何兆熊综合英语第二册unit.pptx

;;;;;;;;;Pre-reading Questions Background Information Structural Analysis Language Points ;;;;;;;;;;;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 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 10:29am, 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. ;2. 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.; ;I. Text analysis;II. Structural analysis;;;;Pre-reading Questions;A third hijacked airliner crashed into the_________ in Washington DC. Result: -- ___________________and__________ collapsed. --Nearly _______ people were killed in the terrorist attack.;In Washington D.C.;Background;Building Details ;Pentagon;Who did this?;The Designer;Volcano eruption;tsunami;Nuclear Leak;How to face the disaster?;United; Floor;Detailed Reading;What did Mayblum think of the WTC before the building was hit?;Detailed Reading;lash: to hit violently or suddenly ;你不该嘲弄宗教。;Window shade drawstring = BrE blin