 交换;经营…交易，做…的买卖;
vi. 贸易;买卖;以物易物;
💡 第十个(t)等级(grade)是 贸易
"A free trade agreement would be advantageous to both countries."
自由贸易协定对两国都会有利。
近义：interchange, permute, barter, shift, swap, switch