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LA Sends Help For NY Rescue Effort
Mike O'Sullivan
Los Angeles
12 Sep 2001 21:19 UTC

The thoughts of Americans are with the 1)victims of Tuesday's terrorist attacks in New York and Washington. Along with their best wishes, Los Angeles residents are sending help for the 2)rescue effort.
Los Angeles International Airport remains¹ closed to commercial traffic, but early Wednesday morning, a plane with blood and medical supplies was permitted to take off for New York City.
At about the same time, a search and rescue team from Riverside, California, was arriving in New York. The team is trained in 3)retrieving victims of earthquakes and other urban 4)disasters, and a local Indian tribe 5)donated $25,000 to fly the rescue workers to the East Coast.
According to Riverside county fire chief Tom Tisdale says a difficult time 6)awaits them. "The psychological portion of it is going to be really tough," he said. It's tough every time they've gone out. There's not training available to completely prepare for some of the sights that they're going to see, and some of the action they're going to find up there."
Wednesday morning, two Los Angeles police officers placed a single white rose in front of police headquarters to honor their New York 7)colleagues who died in the course of their duties. Hundreds of safety workers are missing in New York City. They were trapped in the collapsing² towers of the World Trade Center.
Sergeant³ John Pasquierello, a spokesman for the Los Angeles police department, said, "It is a real sad day for the fire service and law enforcement community. And we're all wearing our black mourning bands because we lost a lot of brothers and sisters back there. It really hits home. When I saw those buildings collapse⁵, I knew there were cops and firemen in there. And my heart just goes out to the families, and it's just a horrible, horrible 8)tragedy."
A woman in downtown Los Angeles 9)choked back tears as she spoke⁴ about the attacks. Then she turned her thoughts to the future. "We have to carry on," she said. "That's what we Americans do. We're going to make the best of it. We'll be stronger. We'll pull together, and we'll go on."
Most Los Angeles offices were open for business Wednesday, as were major 10)tourist 11)attractions such as Disneyland. Local and state government offices also opened their doors under 12)heightened security. Most federal offices in the city remain closed.
Commercial flights are still grounded, but the port of Los Angeles has reopened to shipping⁶ traffic after being closed on Tuesday.

(1) victim[5vIktIm]n.受害人, 牺牲者, 牺牲品
(2) rescue[5reskju:]vt.援救, 营救n.援救, 营救
(3) retrieve[rI5tri:v]v.重新得到n.找回
(4) disaster[dI5zB:stE(r)]n.灾难, 天灾, 灾祸
(5) donate[dEJ5neIt; (?@) 5dEJneIt]v.捐赠, 赠予
(6) await[E5weIt]vt.等候
(7) colleague[5kRli:^]n.同事, 同僚
(8) tragedy[5trAdVIdI]n.悲剧, 惨案, 悲惨, 灾难
(9) choke[tFEJk]v.窒息, 哽住, 使呼吸困难, 阻塞n.窒息
(10) tourist[5tJErIst]n.旅行者, 旅游者
(11) attraction[E5trAkF(E)n]n.吸引, 吸引力, 吸引人的事物
(12) heighten[haItEn]v.提高, 升高

 

1 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

2 collapsing   

压扁[平]，毁坏，断裂

参考例句：

• Rescuers used props to stop the roof of the tunnel collapsing. 救援人员用支柱防止隧道顶塌陷。
• The rocks were folded by collapsing into the center of the trough. 岩石由于坍陷进入凹槽的中心而发生褶皱。

3 sergeant   

n.警官，中士

参考例句：

• His elder brother is a sergeant.他哥哥是个警官。
• How many stripes are there on the sleeve of a sergeant?陆军中士的袖子上有多少条纹？

4 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

5 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。

6 shipping   

n.船运（发货，运输，乘船）

参考例句：

• We struck a bargain with an American shipping firm.我们和一家美国船运公司谈成了一笔生意。
• There's a shipping charge of ￡5 added to the price.价格之外另加五英镑运输费。