第二外语(英语)Ⅲ课程Unit3-B3

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Terrorist Attacks on Sept. 11, 2001
Listen and decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).
1. The twin towers were located in upper Manhattan. ( F )
Terrorist Attacks on Sept. 11, 2001
Match the words in Column A which you will hear in the passage with the correct meanings in Column B.
Column A 1. dominate 2. undeniable 3. reel
Wherever you were in lower Manhattan before September 11th, 2001, two buildings dominated the landscape. Critics said the World Trade Center towers didn’t relate to their surroundings and weren’t especially pleasing in design. But the fact is that they were big, undeniably and frighteningly so, and a walk across the plaza in summer months could make your head reel. On February 26, 1993, the World Trade Center complex was rocked by an explosive device left in one of the underground parking lots; six people were killed and over a thousand injured.
accident F. unquestionably true
Terrorist Attacks on Sept. 11, 2001
Listen and decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).
Terrorist Attacks on Sept. 11, 2001
3. In 1993, the World Trade Center was attacked, but
fortunately no one was hurt.
( F)
Six people were killed and more than a thousand were attack on September 11, 2001 happened
On the morning of September 11, 2001, the United States of America awoke to find itself under attack. Several terrorist attacks within an hour wreaked havoc in New York City and Washington, D.C., causing widespread devastation and more than five thousand casualties on September 11, 2001. It was the deadliest day in American history, costing more lives than the attack on Pearl Harbor or D-Day. Separate hijacked commercial airliners hit both of the World Trade Center towers in Manhattan, setting them on fire and leaving gaping holes in each. Both eventually collapsed to the street below.
They were located in lower Manhattan.
2. Many people claimed that the buildings went on well
with the surroundings.
( F)
Many critics stated that they didn’t relate to their surroundings.
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in the morning.
( T)
5. The casualties of this terrorist attack were fewer
than those of the attack on Pearl Harbor.
( F)
The terrorist attack on September 11 caused more lives than the attack on Pearl Harbor.
4. devastation 5. casualties 6. collapse
Column B A. to be in a state of confusion B. fall down C. to control or govern D. severe damage E. people killed or injured in an