综合英语教程第二册第二版第一课教案

24. heavyset: Having a stout or compact build.

Sentences

4. On the 53rd floor, he came across a heavyset man whose legs just wouldn’t move anymore. (Paragraph 10)

Explanation: ―Anymore‖ is the variant of ―any more‖; this variant is chiefly used in North America.

Paraphrase: On the 53rd floor, he met a huge man whose legs just wouldn’t move any more. Translation: 在第53层，他偶遇了一个大块头的男子，那人的脚一步也迈不开了。

11 ―Do you want to come, or do you want us to send help?‖ Mayblum shouted. 12 The man asked him to send help. Adam said he would.

13 In the noise, smoke and sparks, Mayblum didn’t realize that his friend Hong Zhu was behind him in the stairwell the whole time. When Hong got to the 53rd floor, he came across Harry Ramos. Ramos had stopped to help the heavyset man Mayblum had seen earlier. ―I’ll give you a hand,‖ Hong said.

14 Together, Ramos and Hong helped the man down one more flight to an elevator. 15 ―Don’t take it,‖ a Port Authority official港务局官员 screamed.

16 Hong and Ramos tried to send a magazine down in the elevator to test its safety. But when they pressed the ―down‖ button, the doors wouldn’t close. So Hong decided that he would be the guinea pig天竺鼠 instead做试验.5

17 He stepped inside, and the doors shut behind him.

18 Hong took the elevator down to the 44th floor, the next transfer lobby. So far, so good. He pressed ―52,‖ went back up and collected Ramos and the heavyset man.

19 On 44 Hong and Ramos helped the man toward the last bank of elevators最后一套电梯 that would take them all the way down.

20 Hong pressed the ―down‖ button again. Nothing. They would have to take the stairs. 21 Ramos and Hong tried to support the man. ―One step at a time,‖ Hong said.

22 They had been trying to get out for an hour and five minutes. They were on 36 when they felt the South Tower collapse.

Paragraphs 11-22

Questions

1. How do you understand the sentence ―So far, so good‖ in Para.18? (Paragraph 18) Things are satisfactory up to this point.

2. How did they manage to get down from the 53rd floor to the 36th floor? (Paragraph 22) They first got down to the 44th floor in the elevator which, fortunately, was still working. Then Ramos and Hong helped the man down to the 36th floor, which took them an hour and five minutes.

Words and Expressions

25. flight: A series of stairs rising from one landing to another.

26. guinea pig: A person who is used as a subject for experimentation or research.

27. bank: A set of elevators.

Activity: Act it out.

Work in groups. Students are supposed to read the following scene and try to act it out. Pay close attention to the verbs in bold type.

After school, some boys descended the slope towards the village, whistling cheerfully. While walking, a boy, Richard found that his shoelace was loose. So he stooped to tie the lace. Suddenly, the boys felt that the earth wasshaking. And the shaking was more and more violent. ―What happened?‖ Richard shouted. He was so afraid that he crouched on the ground. ―It is earthquake! Look!‖ another boy answered. The houses in the village collapsed with a large noise! Disaster had come!

Sentences

5. So Hong decided that he would be the guinea pig instead. (Paragraph 16)

Explanation: If someone is used as a guinea pig in an experiment, something is tested on him that has not been tested on other people before. For example, Dr. Roger used himself as a human guinea pig to perfect a treatment which has since saved the lives of countless people. Here the sentence means that Hong decided to test the safety of the elevator himself.

23 ―We really have to move,‖ Hong said.

24 The rumbles of the collapsing tower next door seemed to sap 打消了the heavyset man of his last gasps of energy最后一丝力气. ―I can’t do it anymore,‖ he said, sitting down.

25 Hong and Ramos tried to persuade him to continue. ―You don’t have to move your legs!‖ Hong shouted. ―Just move your butt屁股. Let’s go!‖ But the man couldn’t go on.

26 A fireman ran up to them. Hong expected that he would join in to get the heavy man to move. Instead, the fireman turned to Hong.

27 ―Who are you, screaming at him to get out?‖ the fireman shouted. ―You get out!‖ 28 Hong looked at Ramos, who was still standing with the heavyset man.

29 ―I’m coming down with you,‖ Ramos told the man. ―I’m not going to leave.‖ 30 ―I left,‖ Hong says sorrowfully. ―Alone.‖

Paragraphs 23-30 Questions

1. What does ―Who are you, screaming at him to get out‖ in Para. 27 mean? (Paragraph 27) Who do you think you are? You have no right to shout at him and order him to get out. 2. Why did the fireman shout at Hong? What did he possibly do after Hong left? (Paragraph 30) Possibly because he wanted to save at least one more person. After Hong left, he probably joined Ramos in helping the heavyset man.

Words and Expressions

28. sap vt. weaken slowly

e.g. They were traveling very slowly, and the heavy load they were carrying sapped their strength. e.g. The constant tension was sapping my energy.

Synonym:

weaken, exhaust, drain Collocation:

sap up on sb. beat up sb.

29. gasp: A short convulsive intake or catching of the breath.

30. butt: The buttocks; the rear end.

31 The next day, Adam Mayblum sent an e-mail describing his experience to friends and relatives, who sent it to still others. The e-mail was read by someone in San Francisco who knew a woman in New York named Rebecca. Her husband, Victor, a heavyset man, was missing. 32 On Saturday, September 15, May Davis’s chairman had a gathering at his New Jersey home. Adam Mayblum was there. So was Hong Zhu. Rebecca was also there, learning how her husband, Victor, had been comforted in his last moments, how Harry Ramos had refused to leave him behind.

33 Ramos’s wife, Micky, was there too. She kept asking Mayblum and Hong where her husband was, convinced that somehow, Harry — the only May Davis employee still missing — was alive.

34 Piece by piece, she developed a picture of his escape: Harry was on 87 when the plane hit. He stopped to help on 78. He met up with Hong on 53. But as hard as she tried, as many questions as she asked, the picture began to fade on the 36th floor.6

Paragraphs 31-34 Questions

1) Where did the heavyset man live? (Paragraph 31) In New York.

2) What is the significance of the last paragraph? And what is its relation to the subtitle of the text ―With the building in flames, one man needed help. Another man refused to leave him‖? (Paragraph 34)

The last paragraph is a condensed account of Ramos’s heroic deed. It echoes the subtitle with a very moving picture. Notice the word ―fade,‖ which literally means ―become unclear,‖ suggesting that Harry Ramos’s wife was unable to accept the truth about her husband’s death.

Activity: Make a dialogue

You are going to watch a film. When you buy some snacks at the supermarket, you meet up with a friend. You try to persuade him to go to see the movie with you. Work in pairs and make a dialogue. Sentences

6. … the picture began to fade on the 36th floor (Paragraph 34)

Explanation: … Nothing was known about what had happened on the 36th floor. Translation: 在第36层，逃生的画面变得模糊起来。

Text II

1. Lead-in Questions

What do you think of the skyscrapers shooting up in the city with the urban development?

2. Text II

Rethinking Skyscrapers Jerkily Watson

Most of the world’s tall buildings, called skyscrapers, are in the United States. However, the recent terrorist attacks have caused some Americans to worry about the safety of these extremely tall buildings.

For almost 30 years, the World Trade Center stood more than 410 meters above New York City’s financial center. The two towers of the Center were the tallest buildings in the city. They had more than 100 levels. Then on the morning of September 11th, two hijacked airplanes struck the buildings.

Many people died immediately in explosions and fires. Others ran down many levels of steps in an effort to escape the buildings. Others waited for help in their offices. Then, one after another, both buildings fell. The collapse of the towers killed thousands of people. It also wrecked or damaged surrounding buildings.

Engineers from the state of Illinois soon will investigate the collapse of the buildings for the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Their early study, however, shows that the buildings held up well. One tower remained standing for about forty-seven minutes after the plane hit it. The other tower stayed up for about one hour and forty minutes after it was struck. The fact that the towers stayed up as long as they did permitted many people to escape.

Several experts have said no building could have resisted the attacks. The terrorists meant to cause the largest explosions and the hottest fires possible. So they hijacked planes heavily loaded with fuel. The heat from the burning fuel weakened the steel structure of the towers. These fires burned far hotter than fires used to test building materials. They also burned longer. The intense heat caused the upper levels of the buildings to fall. Then the lower levels also fell.

Some pieces of building wreckage残骸 caused destruction in the area. Mainly, however, the towers imploded内爆and fell down in their own space. Several engineers praised the World Trade Center for this. Many more people would have died if the buildings had fallen to the side.

Officials say the wreckage will take months to clear. After the attacks, broken glass and smoking metal lay 12 meters above the ground. The World Trade Center had contained 200,000 tons of steel. It also had 43,000 windows.

About 50,000 people worked in the World Trade Center. Some estimates say as many as 90,000 people passed through it on some days. The towers represented business and trade in the biggest city in America. Many people throughout the world recognized pictures of the World Trade Center against the skies of New York.

People in New York are discussing ways to remember the World Trade Center and the people who died in the attack. Several artists and building designers suggest a memorial called Towers of Light. The arts group Creative Time proposes forming two towers of light in the shape of the fallen buildings. These lights would reach toward the sky. The artists currently are researching methods that could produce lighting with such power.

Businessman Larry Silverstein currently controls use of the World Trade Center property. Mr.