VOA慢速英语:American History: Life in the U.S. After the 9/11 Attacks

1. This week in our series, we look at America after the events ofSeptember eleventh, two thousand one.

look at 看，观察
例句：Look at this gadget. 
看看这个小玩艺儿。 

2. "A stunning and cowardly strike on the United States.Terrorists send mighty skyscrapers crumbling to the ground. Manyinnocent people are dead. The president vows the killers will payfor this attack on America."

strike on 罢工
例句：There' s to be a rail strike on July 18th. 
铁路工人将于七月十八日举行罢工。 
pay for 因...受到惩罚;为...付出代价
例句：He'll have to pay for what he has done.
他将为自己所做的一切付出代价。

3. The United States changed as a result of the September eleventhterrorist attacks.

as a result of 由于
例句：Many facts emerged as a result of the investigation. 
调查结果,许多事实暴露出来。

4. But some of the passengers on that flight, United 93, had heardabout the terrorist attacks through phone calls to their families.
 
hear about 得知
例句：I was sorry to hear about your illness. 
听说你病了，我很难过。 

5. The pictures of airplanes flying into buildings, fires burning,huge structures collapsing have filled us with disbelief, terriblesadness, and a quiet, unyielding anger.

fly into 突发、忽发
例句：Fly into a rage at the slightest provocation. 
为了一点小事就大发脾气。 
fill with 用……填充
例句：His mind began to fill with dreadful thoughts, 
他心里逐渐充满种种可怕的念头。 

6. The particular individuals responsible, the groups responsible,that's up to law enforcement, and it's up to the United Statesgovernment to figure out.

figure out 算出;想出,理解
例句：I can't figure him out.
我看不透他。

7. President Bush explained that the war on terror would bedifferent from other wars.

be different from 与...不同
例句：May your destiny be different from her. 
希望你的命运和她不同。 

8. And they said he was seeking to develop biological and nuclearweapons as well.

seek to 寻找，探索
例句：Both major parties today seek to serve the national interest
现在两个主要政党都在追求促进国家利益 

9. This law provided the government with more power to gather information about suspected terrorists in the United States.

provide with 提供
例句：All this I have created;all these I provide with their living; 
我创造了这一切，我维持着这一切人的生活；

10. Fears over safety among the traveling public led to a drop in the number of airline passengers.

drop in 顺便拜访
例句：Would you drop by when you are in town?
你来城里就来玩好吗?