【听美文故事记六级单词】蜘蛛人攀上世界第一高楼(2/3)

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        十以上数字、年份、百分率、金额等都用阿拉伯数字表示，数字采用千位逗号隔断
          
         
         Alain Robert
Empire State Building
       
Eiffel Towe
Several hundred onlookers and shoppers gathered at the base of the tower watching and cheering Robert's progress via live images beamed onto a large television screen.
At times he disappeared from view as clouds whipped past the top of the tower enveloping the upper levels.
The 42-year-old Frenchman has scaled scores of well-known structures around the world including the Empire State Building and the Eiffel Towe, often without permission or any safety equipment or ropes.
This time Robert was wearing a harness attached to safety ropes for the entire climb. He used the ropes to pull himself up most of the way, using his hands and feet to climb up the walls for only short sections.几百名旁观者和购物者聚集在大楼地下，通过大屏幕上的直播关注着罗伯特攀登大楼的进展并为他喝彩。
有几次他在人们的视野中消失了，原来有云朵突然飘过塔楼顶端，遮住了大楼上端。
这位现年42岁的法国人曾经在世界各地攀爬过好几十座著名的建筑，包括纽约帝国大厦和埃菲尔铁塔，而且常常是在未经有关方面许可的情况下攀爬，也不借助任何安全设备或绳索。
这次，在整个攀爬过程中，罗伯特身上系了一条连着安全绳索的背带。大部分时间他利用绳索把自己拉上去，只有很少的时间是徒手攀爬的。