CNN 2011-09-14

 Hello and Welcome to the special addition of CNN student news.From CNN center in Atalanta.I am Carl Lewis.

 

 

Today show is dedicated¹ to remember the events of September 11th 2001 and honourring those lost.Yesterday a mark ten years since the 911 attacks when terrorists² targetting the United States killed nearly three thousand people.In Friday show we walked to through the events of that day and you can find the video for that on CNN student news.com.Today we look how the nations spend the 10th anniversary of the attacks.Commemorations were held in the site the attcks in New York,Washington and Pennsovinia.Ceremony took place under extremely heavy security because of the credible³ but still unconfirmed threat of a possible new terro strike.Let us begin now in New York where the world trade center northern-south towers collapsed⁴ in 2001.It happenned out to they were hit by two hijacked⁵ planes.it was where the biggest loss of life took place that day.On Sunday,thousands gatherred where the tower once stood and area now known as ground Zero.Those present pause for a moment of silent at 6:46 AM-exact time the first plane hits.It was the first of six moments of silent marking key moments of 911.

 

President obama and former president Joge W Bush whom you saw right there attended the ceremony and they read passages from the Bible.Family members of those who died on 911 read aloud the names of each victim and share stories about their love ones.

 

My father worked on the 88 floor at the World Trade Center.I was 13 when I stood here in 2003 and read a poem about how much I want to bake on your cry.Since then I stopped crying but evident not stop missing my dad.he was awesome⁶.My brother Auson just turned to when he passed.I have tried him all of things my father taught me.How to catch baseball.How to ride bike and to work hard in school.My dad always said how important it was.

 

Observances will also held around the world to remember those lost including hundreds from other countries.And in New Yorka memorial openned as a permanent tribute⁷ to the events of 911.The memorial took several years to plan and it had many revisions along the way.Nearby a tower even taller than the fallen towers is under construction to help those remeber Annerson Cooper looks back the World Trade Center history.It is significant and the new tower is rising.

1 dedicated   

adj.一心一意的；献身的；热诚的

参考例句：

• He dedicated his life to the cause of education.他献身于教育事业。
• His whole energies are dedicated to improve the design.他的全部精力都放在改进这项设计上了。

2 terrorists   

n.恐怖主义者，恐怖分子( terrorist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The terrorists have halted their bloody campaign of violence. 恐怖分子已经停止了他们凶残的暴力活动。
• They were finally forced to capitulate to the terrorists' demands. 他们最后被迫屈从恐怖分子的要求。

3 credible   

adj.可信任的，可靠的

参考例句：

• The news report is hardly credible.这则新闻报道令人难以置信。
• Is there a credible alternative to the nuclear deterrent?是否有可以取代核威慑力量的可靠办法？

4 collapsed   

adj.倒塌的

参考例句：

• Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
• The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。

5 hijacked   

劫持( hijack的过去式和过去分词 )； 绑架； 拦路抢劫； 操纵（会议等，以推销自己的意图）

参考例句：

• 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。

6 awesome   

adj.令人惊叹的，难得吓人的，很好的

参考例句：

• The church in Ireland has always exercised an awesome power.爱尔兰的教堂一直掌握着令人敬畏的权力。
• That new white convertible is totally awesome.那辆新的白色折篷汽车简直棒极了.

7 tribute   

n.颂词，称赞，(表示敬意的)礼物；贡品

参考例句：

• She accepted their tribute graciously.她慈祥地接受了他们的致意。
• Many conquered nations had to pay tribute to the rulers of ancient Rome.许多被征服的国家必须向古罗马的统治者朝贡。