1、Lesson One,Hour of Horror Forever Alters American Lives,CATALOGUE,Part one Discourse Analysis,Part Two Language Points,Part Three Difficult Sentences,Keys to the Exercises,Translations,Pictures about 9/11,President Bush 9/11 Statue,About the Author,President Bush 9/11 Statue,Press here watch preside

2、nt Bush 9/11 Statue,Press here read the manuscript,TWIN TOWERS,BEFORE,ATTACK,THE PENTAGON,BEFORE,AFTER,About the Author,June Kronholz,Education correspondant for The Wall Street Journal,June Kronholz covers education for The Wall Street Journal from Washington. She previously was a Journal correspon

3、dent in London, Africa, Hong Kong and the Philippines, and was the Journals bureau chief in Boston and deputy bureau chief in Washington.,Her story on the U.S. response to the World Trade Center bombings won the Pulitzer Prize for spot news reporting on 9/11.,About the Author,Christina Binkley is a

4、senior special writer with The Wall Street Journal in Los Angeles. Binkley joined The Wall Street Journal in 1994 and has been writing about travel, hotels, and casinos since 1997. She is currently on leave from her job, writing a book about Las Vegas. Prior to working for The Wall Street Journal, s

5、he was a reporter at the Tallahassee Democrat and the Wilkes-Barre Times Leader. Binkley is a graduate of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.,About the Author,Clare Ansberry of The Wall Street Journal is the latest winner of the Darrell Sifford Memorial Prize in Journalism. She se

6、rves as the Journals Pittsburgh bureau chief and is a seasoned feature writer. Ansburys winning articles, including Uneven Care, Frayed Lifeline and The Tender Trap, highlight the challenges of aging parents caring for a disabled child.,Part one Discourse Analysis,Part I (para.1-5): Terrorist attack

7、s alter American lives.,Part II. (para.6-23): Americans will live with fear and violence and they will have less open society.,Part III. (para.24-25): Life, with a few things unchanged, will go on in the U.S.,Part Two Language Points,1. as we know it (line 3, para. 4),in the form that we are familia

8、r with, 那將意味著我們所熟悉的托利黨(Tory Party)的結(jié)束。,That will mean an end to the Tory Party as we know it., 我們所熟悉的文明的繼續(xù)存在正受到威脅。,The survival of civilization as we know it is under threat.,Part Two Language Points,2. profile ( line 3, para. 9),the state of being noticed by other people around one 引人注目的狀態(tài); 姿態(tài), 大部分

9、的批評指向了他,部分原因是因為目前他在政治 上非常引人注目。,He is attracting most of the criticism, partly because of his high political profile at the moment., 政府力圖在這個問題上保持低姿態(tài)。,The government is trying to keep a low profile on this issue., 采取/保持/維持低姿態(tài),Adopt/keep/maintain a low profile,Part Two Language Points,2. profile,2) a s

10、ide view, esp. of someones head (尤指人的頭部的)側(cè)面(像),他畫她的側(cè)面像。,He drew her profile.,3) edge or outline of sth. seen against a background 輪廓, 外形,天空襯托下的塔的輪廓。,the profile of the tower against the sky,Part Two Language Points,3. retaliation ( line 1, para. 10),n. the action of paying back evil with evil 報復(fù), 報仇

11、, 恐怖分子為報復(fù)最近的逮捕行動而進行的炸彈襲擊,a terrorist bomb attack in retaliation for recent arrests, 對罷工的礦工立刻采取的報復(fù)行動,immediate retaliation against the striking miners,Part Two Language Points,retaliation,v. (against sb./sth. for sth.) repay an injury , insult ,etc. with similar one 報復(fù), 我們?nèi)粽魇者M口稅,別的國家就可能報復(fù)我們。,If we im

12、pose import duties, other countries may retaliate against us., 他打了妹妹一巴掌,他妹妹回敬了他一腳。,He slapped his sister, who retaliated by kicking him.,retaliatory,a.報復(fù)的,這次襲擊完全是報復(fù)性的。,The raid was purely retaliatory.,Part Two Language Points,4. as much ( line 1, para.10),同樣的事；這一點（指上文提到的情況）, 不要謝我，即使為別人我也會這么做的。,Dont

13、thank me; I would do as much for anyone., 你迷路了吧？當(dāng)你姍姍來遲時我就料到這點了。,Did you lose your way? I thought as much when you were late in coming., 我發(fā)現(xiàn)他很懶，并對他這么實說了。,I found him very lazy and told him as much.,Part Two Language Points,5. set off ( line 1, para. 11),to cause an event or a series of events to star

14、t happening 激起,引起, 他的話在人群中引起了騷動。,His speech set off violence in the crowd., 一封家書引起了一陣鄉(xiāng)思。,A letter from home set off an attack of homesick.,錯過了末班車, 他們只得徒步啟程。,Having missed the last bus, they had to set off walking.,2) to begin a journey 出發(fā),動身,Part Two Language Points,3) cause to become ignited or exp

15、lode, discharge 點燃;使爆炸;發(fā)射, 一丁點火花都能引爆儲存在這兒的炸藥。,The slightest spark can set off the explosive stored here., 他們?nèi)挤疟夼趹c祝水庫的勝利建成。,They set off firecrackers to celebrate the successful completion of the reservoir.,5. set off,Part Two Language Points,6. spiral (line 1, para. 11),n. a process of continuous up

16、ward or downward movement 螺旋式(交替)上升/下降, 我們正陷于通貨膨脹惡性循環(huán)的危險之中。,We are in danger of getting into an inflationary spiral., 工資和物價的交替上升,the spiral of rising wages and prices,Part Two Language Points,2) v. 螺旋形移動; 盤旋移動; 連續(xù)上升/下降, 那股煙裊裊上升。,The smoke spiralled upwards., 物價仍在急劇上漲。,Prices are still spiralling.,3)

17、 adj. 螺旋(形)的,螺旋形樓梯,a spiral staircase,6. spiral,Part Two Language Points,7. backlash (line 1, para. 14),a strong opposing reaction to an earlier action 強烈反應(yīng); 強烈反對, 暴力犯罪不斷增加,終于引起了對不嚴的槍支管制法的 強烈不滿。,The continual rise in violence crime eventually provoked a backlash against the liberal gun-control laws.

18、, 他若操之過急, 可能會引起死硬派的強烈反對。,If he moved too quickly, he might provoke a backlash from the diehards., 向某人表示同情的強烈反應(yīng),the backlash of sympathy for sb.,Part Two Language Points,8. surveillance (line 1, para.15),a close watch kept on someone, esp. a prisoner 監(jiān)視; 監(jiān)督, 警察一直把她置于監(jiān)視之下。,The police have been keeping

19、 her under surveillance., 對所有飛進來的航班的嚴格監(jiān)督,strict surveillance of all incoming flights,surveillant,n. 監(jiān)視者, 監(jiān)督者,surveil,v. 監(jiān)視/監(jiān)督 (surveillance的逆構(gòu)),Part Two Language Points,9. in the wake of (line 3, para. 15),as a result of 隨著而來; 的后果, 商人隨著征服的軍隊而來。,Traders came in the wake of the conquering army., 因丑聞而作

20、的調(diào)查,an investigation in the wake of scandal,Part Two Language Points,in the train of,following 跟在之后,隨干旱而來的是一個歉收年。,A poor harvest came in the train of a drought.,就紀律而言, 他是很嚴格的。,He is strict in the matter of discipline.,in the matter of,in what concerns 就而言,Part Two Language Points,10. step up (line 4

21、, para. 17),to increase something or increase its intensity 增加;提高, 他們的社會地位得到了很大的提高。,Their social position had been much stepped up., 我們?yōu)闈M足增長的需求正想方設(shè)法增加生產(chǎn)。,Were trying to step up production to meet the increased demand.,2) to be promoted 晉升,你將被提升為經(jīng)理。,You are going to be stepped up to manager.,Part Two

22、 Language Points,3) to move faster 加快，加速,她加快了腳步以免遲到。,She stepped up her pace to avoid being late.,“請再快點，”他對司機說。,“Step it up a little more,” he said to the driver.,10. step up,Part Two Language Points,move to one side 讓路,請讓一下好嗎?這幾個孩子要下車。,Would you mind stepping aside to let the children off the bus?,

23、在年會上領(lǐng)導(dǎo)拒絕辭職。,The leader refused to step down in the annual conference.,step down,yield ones position or chance of election 退位,辭職,step aside,Part Two Language Points,11. pick a quarrel/fight (with somebody) (line 3, para. 19),deliberately start a quarrel or fight with someone 尋釁(與)吵架/打架, 我能看出來他想要找茬和我打

24、架。,I could see he was trying to pick a fight with me., 他故意找他哥哥打/吵架。,He picked a fight / quarrel with his older brother.,Part Two Language Points,12. inexplicable (line 7, para. 20),which is too strange to be explained or understood 不能說明的, 費解的,科學(xué)家認為作物歉收原因不明。,Scientists had maintained that the crop fa

25、ilure was not explicable.,詳細闡述自己的道德標準,explicate ones moral values,不解之迷,an inexplicable mystery,神秘莫測的現(xiàn)象,an inexplicable phenomenon,explicable,可解釋的, 可說明的,explicate,v. 詳細解說并分析,Part Two Language Points,13. keep sth under wraps (line 8, para. 20),(infml) to keep (a plan, idea) secret or concealed 保密,隱瞞,

26、該計劃處于保密狀態(tài)。,The plan was kept under wraps., 這些文件要再保密十年。,The documents will stay kept under wraps for ten more years.,Part Two Language Points,keep under ones feet,get in sbs way, inconvenience sb by ones presence 擋某人的道;礙某人的事,爸爸在修洗滌槽,不要妨礙他。,Dont keep under your fathers feet while he is trying to mend

27、the sink.,一個經(jīng)驗不足的老師,能把那個班控制多久?,How long can an inexperienced teacher keep a class like that under control?,keep under control,not allow to spread 控制,Part Two Language Points,14. turn away (line 5, para.21),to refuse to let someone enter a place or join an organization, for example because it is full

28、,每年有成千上萬的申請者被拒之門外。,Thousands of applicants are turned away each year.,2) to refuse to give someone sympathy, help, or support,你怎么能對一個受虐待的孩子不聞不問呢？,How can you turn away from a child that is being cruelly treated?,Part Two Language Points,15. press ahead/ forward /on (with) (line 3, para. 24),continue

29、 steadily and with determination (to carry sth out); 奮進，猛進；（不顧困難地）繼續(xù)進行, 我要你加緊努力完成那項工作。,I want you to press forward with that work., 為了達成協(xié)議，我們必須繼續(xù)努力。,We must press ahead with our efforts to reach an agreement.,Part Three Difficult Sentences,Our world as we know it isnt going to return to normal for a

30、 long time. (para.4, line 3),我們所熟悉的世界將很久不能恢復(fù)正常狀態(tài)。,2. Yesterdays terrorism darkened, marked and forever altered the way Americans live their lives. (para.5),昨日發(fā)生的恐怖主義活動使美國人的生活暗淡無光,在 他們的生活中留下了印跡,并永遠地改變了他們的生活 方式.,Part Three Difficult Sentences,3. “We are going to have to learn what a lot of other count

31、ries have gone through: to manage fear at a cultural and national level,” said Charles Figley, a professor of trauma psychology at Florida State University. “ Were getting a lesson in the way fear works.”(para.6),佛羅里達州立大學(xué)創(chuàng)傷心理學(xué)教授查理斯費格里說:“我們得學(xué)一學(xué)其他許多國家曾經(jīng)經(jīng)歷的東西,那就是從文化層面上和在全國范圍內(nèi)來應(yīng)對恐懼。我們正在了解恐懼是怎樣起作用的?！?Par

32、t Three Difficult Sentences,4. In a country long proud and even boastful of its opennessa country where an ordinary citizen can stroll through the U.S. capitol unescorted the terrorist attacks are likely to force Americans to watch their steps and look over their shoulders. (para7, lines 1-3),美國是一個一

33、向以開放而自居,甚至有些洋洋得意的國家.在這里,普通民眾可以獨自在美國國會大樓里閑庭信步; 而現(xiàn)在,恐怖襲擊很有可能迫使美國人處處小心,惶惶不可終日。,Part Three Difficult Sentences,5. But retaliation carries the risk of setting off a tightening spiral of violence and counterviolence not unlike the Middle East or Northern Ireland. (para.11, lines 1-2),6. Unlike countries t

34、hat have had to learn to live with violence, “We are new at this,” (para.11, lines 2-3),與那些已經(jīng)不得不學(xué)會忍受暴力的國家不同, “我們是 新手。”,報復(fù)有很大的危險,會引發(fā)和在中東及北愛爾蘭一樣的緊 張的暴力和反暴力的惡性攀升。,Part Three Difficult Sentences,7. “My fear is we will overreach and make things worse rather than better by retribution , revenge, racism an

35、d marginalizing ethnic groups.” (para.11, lines 4-6),8. Fear of terrorism is likely to lead Americans to tolerate more government surveillance such as overhead video cameras at sporting eventsthan they have to date. (para.15, lines 1-2),對于恐怖主義的恐懼可能會使美國人容忍比現(xiàn)在更多的 來自政府的監(jiān)控,例如在運動競技場上高架的攝象機。,“我擔(dān)心的是懲罰報復(fù)種族歧

36、視和排斥少數(shù)民族的舉 動會過于偏激而結(jié)果適得其反?！?Part Three Difficult Sentences,9. “ Its very likely in the wake of todays events that were going to see a greater acceptance on the publics part and on the courts part to approve certain kinds of police tactics, ” (para.15, lines 3-4),“經(jīng)歷了目前這些事件,我們將發(fā)現(xiàn),無論是公眾,還是法庭,都會在更大程度上接受

37、警察的某些做法。”,Part Three Difficult Sentences,10. Merrill Lynch & Co. pressed ahead with a media and entertainment conference for about 500 investors at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Pasadena, Calif., after heated argument in the lobby between those Merrill officials who wanted to cancel it and Jessica Reif