历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-09-11

 "There was a loud crashing sound, and then there was a pause for about a split seconds and then there got screamer too, and then everyone just ran everybody , everybody. There was mass chaos¹.""It gets smoke, the black smoke and fire. There are indications that it may have been a Boeing 767 out of Boston""Run...Just like a train rumbling² for maybe like 35 seconds and then looks like this pause and then bomb! Hit with all the dust and it was black, I mean pitch black. I know anybody could have survived on the street at that time""You can see the black smoke billowing out of the side of Pentagon. They continue to billow out and cover much of the skyline here along the area, drifting along the Potomac River, casting a haze³ all over the Pentagon area.""It didn't look like it was a plane at all. It was just like obliterated⁴ when it hit the ground.""He told me he was putting a plan together that he and others are going to take by the airplane and he said you know Dina I think we can do it, it's up to us.""And we will strive now, very hard to save as many people as possible, and send a message that the city of New York in the United States of America is much stronger than any group of barbaric terrorists.""All of the suspects right now, but I know that the US is looking at in the Middle East, and frankly⁵ we have to put Osama Bin⁶ Laden⁷ on the top of the list.""We will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed these acts and those who harbor them."We got to do something now, and do it immediately. I mean we are entitled of some semblance⁸ of security, some semblance of rationality. and I think that all die in New York. I've been in the city for years and I've never heard the silence and the sad that I've heard tonight. This city is in shock and unless you’re here tonight, you don't quite comprehend."

1 chaos   

n.混乱，无秩序

参考例句：

• After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后，城市一片混乱。
• The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。

2 rumbling   

n. 隆隆声, 辘辘声 adj. 隆隆响的 动词rumble的现在分词

参考例句：

• The earthquake began with a deep [low] rumbling sound. 地震开始时发出低沉的隆隆声。
• The crane made rumbling sound. 吊车发出隆隆的响声。

3 haze   

n.霾，烟雾；懵懂，迷糊；vi.(over)变模糊

参考例句：

• I couldn't see her through the haze of smoke.在烟雾弥漫中，我看不见她。
• He often lives in a haze of whisky.他常常是在威士忌的懵懂醉意中度过的。

4 obliterated   

v.除去( obliterate的过去式和过去分词 )；涂去；擦掉；彻底破坏或毁灭

参考例句：

• The building was completely obliterated by the bomb. 炸弹把那座建筑物彻底摧毁了。
• He began to drink, drank himself to intoxication, till he slept obliterated. 他一直喝，喝到他快要迷糊地睡着了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 frankly   

adv.坦白地，直率地；坦率地说

参考例句：

• To speak frankly, I don't like the idea at all.老实说，我一点也不赞成这个主意。
• Frankly speaking, I'm not opposed to reform.坦率地说，我不反对改革。

6 bin   

n.箱柜；vt.放入箱内；[计算机] DOS文件名:二进制目标文件

参考例句：

• He emptied several bags of rice into a bin.他把几袋米倒进大箱里。
• He threw the empty bottles in the bin.他把空瓶子扔进垃圾箱。

7 laden   

adj.装满了的；充满了的；负了重担的；苦恼的

参考例句：

• He is laden with heavy responsibility.他肩负重任。
• Dragging the fully laden boat across the sand dunes was no mean feat.将满载货物的船拖过沙丘是一件了不起的事。

8 semblance   

n.外貌，外表

参考例句：

• Her semblance of anger frightened the children.她生气的样子使孩子们感到害怕。
• Those clouds have the semblance of a large head.那些云的形状像一个巨大的人头。