TextIWehavebeenhit..doc

Text I “We’ve Been Hit” Pre-reading questions Tell what you know about the 9.11 Attack. Describe a disaster you have experienced or have heard of and how people involved reacted to it. Text analysis and language points Paragraph 1 Analysis In this paragraph two images are used to emphasize the power (steadiness) of the WTC. They are storms and drawstrings. Storms were nothing compared with the giant building, and even the swaying of the drawstrings was only an illusion. Language points 1. lash vt. (1) to strike with or as if with a whip. 鞭打：用或仿佛用鞭子击打 (2) to strike against with force or violence: 猛烈打击：用强力或暴力打击： e.g. Sleet is lashing the roof. 雨夹雪击打着屋顶 (3) to make a scathing oral or written attack against. 抨击：对（某人）严厉的口头地或书面地攻击 2. scoff vt./vi. to laugh or to mock at. 嘲笑或嘲弄 scoff at sb. [sth.] 嘲弄某人[某事] scoff at difficulties 藐视困难 scoff sb.s fear 嘲弄某人的恐惧 n. an expression of mocking or scorn. 嘲笑或讥笑 e.g. be the scoff of the town 成为全城的笑柄 3. sway vi. (1) to swing back and forth or to and fro., swing 摇摆：前后或来回摆动 (2) to incline or bend to one side; veer: 歪，倾斜：倾或弯向一侧；转向： e.g. She swayed and put out a hand to steady herself. 她倒向一边伸出一只手稳住自己 vt. (1) to cause to swing back and forth or to and fro. 使前后或来回摇摆 e.g. sway a sword 挥剑 (2) to cause to incline or bend to one side. 使倾斜：使倒向或变向一边 n. the act of moving from side to side with a swinging motion. 摇摆：摇摆着从一边向另一边移动的动作 4. illusion n. (1) an erroneous perception of reality. 错觉，假象：对现实错误的看法 e.g. an optical illusion 视错觉 (2) an erroneous concept or belief. 错误的观念：错误的观念或信仰 e.g. cherish the illusion that ... 错误地认为... Paragraphs 2-5 Analysis These paragraphs present a picture of what happened immediately after the hit. The author uses the image of the drawstrings again, instead of an explicit description, to indicate the terrible force of the strike. Question: What is the implication of the parallel sentences “For some… a matter of …” and “For some … as basic as …”? Answer: These sentences are used to emphasize the act that the peop