tailieunhanh - Hey, buddy, wanna buy a piece of the empire state building

luyện nghe tiếng anh:Hey, buddy, wanna buy a piece of the empire state building? | Hey buddy wanna buy a piece of the empire state building Clarification attached DOUG JOHNSON Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. I m Doug Johnson. On our show today we play music from rock band Nickelback . We also answer a question from China about the state of Alaska . But first another question -- could a historic piece of New York City be up for sale soon Empire State Building DOUG JOHNSON Americans like to joke about the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City. They use the expression selling the Brooklyn Bridge to describe a person who wants to trick someone else. Individuals have in fact offered to sell the publicly owned structure to trusting buyers. But it is not for sale. But over the years we have never heard about someone selling New York s Empire State Building -- until now. Christopher Cruise explains. CHRISTOPHER CRUISE The Empire State Building was the tallest structure in the world for more than forty years. Work on the building was finished in nineteen thirty-one. While it is no longer the tallest it is probably the most famous. People from around the world visit its eighty-sixth floor observatory to see New York from high above. Ten years ago the Malkin family bought the Empire State Building for more than fiftyseven million dollars. Now the family is considering selling shares in a publicly traded company that would operate buildings in New York and the state of Connecticut. Teresa Martin set up the Real Estate Investment Association in New York. She wonders why the Malkin family is considering selling shares in the buildings. TERESA MARTIN It may be that they may be in trouble and need to raise some funds. But it may just mean that they want to expand and need investor dollars to actually you know do what they foresee in their vision to do. Some people with offices in the Empire State Building say they are not happy with its restrooms and elevator equipment. The Malkin family has spent at least five hundred fifty million dollars making