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Chicago and New York are famous for their tall buildings. California cannot be. Its buildings have to be famous for their beauty or their historical importance1. California is earthquake country2.

The San Andreas Fault3 is a cause of earthquakes. It is a long crack in the earth that stretches from Southern to Northern California. Rocks inside the earth move and the earth shakes. These earthquakes make the fault bigger4.

The most famous earthquake in California happened in 1906. It destroyed most of the young city of San Francisco. People rebuilt the city. They looked at the buildings that did not fall in the earthquake5 and they learned more about building in California.

Tall buildings can be dangerous6 in earthquakes. Today California has codes7 that say how a building must be built and how tall it can be.

Los Angeles has several earthquakes each year. The tall buildings move8 a little and everyone takes a deep breath. Usually tourists and newcomers are the most frightened. People who grew up in California say, “We’re used to it!”

Earthquakes do not stop the building industry in California, but they do make architects work a little harder9. The buildings they design have to look good and stand up in an earthquake. These buildings are good examples of modern California architecture. The Bonaventure Hotel is a few city blocks from the old Mission Church. The Century City Complex is near the ocean. It stands on the site of the old Twentieth Century Fox movie studios. These buildings show that people are not afraid to build in California.

不造巨型的摩天大楼

芝加哥和纽约以高楼而闻名于世。相反，加利福尼亚却不能，它的建筑只能以优美的外观和历史的重要性而闻名。只因为加利福尼亚是一个多地震的州。

圣安德烈亚斯断层是引起地震的原因之一。它地底下的裂缝从加州的南部延伸到北部，当地底下的岩石开始移动，地表就开始晃动。而这些地震会使断层越来越大。

在加州最著名的地震发生在1906年。这场地震摧毁了新兴城市旧金山的许多建筑。人们为此重建旧金山市。他们仔细研究那些在这场地震中没有被摧毁的大楼，了解了更多加州的建筑。

高楼建筑在地震中会造成很多危险。今天，加州已经明文规定高楼构建的方式以及它们建造的高度。

洛杉矶每年都有几次地震，那时候高楼都会轻微晃动，人们为此都会心惊胆战，尤其是那些来旅行的人和初来乍到的人。而在土生土长的加州人却说：“我们已经习惯了！”

地震不会阻碍加州建筑业的发展，但是它们却使建筑师的工作更艰难了。因为建筑师设计的大楼不仅要外形美观，还要在地震中“坚定不移”。以下这些大楼是现代加州建筑的典范：博纳文彻酒店离老传教教堂有几个城市街区的距离；世纪城综合大楼在太平洋附近，坐落在老二十世纪福克斯电影制片厂旧址上。这些建筑证明了人们不再害怕在加州构建大楼。

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