Five years after the attacks, much of the focus of the commemorations was on New York where more than 2, 700 people died when two hijacked airplanes crashed into the World Trade Center towers, shaking the United States' confidence and changing the New York skyline forever. As at the previous commemorations at Ground Zero, family members read the names of the dead in a solemn ceremony against a sound track of somber and patriotic music. Dozens of religious services and commemorative events took place around the city. At one, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said that as New York rebuilds, children must be taught more about the attack than the devastation it wrought. "We must also share with them the beautiful memories of the loved ones we lost and of the incredible examples of courage we witnessed on that day, " said Michael Bloomberg. "And most of all we must share with them our hope for the future, their future. That is how we will truly honor the memory of each of the 2, 749 people we lost. "
New words:
Ground Zero n. 指的是常规导弹瞄准的目标或核设备爆炸点。在这次美国911恐怖袭击事件当中，指当初世界贸易中心双塔竖立的地方已变成了一堆废墟,现在普遍被称做“归零地”。
skyline noun [C usually singular]
a shape or pattern made against the sky, especially by buildings:You get a good view of the New York skyline from the Statue of Liberty.
Solemn adj.庄严的, 隆重的, 严肃的
Somber adj.阴森的, 昏暗的, 阴天的, 忧郁的
devastation n.毁坏
wrought work的过去式和过去分词
patriotic adj.爱国的, 有爱国心的
hijack vt.抢劫, 劫持, 劫机, 揩油
Mistake:
2, 700 我好像听的是twenty thousand seven hundred,怎么写出来时这样？
against a 听成了against to 现在还是听不出来
services and commemorative events services 和and 好像是连读了，反正分不出来，event也没有听出来。
witnessed on that day： on没有听出来，现在A-B复读也听不出来。
感觉很吃力呢……好多音都辨不出来，怎么办呢？
posted on 2006-09-16 22:43
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