2006年VOA标准英语-Sorrow, Anger Resonate in 9/11 Remembrances

By Robert Raffaele Washington, D.C. 11 September 2006   watch Anniversary report Americans are marking the fifth anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks by observing moments of silence and reading the names of the victims. The attacks killed almost 3,000 people. President and Mrs. Bush began the day attending observances in New York City, where the first two of the four hijacked1 planes struck the World Trade Center, causing the two towers to collapse2. ---- Mourners toss flowers into a reflecting pool during a ceremony Monday, September 11, 2006 at the World Trade Center in New York           Across America, sorrow and anger still resonate -- five years after the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil. At the former site of the World Trade Center, bagpipes3 played as firefighters remembered their fallen colleagues and carried the American flag that flew there that day. Three hundred forty three firefighters and paramedics died while trying to rescue people in the World Trade Center complex. Throughout the morning, family members read aloud the names of the more than 2700 people who perished at the spot that has become known as "Ground Zero." They also shared personal remembrances. James Smith is the widower4 of New York City police officer, Moira Smith. She died in the collapse of the South Tower. "She'd still be protecting the people of the city she loved, defending the nation she loved, keeping it from harm," he told the crowd. "And she would be raising the child she loved more than anything on earth. But most importantly, Moira would be about the business of living. She would be making us smile when we wanted to frown and laugh when we wanted to cry." Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani earned nationwide praise for his leadership during and after the attacks. He honored the victims' legacy5 by quoting Ralph Waldo Emerson. "To leave the world a better place, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed6 social condition. To know that even one life has breathed easier, because you lived -- this is to have succeeded." At the Pentagon, where 184 people died, Vice7 President Dick Cheney said the sting of the September 11th attacks will linger forever among Americans. "Nine-Eleven is a day of national unity8. The memories stay with all of us because the attack was directed at all of us. We were meant to take it personally, and we still do take it personally." President and Mrs. Bush began the day by observing a moment of silence at a New York City firehouse whose firefighters were among the first to respond to the scene. The battalion's chief died at Ground Zero. Later in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, President Bush laid a wreath at a memorial honoring the 40 passengers and crewmembers of United Flight 93 -- the one hijacked plane that did NOT reach its target. Voice recordings9 indicate some passengers tried to overpower the hijackers, foiling their plans to crash the plane into a fourth target.

1 hijacked   

劫持( hijack的过去式和过去分词 )； 绑架； 拦路抢劫； 操纵（会议等，以推销自己的意图）

参考例句：

• The plane was hijacked by two armed men on a flight from London to Rome. 飞机在从伦敦飞往罗马途中遭到两名持械男子劫持。
• The plane was hijacked soon after it took off. 那架飞机起飞后不久被劫持了。

2 collapse   

vi.累倒；昏倒；倒塌；塌陷

参考例句：

• The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
• The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。

3 bagpipes   

n.风笛；风笛( bagpipe的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Yes, and I'm also learning to play the bagpipes. 是的，我也想学习吹风笛。 来自超越目标英语 第3册
• Mr. Vinegar took the bagpipes and the piper led the cow away. 于是醋溜先生拿过了风笛，风笛手牵走了奶牛。 来自互联网

4 widower   

n.鳏夫

参考例句：

• George was a widower with six young children.乔治是个带著六个小孩子的鳏夫。
• Having been a widower for many years,he finally decided to marry again.丧偶多年后，他终于决定二婚了。

5 legacy   

n.遗产，遗赠；先人(或过去)留下的东西

参考例句：

• They are the most precious cultural legacy our forefathers left.它们是我们祖先留下来的最宝贵的文化遗产。
• He thinks the legacy is a gift from the Gods.他认为这笔遗产是天赐之物。

6 redeemed   

adj. 可赎回的，可救赎的 动词redeem的过去式和过去分词形式

参考例句：

• She has redeemed her pawned jewellery. 她赎回了当掉的珠宝。
• He redeemed his watch from the pawnbroker's. 他从当铺赎回手表。

7 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

8 unity   

n.团结，联合，统一；和睦，协调

参考例句：

• When we speak of unity,we do not mean unprincipled peace.所谓团结，并非一团和气。
• We must strengthen our unity in the face of powerful enemies.大敌当前，我们必须加强团结。

9 recordings   

n.记录( recording的名词复数 )；录音；录像；唱片

参考例句：

• a boxed set of original recordings 一套盒装原声录音带
• old jazz recordings reissued on CD 以激光唱片重新发行的老爵士乐