Unit 7

Terrorism

1. Leading-in2. Text Analysis3. Language Points4. Presentation and Exercises

Text A The Nightmare and the Dreams

Lead-in

Background InformationDiscussion

The Wall Street Journal: the leading financial newspaper in the US. It was first published in 1889 by Charles H Dow and Edward D Jones and is still owned by Dow Jones & Company, which also publishes the Dow Jones Average. Although its main concern is business and economic news, the Journal also carries full-size articles about political and general topics.

Background Information

Terrorism: use of violence, or the threat of violence, to create a climate of fear in a given population. Terrorist violence targets ethnic or religious groups, governments, political parties, corporations, and media enterprises. Organizations that engage in acts of terror are usually small in size and limited in resources compared to the populations and institutions they oppose.

9/11/2001

US

A A

ttacked

Plumes of smoke pourfrom the World Trade Center buildings in New York Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001. Planes crashed into the upper floors of both World Trade Center towers minutes apart Tuesday in a horrific scene of explosions and fires that left gaping holes in the 110-story buildings.

9.11 Terrorist Attack

Discussion1. How would you react if you were on a

hijacked flight?

2. “Nothing good ever comes of violence.” Do you agree?

Text Analysis

Part Division

Comprehension

Part DivisionPart Lines Main Ideas 1 1~4 I felt hot all yesterday.2 5~18 People seem to love the Brooklyn Bridge

more than ever before.3 19~47 People grow more friendly to one another

regardless of race.4 48~73 It is a fashion now for people to wear ID tags.

5 74~86 There seemed to be a baby boom after Sept. 11, at least, in Brooklyn.

6 87~115

People seem to be having more bad dreams, Sept. 11-related.

Comprehension

1.Why did the author feel very hot?2.How did the author feel when she took a

walk on the Brooklyn Bridge that early morning?3.What does “the changed landscape of

downtown” imply?

4.Why did the author say that “people seem to love it more now, or at least mention it more or notice it more”?5. What does the last part of the essay deal

with? Why does the author organizationally make such an arrangement?

Language Points

Vocabulary

Sentences

1. awake (Line 5) adj.

1) 醒着的 ( 表语形容词 )The children are still wide awake.

The secretary lay awake all night pondering whether to leave or stay.

2) (常与 to连用）明白的；觉悟的 他已意识到了这个严重的问题。He is awake to the serious problem.

完全醒着

vi. become conscious of, realize

读了那封信唤起她对往事的回忆。Old memories awoke in her when she read the

letter.He awoke to find himself famous.

awake from 醒来 ; 察觉awake to 明白 , 认识或意识到awake to the fact that 认识到 ...的事实

2.strike (Line 11) v. have an effect onHow does the room strike you?That strikes me as a good idea.

Collocation: strike sb. off strike out strike up sth.

strike a bargainstrike a balance

删去，除名独立闯新路开始（谈话、相识等）达成协议公平处理

3. charge (Line 28)1) n. care; control; responsibilityShe took charge of the family business when

her father died.Collocation: in charge (of) 管理（主动意义）in the charge of 受…管理 , 由负责 ( 被动意

义 )take charge 开始管理，接管on the charge of 以…罪free of charge 免费

2) v. ask in payment航空公司给学生半价。The airlines charge half price for students.How much do you charge for mending a

pair of shoes?

4. hold up (Line 34): put (sb./sth.) forward as an example, show

Grandfather always held up his youngest son as

a model of hard work.Collocation: hold one’s breath 坚持hold back 阻止（物价等）上涨hold down 屏住气hold out for 阻挡；抑制

5. settle for (Line 41): accept or agree to (sth. less than the best, or than hoped for)

I could never settle for such a quiet life; I want excitement.

我的汽车要价 500 美元，少了不卖。

I want $500 for my car, and I won’t settle for less.

6. come out (Line 43)

When will John’s new book come out?

The stars came out as soon as it was dark.

The news came out that the president was verysick.

publish

appear

Become known

7.boom (Line 74)1) vi. grow rapidly, esp. in value

In a city with booming industry, land is precious and cannot be extravagantly used for traffic.

2) n. a rapid growth or increase

This boom in adult education, in turn, helps to raise the intellectual standard of the whole country.

1. In the changed landscape of downtown it is our undisturbed beauty, grown ever more stately each year. (L7)

Brooklyn Bridge is a wonderful scene people always visit. It is also a symbol of beauty, freedom and technological wonder.

在业已改变的市区景观中，它依旧是一道美丽的景致，年复一年，越发显得气势非凡。

Sentences

2.Now all we do is pay maintenance, in the form of taxes. (Line 17)

This sentence can be changed into “Now all

we do is to pay…”. Infinitive can be used

with / without “to” after the verb “be”, when

the subject is a clause beginning with “all” or

“what”.

That is: All / What … + be + (to)v.

我所做的就是发传真给她，让她决定该做什么。All I did was (to) fax the paper so as to let

her decide what to do.我们要做的是给比尔留个条，告诉他我们会准时回来参加晚宴的。What we’ll do is (to) leave a note for Bill to

tell him we’ll be back in time for the dinner

party.

3. Nothing significant in it except it may or may not have happened that way 30 or 40 years ago. I‘m not sure the full charge of friendliness would have been assumed or answered. (Line 26)

• 1) People are more friendly than before.• 2) Something unconscious has been

changed. • 3) The event has changed people’s attitude

towards each other. • 4) Open-minded.

What can we infer from this sentence?

4. Otherwise you could be pretty obscure. (L72)

You are such an ordinary person that no one knows who you are.

在别处，没人会知道你是谁。

5. My friend is brilliant and by nature a describer of things felt and seen. (L98)

My friend is very intelligent and he was born a describer. But this time he couldn’t tell of the scene of the accident vividly. He was also seriously affected and always in a nightmare.

Presentation and Exercisesall of a sudden unusual ponder endure boom obscure unconscious reflect on imagination back up contend come out weave

1. He _____ his words thoroughly.

2. His success _____ his failures.

3. The child’s bad behavior _____ his home training.

4. The new evidence _____ my argument.

5. My sister _____ well in that photograph.

6. The man _______ that it was not his fault.

7. His ____ played round that queer idea.

8. He was ____ of his mistake.

9. I can’t ___ her endless complaint noise a moment longer.

10. The most ____ car was a Benz which had only three wheels.

Thank you!