英语新闻与报道—News & Reports 80
时间:2019-01-22 作者:英语课 分类:英语新闻与报道—News and Reports
Wk 37 (11 September 2001)
USA Suffers 4 Simultaneous AttacksThis Week in HistoryThe world watches in shock and awe 1 as 4 commercial airliners 2 wreak 3 havoc 4 in the USA.
In 2001, the world watched its TV screens in disbelief as 4 commercial airliners were simultaneously 5 hijacked 6 in U.S. airspace and diverted. Two were flown directly into the upper storeys of the World Trade Center's Twin Towers in New York, causing their sudden collapse 7. A third was flown into the Pentagon in Washington, nerve center of the U.S. military. While the fourth was brought down before reaching its presumed target, the White House or Congress. Some 3,000 people died in these incidents.
- The sight filled us with awe.这景色使我们大为惊叹。
- The approaching tornado struck awe in our hearts.正在逼近的龙卷风使我们惊恐万分。
- The fog grounded the airliners. 大雾迫使班机停飞。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- They placed very stable and accurate atomic clocks on regularly scheduled jet airliners. 他们将非常稳定、准确的原子钟装在定期飞行的喷气式班机上。 来自辞典例句
- She had a burning desire to wreak revenge.她复仇心切。
- Timid people always wreak their peevishness on the gentle.怯懦的人总是把满腹牢骚向温和的人发泄。
- The earthquake wreaked havoc on the city.地震对这个城市造成了大破坏。
- This concentration of airborne firepower wrought havoc with the enemy forces.这次机载火力的集中攻击给敌军造成很大破坏。
- The radar beam can track a number of targets almost simultaneously.雷达波几乎可以同时追着多个目标。
- The Windows allow a computer user to execute multiple programs simultaneously.Windows允许计算机用户同时运行多个程序。
- The plane was hijacked by two armed men on a flight from London to Rome. 飞机在从伦敦飞往罗马途中遭到两名持械男子劫持。
- The plane was hijacked soon after it took off. 那架飞机起飞后不久被劫持了。