Text prehensionI、 CII1.F2.F3.F4.T5.FIII1.For Mayblum, the WTC was a symbol of power – for its height and steadiness, and the force of storms was actually nothing to the WTC、2.The author means that the survival of the people inside the WTC would simply depend on their locations, i、e、 where they were at that moment、3.Ramos went to help the panicked workers into a stairwell (on the 78th floor), helped the heavyset man down one more flight to an elevator (on the 53rd floor), helped the man toward the last bank of elevators (on the 44th floor), and reassured the man he would be staying with him (on the 36th floor)、4.They helped the heavyset man 17 floors down the building、5.the sentence implies that Ramos’s wife refused to believe that Ramos did not make it out of the building、IV1.On that morning thousands of people in the WTC were thrown, all of a sudden, into a condition of terrible suffering and uncertainty、 Mayblum was one of them、2.It seemed that the tremendous sound of the collapse of the South Tower destroyed the man’s hope of climbing down the remaining stairs, and thus took away his remaining energy、VocabularyI1.burning 2.a situation or circumstance relating to sth、 3.in an intermittent manner 4.help sb、 5.Things are satisfactory up to this pointII1.scoffed2.dilemma3.collapsed4.pandemonium5.reassuring6.rumble7.glancing at8.meet up withIII1、 Chris became more and more panicky (panic), as the day of the examination drew near、 2、 The spacecraft descends / descended (descent) through the atmosphere at a speed of 17,000 mph、3、 Good teachers try to make their lessons more enjoyable (enjoy) by using varied activities、 4、 For years they were living with their suitcases packed in c...
