VOA慢速英语:American History: Life After 9/11

短语讲解：

1. The president vows the killers will pay for this attack on America.

pay for 赔偿;为…付钱
例句：Right, I'll pay for the food and you pay for the drinks. 
好吧，我付饭菜钱，你付酒水。

2. The United States changed as a result of the September eleventh terrorist attacks.

as a result of 作为...的结果
例句：He was late as a result of the snow.
由于大雪他迟到了。

3. You will remember this day as long as you live.

as long as 只要
例句：As long as I live I shall look back upon it with regret. 
只要我活着，我就会伤感地怀念它。 

4. The plane exploded against a wall of the huge building where more than twenty thousand people worked.

more than 多于
例句：Rob likes apples more than bananas. 
罗勃对苹果比对香蕉还喜欢。 

5. But some of the passengers on that flight, United 93, had heard about the terrorist attacks through phone calls to their families.

hear about 听说
例句：I was sorry to hear about your illness. 
听说你病了，我很难过。 

6. GEORGE W. BUSH: "The pictures of airplanes flying into buildings, fires burning, huge structures collapsing have filled us with disbelief, terrible sadness, and a quiet, unyielding anger."

fill with 充满
例句：His mind began to fill with dreadful thoughts, 
他心里逐渐充满种种可怕的念头。 

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

be different from 与...不同
例句：Their school is different from ours. 
他们的学校与我们的不同。 

8. From this day forward, any nation that continues to harbor or support terrorism will be regarded by the United States as a hostile regime."

continue to 继续
例句：Property values continue to advance rapidly. 
房地产价值继续急速上涨.  
 
9. The increased security led to delays and other problems.

lead to 导致
例句：Excessive patriotism can lead to xenophobia. 
爱国主义过了头即可导致仇视一切外国人. 

10. One carrier, United, ran a low-key television advertising campaign, in which actor Robert Redford, at the end of each ad gently suggested

at the end of 在...末端(到...尽头)
例句：At the end of the concert, the audience stood and clapped.
音乐会结束时，观众起立鼓掌。