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1、“Weve Been Hit!”Unit Company LogoGreetingsGreetingsDid you have a happy Spring Festival?1.The Spring Festival is a time for family reunion.Would you like to share your experience or feelings of going home for the Spring Festival?Company Logo2.Do you have any interesting holiday stories to share with

2、 us?Is this year different from the last?3.Do you have any special customs of celebrating the Spring Festival at your home?Company Logo1.family reunion dinner/supper of Chinese New Years Eve 年夜饭年夜饭 As one of the most important aspects of the Spring Festival,food is essential to a healthy,happy new y

3、ear in Chinese tradition,and many dishes are imbued with auspicious and symbolic meanings either because of the appearance or the pronunciation of its Chinese name。Some terms for the Spring FCompany Logo2.Spring couplets 春联春联 Spring couplets are pasted on both sides and above the main door.In additi

4、on,it is also common to hang calligraphic writing of the Chinese characters for spring,wealth and“blessing”.Some people will even invert the drawings of Fu since the Chinese for inverted is a homonym in Chinese for arrive,thus signifying that spring,wealth or blessing has Company Logo3.firework and

5、firecracker 烟花爆竹烟花爆竹 A Chinese New Year celebration would not be complete without fireworks.In China fireworks are set off to express joy and happiness during the Spring Festival.It is meant to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new.Some terms for the Spring FCompany Logo4.gift money;money given

6、 to children as a lunar New Year gift;lucky money 压岁钱压岁钱red packets(cash wrapped up in red paper,symbolize fortune and wealth in the coming year.)红红包包 In the old days,New Years money was given in the form of one hundred copper coins strung together on a red string and symbolized the hope that one wo

7、uld live to be a hundred years old.Today,money is placed inside red envelopes in denominations considered auspicious and given to represent luck and Company Logo5.CCTV Spring Festival Gala 中央电中央电视台春节联欢晚会视台春节联欢晚会 It has become an ingrained tradition on Mainland China to watch the Spring Festival Gala

8、 on the Spring Festivals Eve.The Gala adds a mood of celebration as people laugh,discuss and enjoy the performances.Some terms for the Spring FCompany LogoDid you watch the Spring Festival Gala?What do you think of it?Which programme gave you the deepest impression?Some terms:1.小品小品2.相声相声3.魔术魔术4.歌曲歌

9、曲5.歌曲联唱歌曲联唱6.舞蹈舞蹈7.民族舞蹈民族舞蹈8.杂技杂技9.戏剧戏剧skit/comic sketchcross-talkmagic/magic trickssongssong medleydancesethnic dances acrobaticsChinese opera Pre-reading Questions Background Information Structural Analysis Language PointsTeaching PCompany LogoPre-reading questionsn1.Tell what you know about the 9

10、.11 attack.n2.Describe a disaster you have experienced or have heard of and how people involved reacted to it.n3.Talk about the biggest problems our world Company Logomajor challenges facing the world todaynPopulation GrowthnGlobalizationnWorld HealthnThe Crisis of the EnvironmentnReligious and/or E

11、thnic ConflictsnBiological/Chemical WarfarenTerrorismnInternational CooperationnPCompany LCompany LCompany LogonWorld Trade CenterBuilding Details:at New York,built 1966 to 1977,110 stories,1353 feet(412 meters)tall about 10,000,000 square feet of rentable space,occupied by about 50,000 people the w

12、orlds tallest building for a short time,taking over from the Empire State Building,and then surpassed by the Sears TowerIt was destroyed in Company LogonEmpire State Buildingv102 floors,1252 feet,381 meters Company LogonSears TowernAt 1450 feet and 110 stories,the tallest building in Chicago,Illinoi

13、s,U.SCompany LogoIt is a coordinated terrorist strike on the United States in 2001 that killed more than 3,000 people and shook the nation to its core.On the sunny morning of September 11,2001,19 terrorists,working in teams of 4 or 5,hijacked four commercial jetliners and turned them toward targets

14、chosen for destruction.Two of the planes,loaded with fuel and passengers,were flown at full speed into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in the financial district of New York City.The buildings burst into flame and then collapsed,killing thousands.A third terrorist crew smashed their plane i

15、nto the Pentagon,headquarters of the U.S.military in Arlington,Virginia.The hijackers of the Company LogonThe Pentagon is the main building of the US Defense Department,in Washington.The US Defense Department is often referred to as the Pentagon Company LogoOsama bin Laden(19572011):He is a Saudi Ar

16、abian multimillionaire suspected of planning terrorist attacks against the United States.September 11,2001 terror attacks were sponsored by him.In 1999 the Federal Bureau of Investigation(FBI)placed bin Laden on its Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list in connection with the bombings of U.S.embassies in K

17、enya and Tanzania in 1998.Little is known in the West about bin Ladens life.He inherited his great personal wealth from his father,whose construction company prospered through close connections with the Saudi royal family.1.9.11 attack：On Tuesday,September 11,2001,at 8:45 am New York local time,Worl

18、d Trade Center One,the north tower,was hit by a hijacked 767 commercial jet plane,loaded with fuel for a transcontinental flight.World Trade Center Two,the south tower,was hit by a similar hijacked jet 18 minutes later at 9:03 am.On separate but related attacks,the Pentagon building near Washington

19、D.C.was hit by a hijacked 757 at 9:43 am,and at 10:10 am,a fourth hijacked jetliner crashed in Pennsylvania.The south tower,WTC 2,which had been hit second,was the first to suffer a complete structural collapse at 10:05 am,62 minutes after being hit.The north tower,WTC 1,then also collapsed at 10:29

20、am,104 minutes after being hit.WTC 7,a substantial 47 storey building in its own right,built in 1987,was damaged by the collapsing towers,caught fire,and later in the afternoon also totally collapsed.2.The World Trade Center:The World Trade Center is more than itssignature twin towers:it is a comple

21、x of 7 buildings on 17 acres of land,constructed and operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.The towers rise at the heart of the complex,each climbing more than 100 feet higher than the silver mast of the Empire State Building.Before AttackAfter AttackI.Text analysisnThe text descr

22、ibes a particular episode in the disaster that occurred on September 11,2001 in New York in praise of the courage and compassion of man.II.Structural analysisParagraphs 2 9to describe the initial reaction of people inside the WTC when the building was hit Paragraph 1to tell the common peoples percep

23、tion about the WTCParagraphs 10 30to describe how the three people(Mayblum,Ramos and Hong)endeavored to save a heavyset man with their joint efforts.Paragraphs 31 34to describe the gathering of some of the survivors and the victims Company LogoClick to edit title styleHeroesAdam MayblumHarry RamosHo

24、ng ZhuFireman?Company LogoAdam MayblumWent back to look for Hong Rip his t-shirt and gave them to his colleaguesReady to help the heavyset Company LogoHelp panicked workers Help the heavyset man toThe last moment dead1.Help the heavyset man 2.Be the guinea pig to test the safety of the lift.Hong Zhu

25、/Harry RamosPre-reading QuestionsnWhat do you know about the 9.11 attack?nWhen:It happened on _.Where:_CityWhat:_was attacked by _.September 11,2001World Trade Center30New York two hijacked jet planesPage 5A third hijacked airliner crashed into the_ in Washington DC.Result:-_and_ collapsed.-Nearly _

26、 people were killed in the terrorist attack.3000The Twin Towers Pentagon USDODUnited States Department of DefenseIn Washington D.C.A third hijacked airliner crashed into the Pentagon.Many government buildings including the White House were evacuated for fear they could be targets as well.A portion o

27、f the building later collapsed.32BackgroundnThe World Trade Center(sometimes referred as WTC or Twin Towers)was a complex located in the heart of New York Citys downtown financial district.33Building Details n110 stories,1353 feet(412 meters)tall (By some sources,Tower One was 1368 feet tall and Tow

28、er Two was 1362 feet.Some sources say 1350 feet overall.)n About 10,000,000 square feet of rentable space,occupied by about 50,000 people.PentagonnThe headquarters of the United States Department of DefensenAs a symbol of the U.S.military,the Pentagon is often used metonymically to refer to the Depa

29、rtment of Defense rather than the building itself.35Who did this?nInvestigations into who was behind the terrorist attacks began just hours after the first plane struck the north tower.nAlmost immediately the finger of suspicion was pointed at exiled Saudi dissident Osama bin Laden and his group of

30、followers known as AL Qaeda,or The Base.持不同政见者持不同政见者36The Designern Minoru Yamasaki(山崎實1912-1986)was a Japanese-American architectnThe completion of the 110-story twin towers,which are 411 meters high,took 7 years.World trade means world peace;the World Trade Center buildings in New York are living

31、symbol of mans dedication to world peace.37Volcano eruptionearthquakefloodtsunamiMudslide HurricaneForest Fire Nuclear LeakVictimLeukemiaAirline DisasterHow to face the disaster?To save yourself or save the other?UnitedOptimisticHelpful Floor People Event87th 78th53th44th36thMayblum&his colleaguesCo

32、nfusionRamosRamos helped panicked people to a stairwell.Hong Zhu&RamosThey helped a heavyset man.Hong Zhu&RamosThey helped a heavyset man to the last bank of elevators.Hong Zhu Ramos fireman the heavyset manHong Zhu left alone.Global ReadingDetailed Readingn Adam Mayblum used to enjoy watching as st

33、orms lashed the windows of his office:You think thats power?Mayblum would scoff.Im on the 87th floor of the World Trade Center.Thats power.The drawstrings on his window shades would appear to sway slightly,but it was an illusion.Although it was 1,040 feet in the sky,The WTC was quite steady.What did

34、 Mayblum think of the WTC before the building was hit?Two images:StormsSwaying of the drawstringsPowerSteadyPara 1:tell the common peoples perception about the WTCDetailed Readingn Adam Mayblum used to enjoy watching as storms lashed the windows of his office:You think thats power?Mayblum would scof

35、f.Im on the 87th floor of the World Trade Center.Thats power.The drawstrings on his window shades would appear to sway slightly,but it was an illusion.Although it was 1,040 feet in the sky,The WTC was quite steady.lash:to hit violently or suddenly lash out(at)：speak very angrily to sb,criticizing or

36、 saying that they have done something wrong.猛烈抨击猛烈抨击,严厉斥责严厉斥责（风、雨或水）猛抽，狠打，狂扫（风、雨或水）猛抽，狠打，狂扫 海浪击打着岩石。海浪击打着岩石。The waves lashed(against)the rocks.文章抨击了了社会的不公。文章抨击了了社会的不公。The article lashed out at social injustice.你不该嘲弄宗教。你不该嘲弄宗教。You are not supposed to scoff at religion/at ones belief.scoff vi.（常与（常与at

37、连用连用):laugh at scoff at sb.sth.嘲弄某人嘲弄某人某事某事 scoff at difficulties 藐视困难藐视困难scoff:指对一般受到尊重的事物的嘲笑。sneer:指除了用讽刺言语讥笑外还带轻蔑的表情。nWindow shade&drawstring=blind49sway:v.to move or swing from side to siden.controlling influence Be swayed by;Dont ever be swayed by fashion Under the sway ofThe dancer swayed to t

38、he music.In medieval times the church held sway over many countries.影响，左右受。控制n.(1)幻想幻想,(对自己有利的对自己有利的)妄想妄想 I have no illusion about(2)A false idea or belief 幻觉幻觉,错觉错觉 be under an illusion illusion:my talent for drawing.You are under an illusion about it.Detailed Readingn Adam Mayblum used to enjoy wa

39、tching as storms lashed the windows of his office:You think thats power?Mayblum would scoff.Im on the 87th floor of the World Trade Center.Thats power.The drawstrings on his window shades would appear to sway slightly,but it was an illusion.Although it was 1,040 feet in the sky,The WTC was quite ste

40、ady.Detailed Reading(para2-5)n When Mayblum felt a devastating rumble on that September morning,he glanced at the drawstrings.They were careening wildly,three feet in either direction.Mayblum would be one of thousands cast into an extraordinary purgatory that morning.While as many as 25,000 would fi

41、nd their way to safety,5,000 would not.devastating:completely destructivedevastate(v.);devastation(n.):destroy,damage(synonyms)婚外情确实会对婚姻造成毁灭性的影响。Affairs do have a devastating effect on marriages.Rumble:v.Make a deep heavy continuous soundThunder rumbling in the distancen.the rumble of drums远处传来隆隆的雷声

42、天天崩崩地地裂裂的的轰轰鸣鸣声声Comparison:glance at/stare at/glare at/peer at/gaze atnCareenA heavy flood tide caused my vessel to .The car ed around the corner.汽车歪歪斜斜疾驶过街角。汽车歪歪斜斜疾驶过街角。Rush forward in an uncontrollable way.1.Can you paraphrase the sentence“They were careening wildly,three feet in either direction.

43、”in Paragraph 2?They were swaying up to three feet from side to side,like a ship in a great storm.Para 2:using the image of drawstring again to indicate the terrible force of the strike.Detailed Readingn When Mayblum felt a devastating rumble on that September morning,he glanced at the drawstrings.T

44、hey were careening wildly,three feet in either direction.Mayblum would be one of thousands cast into an extraordinary purgatory that morning.While as many as 25,000 would find their way to safety,5,000 would not.nPurgatory(para.3):Purgatory is the place where Roman Catholics believe the spirits of d

45、ead people are sent to suffer for their sins before they go to heaven.(炼狱炼狱)58purgatory:a place or condition of great suffering The devastating earthquake changed peoples home into a purgatory.Angela has a thin sharp voice;its purgatory to have to listen to her sing.这场毁灭性大地震将人们的家园变成炼狱。这场毁灭性大地震将人们的家园

46、变成炼狱。torture,plague受苦的经历，折磨 Mayblum would be one of thousands cast into an extraordinary purgatory that morning.(Paragraph 3)Paraphrase:That morning,Mayblum would be one of thousands who were thrown into a terrible disaster.那天早上，有数千人将被卷入一场惊心动魄的灾难，那天早上，有数千人将被卷入一场惊心动魄的灾难，梅布鲁也是其中的一员。梅布鲁也是其中的一员。Find one

47、s wayFind ones way outFind ones way to找到路;认得路寻找解决方法设法到达Detailed Readingn For some,it was a matter of geographynot just which tower they worked in or on which floor,but in which corner of the building.For some,the choices were as basic as which staircase to use./Others faced the ultimate moral dilemm

48、a:Save yourself,or save another.What does the author mean by saying“For some,it was a matter of geography”(4)For some whether they could survive depended on where they were.对于有些人来说，生死攸关的是此时此刻他们所在的位置对于有些人来说，生死攸关的是此时此刻他们所在的位置-不仅不仅 是哪栋楼，哪一层，更重要的是在大楼的哪个角落是哪栋楼，哪一层，更重要的是在大楼的哪个角落 Ultimate:1.Eventual 最后的,最终

49、的 他的最终目标是什么？2.fundamental 基本的,最根本的Ultimate principles,questions,causes,resourcesWhat was his ultimate goal?（aim/outcome)3.The most important or powerful thing of a particular kind 至高的；最重要的Ultimate power,authority,challenge65Mary was in a dilemma whether to marry or continue her study.dilemma:a situa

50、tion in which one has to make a difficult choice面对这样的两难境地，唯一的出路就是在团队内合作。面对这样的两难境地，唯一的出路就是在团队内合作。The only way out of this dilemma is to cooperate within the group.place/put sb.in a dilemma be on the horns of a dilemma get out of dilemma 走出困境Question:What is the implication of the parallel sentences“F

51、or somea matter of”and“For someas basic as”?It implicates that people in the building were in great danger and whether they can survive depended very much on where they happened to be when the building was struck and what they choose to do at the time.Para 2-5:Present a picture of what happened imme

52、diately after the hit.WTC-_purgatoryDevastating rumble drawstring careened _ people would be safe,_ would notFor someFor someOthers250005000Question:(para6-9)What did Adam Mayblum do in face of the disaster?Is there any evidence that showed peoples concern for others?Detailed Reading The confusion（i

53、nside Adam Mayblums office at May Davis,a financial services firm,）lasted just seconds.He knew he needed to get out.Decision-go out immediatelyDetailed Readingn He ripped his T-shirt into pieces,soaked the pieces in water and gave them to colleagues to cover their faces.Among them:Harry Ramos,head t

54、rader at May Davis.Mayblum had worked with Ramos off and on for 14 years.Sparks bit at Mayblums ankles as he raced for the stairs.He bolted down two flights before realizing that his trading partner,Hong Zhu,had been left behind.He went back upstairs,the whole area now filled with smoke and burning

55、jet fuel.Detailed Readingn There was no sign of Hong.Mayblum hurried down again and made it to the 78th floor,a transfer lobby where one set of elevators and stairs ended and another began.He saw a reassuring sight;Ramos had waded into the pandemonium to help panicked workers into a stairwell.After

56、a few seconds of initial confusion,people began to try to get their way out.-the employees in May Davis.Peoples concern for each other:1,Mayblum shared his ripped T-shirt with his collegaues2,Mayblum went back to look for his trading partner3,Ramos helped panicked workers into a stairwell.Rip:tear a

57、part quickly and violently.撕开；扯开 rip into pieces=tear into pieces rip off 敲诈 他们在宾馆敲诈了我们。They ripped us off at that hotel.SoakShe spent some time ing in a hot bath.The rain poured down,ing their hair.Foot SoakpedicureDetailed Readingn He ripped his T-shirt into pieces,soaked the pieces in water and g

58、ave them to colleagues to cover their faces.Among them:Harry Ramos,head trader at May Davis.Mayblum had worked with Ramos off and on for 14 years.Sparks bit at Mayblums ankles as he raced for the stairs.He bolted down two flights before realizing that his trading partner,Hong Zhu,had been left behin

59、d.He went back upstairs,the whole area now filled with smoke and burning jet fuel.ExplosionDetailed Readingn There was no sign of Hong.Mayblum hurried down again and made it to the 78th floor,a transfer lobby where one set of elevators and stairs ended and another began.He saw a reassuring sight;Ram

60、os had waded into the pandemonium to help panicked workers into a stairwell.wade into:begin to deal with someone or sth.waded into the task 投入到工作中If there is pandemonium in a place,the people there are Behaving in a very noisy and uncontrolled way.喧闹；嘈杂；混乱He walked into the chaos with great determin

61、ation(difficulty)There was when the news was announced.nStairwell(楼梯井)&Flight(一段楼梯)nStairway（楼梯）（楼梯）,staircase（阶梯、楼梯间）（阶梯、楼梯间）,stairwell,flight of stairs or simply stairs are names for a construction designed to bridge a large vertical distance by dividing it into smaller vertical distances,called s

62、teps.76Detailed Reading(11-14)Mayblum continued his descent,the muscles in his calves contracting in spasms.On the 53rd floor,he came across a heavyset man whose legs just wouldnt move anymore.Do you want to come,or do you want us to send help?Mayblum shouted.The man asked him send help.Adam said he

63、 would.In the noise,smoke and sparks,Mayblum didnt realize that his friend Hong Zhu was behind him in the stairwell the whole time.When Hong got to the 53rd floor,he came across Harry Ramos.Ramos had stooped to help the heavyset man Mayblum had seen earlier.Ill give you a hand,Hong said.Together,Ram

64、os and Hong helped the man down one more flight to an elevator.nHeavyset(euphemism)nOverweight(more polite)nPlump(of women)nChubby(of babies)nStout(rather fat&heavy)nObese(unhealthily fat)78 Mayblums encounter with the heavysetman on the 53rd floor,where Ramos and Hong offered their help.How did the

65、y manage to get down from the 53rd floor to the 36th floor?They first got down to the 44th floor in the elevator which,fortunately,was still working.Then Ramos and Hong helped the man down to the 36th floor,which took them an hour and five minutes.Detailed readingDetailed Reading(15-22)Detailed Read

66、ing “Dont take it,”a Port Authority official screamed.Hong and Ramos tried to send a magazine down in the elevator to test its safety.But when they pressed the“down”button,the doors wouldnt close.So Hong decided that he would be the guinea pig instead.He stepped inside,and the doors shut behind him.Hong took the elevator down to the 44th floor,the next transfer lobby.So far so good.He pressed“52”,went back up and collected Ramos and the heavy set man.?Things are satisfactory up to this point.nGu