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Pre-reading Questions 1. Tell what you know about the 9.11 Attack 2. Can you name some disasters, either natural ones or man-made ones 3. Describe a disaster you have experienced or have heard of and how people involved reacted to it?
Pre-reading Questions 1.Tell what you know about the 9.11 Attack. 2. Can you name some disasters, either natural ones or man-made ones. 3. Describe a disaster you have experienced or have heard of and how people involved reacted to it?
Background information 1. About the text 1.1 about the wtc= word trade center:
• 一、Background information: • 1. About the text: • 1.1 about the WTC= WORD TRADE CENTER:
1.1 The world trade center The World Trade Center is more than its signature twin towers: it is a complex 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
• 1.1 The World Trade Center: • The World Trade Center is more than its signature twin towers: it is a complex 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
1.2 (The 9.11 attack: On Tuesday, September 11, 2001, at 8: 45 am New York local time World 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: 0 3 am
• 1.2 (The 9.11 attack:) • On Tuesday, September 11,2001, at 8:45 am New York local time, World 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 d.c. was hit by a hijacked 757 at 9: 43 am, and at 10: 10 am, a fourth hijacked 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: 29am, 104 minutes after being hit. WTC 7, a substantial 47 storey building in its own right, built 1987, was damaged by the collapsing towers, caught fife and later in the afternoon also totally collapsed
• On separate but related attacks, the Pentagon building near Washington D.C. was hit by a hijacked 757 at 9:43 am, and at 10:10 am, a fourth hijacked 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 10:29am, 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