令人惊骇的恐怖袭击

令人惊骇的恐怖袭击

The Horror of New York City's Attacks
Jim Malone
Newark, New Jersey¹
12 Sep 2001 00:41 UTC

The twin attacks on the twin towers came without warning and just minutes 1)apart.
As a local television anchor interviewed an 2)eyewitness² to the first crash, a second 3)hijacked 4)jetliner 5)roared into the south tower of the 110-story structure, sending a fireball and clouds of smoke in the sky over New York. "Six or seven floors were taken out and hold on," says one eyewitness. "The building has exploded! You've got people running up the street, let me find out what is going on. Okay, the whole building just exploded, the whole top part. The building is still intact. People are running up the street. Am I still connected?"
Later, both World Trade Towers collapsed³, sending 6)untold numbers of people to their deaths. Fire and rescue crews rushed into lower Manhattan to aid the 7)victims as a thick plume⁴ of dark gray smoke 8)drifted south of the city, a 9)plume that could be seen from many kilometers away in neighboring New Jersey.
Later in the day, a 47-story building also part of the World Trade Center also collapsed in the 10)aftermath of the terrorist attack.
Hospitals in New York stood by for casualties and an immediate⁵ appeal for blood donations was quickly answered by thousands of New Yorkers who lined up to donate, eager to do something in the midst of the 11)carnage.
Pedestrians⁶ in New York City flee as first World Trade Center tower collapses⁷ Manhattan was closed off to incoming traffic and New Yorkers trying to flee the city used any means they could find, including walking over some of the city's famous bridges to try to reach home.
This is not the first time the World Trade Center was the target of a terrorist attack. A truck bomb rocked the complex in 1993, killing⁸ six people and wounding hundreds. Six Islamic militants⁹ convicted of that attack are now serving life terms in prison.

(1) apart[E5pB:t]adv.分离, 分成零件,分离着adj.分开的
(2) eyewitness[5aIwItnIs]n.目击者, 见证人
(3) hijack[5haIdVAk]vt.抢劫, 劫持, 劫机, 揩油
(4) jetliner[ `dVet9laInE(r)]n.喷气客机
(5) roar[rC:(r)]n.吼叫, 怒号vi.吼叫, 怒号v.滚动, 咆哮
(6) untold[5Qn5tEJld]adj.未说过的,未透露的,数不清的
(7) victim[5vIktIm]n.受害人, 牺牲者, 牺牲品
(8) drift[drIft]n.冲洗, 漂流物, 观望, 漂流v.(使)漂流
(9) plume[plu:m]n.羽毛
(10) aftermath[5B:ftEmAW]n.结果, 后果
(11) carnage[5kB:nIdV]n.(尤指在战场上的)残杀, 大屠杀, 流血

 

1 jersey   

n.运动衫

参考例句：

• He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
• They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。

2 eyewitness   

n.目击者，见证人

参考例句：

• The police questioned several eyewitness to the murder.警察询问了谋杀案的几位目击者。
• He was the only eyewitness of the robbery.他是那起抢劫案的唯一目击者。

3 collapsed   

adj.倒塌的

参考例句：

• Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
• The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。

4 plume   

n.羽毛；v.整理羽毛，骚首弄姿，用羽毛装饰

参考例句：

• Her hat was adorned with a plume.她帽子上饰着羽毛。
• He does not plume himself on these achievements.他并不因这些成就而自夸。

5 immediate   

adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的

参考例句：

• His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
• We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。

6 pedestrians   

n.步行者( pedestrian的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Several pedestrians had come to grief on the icy pavement. 几个行人在结冰的人行道上滑倒了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Pedestrians keep to the sidewalk [footpath]! 行人走便道。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

7 collapses   

折叠( collapse的第三人称单数 )； 倒塌； 崩溃； （尤指工作劳累后）坐下

参考例句：

• This bridge table collapses. 这张桥牌桌子能折叠。
• Once Russia collapses, the last chance to stop Hitler will be gone. 一旦俄国垮台，抑止希特勒的最后机会就没有了。

8 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

9 militants   

激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
• Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。