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Step 1
e passage.

The Empire State Building
The Empire State building is the tallest skyscraper in New York. It is an Art
Deco building. It was built in 1930, toward the end of the Art Deco movement.
It was the tallest building in the world for over forty years. It is very famous
worldwide. It was made using limestone and stainless steel. It rises in a series of
setbacks like a pyramid. This Egyptian style was a common theme of Art Deco

Step 2
~n tn thp Ipcture and take notes. Il훌뀔훌I

The Empire State Building
• Is one of the
• Has appeared
• Looks like
• Was built in
• Took sixteen months to build because
The Building’5 Art Deco Style
• Is unlike
• It does not have
• The top has a
• It is like a
The Art Deco Movement
• Was influenced by
• Mixed

Step 3
prompt.
The professor and the passage talk about the Empire State building . Explain
how the building mixes old and new styles to become famous.

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