1、,Snapshots of New Yorks Mood after 9/11,Word-web,B R _ Global Positioning System 1,Word-web,Look at the following cartoons, can you think of some words that are related to the September 11 Attacks?,B R _ Global Positioning System 2,terrorist,Laden,hijack,World Trade Center,crash,debris,firemen,Bush,

2、Pentagon,New York,collapse,fire,the camp,four planes,3000 deaths,B R _ Intelligent Transportation System 1,north tower,south tower,jump,escape,9-11-2001,shock,cry,mourn,Washington D. C.,B R _ Intelligent Transportation System 2,Discussion,Watch the video and look at the pictures. Form groups of four

3、 or five students and discuss the question, “How much do you know about the September 11 Attacks?”,It is a series of coordinated terrorist attacks upon the United States on September 11, 2001. On that morning, 19 militants associated with al-Qaeda hijacked four commercial airliners and used them as

4、weapons. Two of the airliners were intentionally flown into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City. Both buildings collapsed within two hours. Everyone on board and many others working in the Twin Towers were killed. The third airliner was crashed into the Pentagon. The fourth pl

5、ane crashed into a field in rural Pennsylvania after its passengers and flight crew tried to retake control of the plane. 2,973 victims and the 19 hijackers died as a result of the horrific attacks.,September 11 Attacks,the September 11 terrorist attacks. He has also been blamed for numerous other m

6、ass-casualty attacks against civilian targets. Since 2001, Osama bin Laden and his organization have been major targets of the United States War on Terrorism.,Osama Bin Laden, considered the worlds foremost terrorist, is the founding leader of al-Qaeda or “The Base”, an international organization th

7、at calls for the use of violence and force in bringing about the end of non-Islamic governments and disrupting the economies and influence of Western nations. Laden is the alleged perpetrator of,Osama bin Laden and Al-Qaeda,The Taliban,Time,Events,19962001,December, 2001,2003,2009,The Taliban ruled

8、Afghanistan.,It was removed from power by the U.S. military.,After the United States shifted its military resources to the war in Iraq, the Taliban began to regroup.,A strong insurgency continues in the form of ongoing, increasingly frequent guerrilla attacks.,G R _ Part Division of the Text 1,Part

9、Division of the Text,Part,Heading,Main Idea,1,Day of Terror,2,The Day After,The terror attacks threw the nation, particularly New York City, into utter horror and chaos; people were disillusioned.,With wreckage, smoke and fire around New York looked like a battlefield. America was seeking revenge.,G

10、 R _ Part Division of the Text 2,Part,Main Idea,Nearly one year after the event the wounded city began healing up; yet New Yorkers remained haunted by what they had seen.,3,Heading,Looking Back in Pain ,We were shattered to hear of her sudden death.,聽到她突然死亡的消息我們十分震驚。,The failures have shattered her

11、confidence.,The violent murder shattered the peace of the holiday season.,D R _ word _ alert1,2) break (sth.) into pieces,The mirror shattered into tiny pieces.,The stone shattered the window of the restaurant.,D R _ Sentence 1 _ Sales of the ,What is the “grandest illusion” the author refers to?,It

12、 is the illusion that America is strong and invulnerable.,The morning coffee was still cooling when our grandest illusion was shattered.,D R _ Sentence 2 _ The key,What did the twin towers of the World Trade Center once symbolize?,They symbolized the power and the invincibility of the USA.,Within mi

13、nutes, one of New Yorks mightiest symbols was a smoldering mess and the nations image of invincibility was made a lie.,As the World Trade Center crumpled and the streets filled with screams and scenes of unimaginable horror, choking smoke blotted out the sun and plunged lower Manhattan into darkness

14、.,白色濃煙遮住了太陽。,D R _ word _ alert2,Dark clouds overhead had blotted out the sun.,The human tendency is to blot out bad memories.,blot out: cover or hide completely,Thick white smoke blotted out the sun.,Those not entombed by the bomb-blasted buildings ran and ran just as they did eight years earlier,

15、when another terror attack shook this mighty symbol of Americas power.,那些未被炸毀的大樓掩埋的人跑啊跑就像八年前另一次恐怖襲擊震撼了這個美國力量的顯赫標(biāo)志一樣。,In 1993, a group of terrorists left a van loaded with explosives in an underground parking garage of the north tower and killed six and wounded more than a thousand.,D R _ Sentence 3

16、_ Should you,What happened eight years earlier?,Those not entombed by the bomb-blasted buildings ran and ran just as they did eight years earlier, when another terror attack shook this mighty symbol of Americas power.,Translate this sentence,For the rest of the country, there was another shock to di

17、gest a second kamikaze attack. This time on the Pentagon. More horror. More chaos. More amazement that the mighty United States could be so vulnerable to terror.,D R _ Sentence 4 _ To eliminate ,For the rest of the country, there was another shock to digest a second kamikaze attack.,What is kamikaze

18、 attack? What was the target of the second kamikaze attack?,Kamikaze attack deliberate suicidal crashes into enemy targets. The Pentagon was the second target of kamikaze attack.,D R _ word _ alert3,The countrys health system is in a state of chaos.,Two days of heavy snowfall caused chaos across the

19、 UK.,chaos: n. a state of complete disorder and confusion,The room was in a state of chaos when the burglars had left.,Collocation:,political chaos,financial chaos,政治騷亂,經(jīng)濟(jì)動蕩,social chaos,社會動蕩,But on the streets of lower Manhattan there was no time for finger-pointing. No time for talk of revenge. Pe

20、ople were dying. Cops and firefighters were dying with them. Commentators called the attack a second Pearl Harbor, until now our most tragic hour. Politicians denounced the likely culprits in Afghanistan. And before dusk, there were inaccurate reports that an angry America was raining revenge on Kab

21、ul.,D R _ word _ prototype,revenge: 1. n. action taken in return for an injury or offense,Finally she had a chance for revenge against the evil man.,The movie is about a Jewish woman who plotted her revenge against the Nazis.,She was planning to revenge the injustice done to her mother.,2. vt. take

22、action in return for an injury or offense,He revenged his brothers murder.,revenge 作為“復(fù)仇”講。例如：The enemy revenged the village for protecting soldiers. 這座村莊因掩護(hù)士兵而遭敵軍報復(fù)。,D R _ word _ monotonous,The woman took revenge on her cheating husband.,Pattern:,take / have / get revenge on,I will never take reven

23、ge on anyone, because it is so stupid and immature.,avenge one who supports another in difficulty,Canada and the United States were allies in World War II.,在那場戰(zhàn)爭中, 英國不同任何一國結(jié)盟, 保持中立。,In that war England was not an ally; she was neutral.,Bulgaria had been an ally of Germany in World War I.,D R _ word

24、_ take control of,solidarity: n. unity and agreement resulting from shared interests, feelings, etc.,We need a leader to speed up the decision-making progress and enhance the solidarity among the member countries.,I come before you today to express my solidarity with the people of New York.,We are c

25、alling on supporters to show solidarity with the workers on strike.,D R _ Text 7,Investigators pointed fingers at the likely culprit in Afghanistan and began rounding up the suicide bombers suspected accomplices. The faces of the fanatics began to emerge. They had jolted America with their surprise

26、attack. But now as after Pearl Harbor more than half a century before it was our turn. And the world waited to see what America would do.,D R _ word _ bunch2,An accomplice may have helped the Nigerian man accused of trying to blow up a plane.,The man claimed that he was not an accomplice to the murd

27、er.,accomplice: n. one who helps another person do sth. illegal or wrong,She was her husbands accomplice in murdering a rich old man.,D R _ word _ incorporate,I will never be a fitness fanatic like her.,My husband is fanatic about politics.,fanatic: 1. n. one who has very strong religious or politic

28、al beliefs that often make him behave in an unreasonable way,He is a movie fanatic and is said to have a collection of over 5000 films.,2. adj. excessively enthusiastic; of or like a fanatic,The company is fanatic about exceeding customer expectations.,D R _ Sentence 7 _ The commercial ,But now as a

29、fter Pearl Harbor more than half a century before it was our turn.,What is the implied meaning of this sentence?,It is time for America to take revenge on terrorism.,LOOKING BACK IN PAIN ,The reduction in the price of crude oil has brought down the price of gasoline.,The President decided to bring d

30、own the satellite because the chemicals aboard could endanger populated areas.,2) reduce to a lower level,You should bring down your blood pressure to a safe level.,D R _ word _ decrease3,Kate writes of her grief at the passing of her only child.,Millions of fans all over the world expressed great g

31、rief on the death of Michael Jackson, King of Pop.,grief: n. extreme sadness,die 最普通用詞，指某人或某物失去生命而永遠(yuǎn)不存在。例如：Those who believe in God shall never die. 信奉上帝的人將永生。,perish: vi. (fml) die, especially in a sudden violent way,Nearly 70,000 people perished in the earthquake that hit Sichuan Province in weste

32、rn China on May 12, 2008.,Many birds perished from hunger and cold last winter.,die, decease, perish solemn; treated with great respect,Marriage is sacred to Lisa, not in a religious sense, but in a moral and intellectual sense.,The tourists will visit the sacred temples in Macau.,Poet Jean de La Fo

33、ntaine wrote, “on the wings of time grief flies away.” But the memory, like the dust, will linger.,A R _ Useful Expressions 1,Useful Expressions,1. blot out,遮蔽,2. plunge into,使陷入,3. Kamikaze attack,自殺性襲擊,4. think back on/to,回顧,5. in crystal detail,詳細(xì)（清晰）地,6. in the aftermath of,在剛結(jié)束之后，緊跟著,7. a handf

34、ul of people,幾個人,哀悼數(shù)千名死者,圍捕,A R _ Useful Expressions 2,8. sap ones strength and hope,消耗力量,9. a particular explosive coup,一場特別猛烈的政變,10. in convoy,結(jié)隊（而行）,11. point fingers at,指責(zé),12. round up,13. bring down,使倒下，擊落；降低,14. fade the memory of,磨滅記憶,15. mourn the thousands who perished,A R _ Useful Expressi

35、ons 3,16. a thin silver of history,歷史薄薄的一頁,17. in / within the space of,在期間內(nèi),18. fill / step into sb.s shoes,接替某人的職位,19. remain haunted by,無法擺脫,20. pick at,觸摸，輕輕拉扯,21. revolve around,圍繞旋轉(zhuǎn),22. cling to,粘住，抱緊，堅持,1. But bluster is not remembrance. We must take clear stock of where we are and what we mu

36、st do, for much has been lost over these last seven years.,Sentence Translation,但是，氣勢洶洶說大話不是紀(jì)念。我們必須清醒地估計我們所處的地位以及我們必須做的事情，因為在過去的七年中我們已經(jīng)喪失了許多。,A R _ Sentence Translation 1,但是我們沒有集中對付這一威脅。相反，在布什政府的傲慢、恐懼和怨恨的驅(qū)使下，美國選擇了入侵伊拉克。,2. The UN nations joined in collective effort to identify and track down those c

37、ommitted to terror.,聯(lián)合國的成員國聯(lián)手識別和追蹤進(jìn)行恐怖襲擊的人。,3. But rather than staying focused on that threat, America chose instead to invade Iraq, driven by the hubris, fears and grudges of the Bush administration.,A R _ Sentence Translation 2,The morning coffee was still cooling when our grandest illusion was sh

38、attered.,4. And in fact were a long way from a “victory” in Iraq, if that is defined as President Bush and John McCain say, as leaving behind a stable, democratic government that is a secure American ally.,事實上，如果按布什總統(tǒng)和約翰 麥凱恩所下的定義，“勝利”是指“在伊拉克留下一個穩(wěn)定、民主的政府，一個美國的可靠盟友”的話，我們還遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)沒有在伊拉克取得勝利。,5. 早晨的咖啡還沒有涼，我們最

39、宏偉的幻想?yún)s已被粉碎。,A R _ Sentence Translation 3,6. 天暗之前，已有不太準(zhǔn)確的報道，稱憤怒的美國正對喀布爾采取連續(xù)不斷的報復(fù)行動。,Before dusk, there were inaccurate reports that an angry America was raining revenge on Kabul.,7. 早在那兩架波音飛機(jī)撞倒雙子塔之前很久，詩人珀西比希雪萊就寫道“悲傷一年一次輪回”。紐約也是這樣。,Long before the Boeings brought down the towers, poet Percy Bysshe She

40、lley wrote “grief returns with the revolving year.” So it is with New York.,A R _ Sentence Translation 4,8. 塵土刺痛了前來送別的傷心欲絕的人們的雙眼，粘在他們的淚水中。,The dust stung the eyes and clung to the tears of the brokenhearted who came to say farewell.,My mom, as moms tend to do ,had _my state of mind rather shrewdly a

41、nd moved over to the bed in a thoughtful kind of way. The accident damaged the _ controlling his arm movements. In an expression of _, the workers registered their support for the new leaders and pledged loyalty to the trade union. The Arlington National Cemetery is a _ place for Americans, who come

42、 here to _ those who gave their lives in the service of the nation. The pills are _ in sugar and easy for children to swallow. Despite the contempt expressed in the past for the American principle of “publish or _,” British universities are more and more looking at volume of publication as a sign of

43、 virtue.,Divined; nerves; solidarity; sacred; coated; perish,7.A hundred and twenty people have been killed after terrorists exploded a bomb in the cockpit of a plane they were trying to _. 8.She stood there motionless, her eyes filled with tears-whether of shame, frustration, or _ it was difficult

44、to tell. 9.Tom told me on the phone that he is to be transferred to New York and invited us all to his _party. 10. Should we take revenge on _those who have betrayed us? I think wed better forgive but not forget. 11. The Earth_around the Sun and also _on its axis. 12. The spokesman _the charge as “c

45、ompletely irresponsible,” adding: “There is absolutely nothing to the allegations. ”,Hijack; grief; farewell; take revenge on; revolves; denounced.,You can _me _at the railway station. I can jump on a bus there and get home. Mark did not get the scholarship he _and is now working as a delivery boy f

46、or a flower shop. Julie sat up reading every night until all lights _in the dorm. According to the latest report, the socialists _ the conservatives in the opinions polls. He also claimed everyone in the auto industry was looking for new materials to_the weight of vehicles. A driving curtain of rain

47、 _everything other than the big tree nearest the house. When I _those days I was in school, I wonder if all the homework of todays kids is at all necessary. The snapshot of Susan _nervously_ her skirt captured her embarrassment at having made a fool of herself.,off,drop,Applied for,Are gaining on,Br

48、ing down,Went off,Blotted out,Think back on,picking,at,1. Most economist agree that easy credit was the chief culprit that _,2. The laundry business has been very profitable in the hands of Old Mark. But who knows _,3. It is cold and windy outside. I am _,4. He had sold his stocks _,5. We feel grateful for the benefits of modernization, but we also_,Brought down the Ame