unit-7-snapshots-of-New-Yorks-Mood-after-911

Unit7The9/11TerroristAttacksItisaseriesofterroristattacksupontheUnitedStatesonSeptember11,2001.Onthatmorning,19militantsassociatedwithal-Qaedahijacked(劫持)fourcommercialairlinersandusedthemasweapons.TwooftheairlinerswereintentionallyflownintotheTwinTowersoftheWorldTradeCenterinNewYorkCity.Bothbuildingscollapsedwithintwohours.EveryoneonboardandmanyothersworkingintheTwinTowerswerekilled.ThethirdairlinerwascrashedintothePentagon.ThefourthplanecrashedintoafieldinruralPennsylvaniaafteritspassengersandflightcrewtriedtoretakecontroloftheplane.2,973victimsandthe19hijackersdiedasaresultofthehorrificattacks.September11AttacksthePentagon五角大楼al-QaedaWorldTradeCenterSnapshotsofNewYork’sMoodafter9/11CorkySiemaszkoTextAInthedaysfollowingthe9/11terroristattacks,DailyNewsstaffwriterCorkySiemaszkowroteaseriesofseveralsnapshotsofthecity’smoodatthetime.Herewepresentaselectionfromtheseries.GR_mainPartDivisionoftheTextFurtherUnderstandingTableCompletionBlankFillingQuestionsandAnswersSnapshotsofNewYork’sMoodafter9/11GR_PartDivisionoftheText1PartDivisionoftheTextPartHeadingMainIdea1DayofTerror2TheDayAfterTheterrorattacksthrewthenation,particularlyNewYorkCity,intoutterhorrorandchaos;peopleweredisillusioned(幻想破灭的)Withwreckage(破坏),smokeandfirearoundNewYorklookedlikeabattlefield.Americawasseekingrevenge.PartDivisionoftheTextGR_PartDivisionoftheText2PartMainIdeaNearlyoneyearaftertheeventthewoundedcitybeganhealingup;yetNewYorkersremainedhauntedbywhattheyhadseen.3HeadingLookingBackinPain&HopeOnthefirstanniversarypeoplegatheredtomournthedead.Astimepassesgriefmightgraduallydiedown,butthememorywillgoon.OneYearLater4GR_AnswertheQuestions1.AnswertheQuestionsWhatisthe“grandestillusion”theauthorrefersto?2.What,intheeyesoftheauthor,didthetwintowersoftheWorldTradeCenteroncesymbolize?ItistheillusionthatAmericaisstrongandinvulnerable(无法伤害的).Theysymbolizedthepowerandtheinvincibility(无敌)oftheUSA.GR_TrueorFalse13.HowdidNewYorkersfeelwhentheyrealizedthatthetwintowerswerethetargetsofdeliberateattacks?4.Inwhatsensearethe9/11terroristattacksasecondPearlHarbor?The9/11attacksandtheJapaneseairattackonPearlHarborwerebothsurpriseattacksonamassivescalewhichshouldbeconsideredasactsofundeclaredwar.Theyfeltangryandshocked.GR_TextAnalysisTableCompletionDifferentpeopleTheirresponsetowhathappenedNewYorkersTheywaitedatnewsstandsforthemorningpapers.AnxiousrelativesPoliticiansInvestigatorsTheypointedfingersatthelikelyculpritandroundedupthesuspectedaccomplicesofthesuicidebombers.Theybeatwardrumsagainstterrorism.Theygatheredatstreetsidemorguesholdingpicturesofthedisappeared.GR_LanguageFocus1BlankFillingSupplythemissinginformationaccordingtothestoryOneyeartimeisnotenoughforNewYorkerstowhathappened.Theywhattheyhavelivedthough.Fortunately,thewoundedcity.Anewgenerationoffirefightersandcopstriedtothosewhowerelost.filltheshoesof______________fadethememoryof__________________remainedhauntedby___________________rosefromitsknees_________________Thosenotentombedbythebomb-blastedbuildingsranandran—justastheydideightyearsearlier,whenanotherterrorattackshookthismightysymbolofAmerica’spower.DR_Text2Themorningcoffeewasstillcoolingwhenourgrandestillusionwasshattered.Withinminutes,oneofNewYork’smightiestsymbolswasasmolderingmessandthenation’simageofinvincibilitywasmadealie.AstheWorldTradeCentercrumpledandthestreetsfilledwithscreamsandscenesofunimaginablehorror,chokingsmokeblottedoutthesunandplungedlowerManhattanintodarkness.DAYOFTERROROriginallypublished:9/12/2001123Fortherestofthecountry,therewasanothershocktodigest—asecondkamikazeattack.ThistimeonthePentagon.Morehorror.Morechaos.MoreamazementthatthemightyUnitedStatescouldbesovulnerabletoterror.ButonthestreetsoflowerManhattantherewasnotimeforfinger-pointing.Notimefortalkofrevenge.Peopleweredying.Copsandfirefightersweredyingwiththem.CommentatorscalledtheattackasecondPearlHarbor,untilnowourmosttragichour.PoliticiansdenouncedthelikelyculpritsinAfghanistan.Andbeforedusk,therewereinaccuratereportsthatanangryAmericawasrainingrevengeonKabul.DR_Text34567Whenthesunroseyesterday,someonejokedthatthecitywasmissingitstwofrontteeth.Buttherewasnothingtolaughaboutintheaftermathofourgeneration’sPearlHarbor.DR_Text4OnedaywewillthinkbackonthemorningofSept.11,2001,andrememberincrystaldetailwhatweweredoingwhenthefirstplanecrashedintothenorthtowerat8:45a.m.Andwewillbeamazedthatwedidn’tthinkitpossiblebefore.THEDAYAFTEROriginallypublished:9/13/20018910Butforthosediggingthroughthedebris,everypassinghoursappedtheirstrengthandtheirhopesoffindingmorevictimsalive.TherestofNewYorkresembledaThirdWorldcapitalafteraparticularlyexplosivecoup.DR_Text5TherewasonlywreckageandsmokeandfirewheretheWorldTradeCenterusedtobe.Thousandsremainedburiedundertonsofrubble.AhandfulofpeoplewerepluckedfromthewreckageinlowerManhattan,livingremindersthatmiraclesdohappen.11121314残骸，碎片ArmedNationalGuardsmeninhelmetsandcamouflagerumbledthroughManhattaninconvoys.Thefewpeopleonthenormallybustlingstreetswatchedthemandonlysometimeswaved.NewYorkerswaitedatnewsstandsforthemorningpaperstoarrivewhileanx