Minoru Yamasaki was a well-known American architect (建筑師). He was born in 1912 in Seattle, Washington. Minoru went to college to study architecture. Every summer he worked in a fish factory to help pay for college. He slept in a room with 100 other men.
Yamasaki sometimes dreamed about his work. Once he woke up at three o’clock in the morning. He remembered a building that was in his dream. He got up and started to draw.
Yamasaki was different from other architects. His buildings give people a feeling of peace and happiness. Many of his designs have pools of water, flowers, and windows on the roof to let in light. He wanted to give them a place away from the busy ways of modern life.
Yamasaki worked for several companies. But his success began when he started his own company. In 1956, he won the Architect’s First Honor Award for his design of an airport in St. Louis, Missouri. He won two more awards over the next five years. In 1962, he designed the World Trade Center in New York. In 1993, a bomb exploded (炸彈爆炸) in it. But the buildings did not fall down because they had a good design.
Yamasaki had strong opinions about his buildings. They had to be built his way. He refused to change the design of his buildings, even if he lost a job.
Minoru Yamasaki died on Jun,2 1986. He designed more than 300 buildings. People will enjoy the design and beauty of his buildings for a very long time.
| The title | A 66 American architect |
| Be born | In 67 in Seattle, Washington |
| In college | Studied architecture in college |
| Worked in a fish factory to 68 for college | |
| 69 a room with 100 other men | |
| His design of buildings | Made people feel 70 and happy |
| Had 71 opinions about his buildings | |
| The World Trade Center didn’t fall down after a bomb explosion | |
| Successful career | Was not the 72 as other architects |
| Didn’t begin his successful career 73 he started his own company | |
| Won 74 Awards for his famous design before 1962 and designed over 300 buildings in his life | |
| Date of 75 | Died on Jun,2 1986 |
66. __________ 67. __________ 68. __________ 69. __________ 70. __________
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I worked in a 42 doctor's office, and during those days many unexpected things
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I was going inside to 45 for my gas when I noticed an older couple at the counter(柜臺). I heard them asking for 46 to the local hospital. It was the same hospital that I had just 47 a few minutes ago.
At the counter, a young man was quite 48 . He was trying to 49 how to get there,
with two other people. One of them was 50 trying to give them a whole different route back. It
was then that I walked over to the couple and said, "Would you like to follow me to the 51 ?"
A look of 52 appeared on the woman's face.
"I'm going right by there," I said, and it wasn’t a(n) 53 since I had just decided to do
exactly that.
I got into my car and began the journey back. I was trying to make them be sure they were
right 54 me. It took only fifteen minutes to get there. I felt 55 than I had all day and my headache was nearly gone.
Later, as I arrived home, my husband teased(嘲笑), "So you aren't ever late any more." I said,
"Sometimes it's good to be late."
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