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单词 the Twin Towers
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the Twin Towers

/ðə ˌtwɪn ˈtaʊəz/
/ðə ˌtwɪn ˈtaʊərz/
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  1. two very tall office buildings in Manhattan, New York City, built by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in 1972-3 and housing offices of the World Trade Centers Association. For a short time they were the tallest buildings in the world. Each was 1 368 feet/417 metres high and had 110 floors. A terrorist bomb exploded in the garage of the Twin Towers in 1993 killing six people and injuring more than a thousand. On September 11th 2001 the Twin Towers were both destroyed in another terrorist attack. Two planes crashed into the towers, and a short time later both towers collapsed. The area where the building used to be became known as Ground Zero and is now called the World Trade Center Site. It is the site of the National September 11 memorial and Museum. see also September 11
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