9/1 1: A Dark Day
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Table of Contents Introduction.
导言表。
4 America Under Attack.
4 美国受到攻击。
5 Twin Towers Collapse.
5双塔倒塌.
10 The Heroes.
10"英雄报".
13 The Cleanup.
13"清规".
16 Who Was Responsible.
16 谁负责。
18 A Swift Response.
18 迅速反应。
19 A New Trade Center.
19 A 新贸易中心.
22 Glossary.
22 词汇表。
24 Introduction The morning of September 11, 2001, was much like any other day in New York City.
导言 2001年9月11日的早晨和纽约市其他任何一天一样.
The streets were choked with traffic, and people filled the sidewalks as they scurried to work.
街道被交通堵塞了,人们在赶工时填满了人行道.
Horns honked, and an occasional siren pierced the noisy air.
喇叭响起,偶尔有警笛刺穿了噪音的空气。
At the southern end of Manhattan Island, the twin towers of the World Trade Center stood like proud guards over the city.
在曼哈顿岛的南端,世界贸易中心的双塔像骄傲的卫兵站出城外.
Thousands of workers exited taxis, buses, and underground subways, making their way to their World Trade Center offices, stacked 110 floors into the sky.
数以千计的工人从出租车,公交车,地铁出站,前往他们的世界贸易中心办公室,将110个地层堆入了天空.
High-speed elevators swiftly carried workers upward from the street level to their places of work.
高速电梯迅速将工人从街道上调到工作场所。
Then, as if out of nowhere, came the roar of jet engines overhead.
喷气式发动机的咆哮就从空中冲出
The skyscraper-walled canyons of the city were used to loud and unusual sounds, but never one like this.
这座城市的摩天大楼-高墙峡谷被用来发出出响而不寻常的声音,但从未有过这样的声音.
As pedestrians looked skyward, they saw a large passenger jet flying unusually low, headed directly toward the World Trade Center.
当行人向上看时,他们看到一架大型客机飞得异常低地,朝世界贸易中心直接飞去。
Emergency workers gaze in awe at the site of the Twin Towers disaster.
紧急救援人员对双塔灾难现场感到敬畏。
Pedestrians cross 5th Avenue in New York City.
步行者穿过纽约市第五大道.
America Under Attack Curiosity soon changed to astonished horror and disbelief as American Airlines Flight 11, carrying eighty-seven passengers and crew members, shot like an arrow into upper floors of the North Tower.
随着美国航空11号班机搭载了87名乘客和机组人员,像一箭射入了北塔的上层,美国"被攻击的好奇心"(American Under Tattack Curiosity)很快变成了令人惊讶的恐怖和难以置信.
Seventeen minutes later, a second jet carrying sixty passengers and crew members, United Airlines Flight 175, crashed into the South Tower.
17分钟后,载有60名乘客和机组人员的第二架喷气式飞机"联合航空175号班机"坠入南塔.
Each crash was immediately followed by an enormous explosion as the jets, filled with fuel, erupted into gigantic fireballs.
每起坠机事件之后, 喷气式飞机突然爆发出巨大的爆炸, 喷出满是燃料,
Not long after, as Americans were getting news of the Twin Towers tragedy, reports came of another passenger jet crashing into the Pentagon, located across the Potomac River from Washington, D.
不久后,随着美国人得知"双塔"惨案的消息,又有报道称另一架客机从华盛顿驶入波托马克河对面的五角大楼.
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The Pentagon, which houses offices of the United States military, immediately caught fire.
驻有美国军方办公室的五角大楼立即起火.
All fifty-nine passengers and crew members aboard the plane were killed.
机上59名乘客和机组人员全部遇难.
The Twin Towers burn after being hit by planes on September 1 1, 200 1.
双塔号被飞机于9月1日,2001.
The United States was under attack.
美国受到攻击。
It was now clear that these planes had been hijacked and intentionally used as missiles to destroy American landmarks.
现在很清楚,这些飞机被劫持并被蓄意用作导弹来摧毁美国的地标.
No one knew yet how many planes had been hijacked—perhaps others were still out there.
无人知道有多少飞机被劫持,也许还有其他飞机仍然在那里。
All planes in the air that morning were directed to land, while international flights to the United States were rerouted to airports in Canada and Mexico.
当天早上空中的所有飞机都被指向起降,而飞往美国的国际航班则被改道前往加拿大和墨西哥的机场.
All air traffic other than military aircraft was grounded.
除军用飞机外,所有空中交通均被禁飞。
The skies over the United States fell strangely silent.
美国上空的天空突然失声。
In fact, one other plane, United Airlines Flight 93, had been hijacked.
事实上,另一架飞机,即联合航空93号航班被劫持。
Using cell phones, passengers aboard the plane learned from friends and relatives on the ground that three other hijacked planes had been flown into the Twin Towers and the Pentagon.
机上乘客使用手机从地面上的朋友和亲戚那里得知,另有三架被劫持的飞机被空运入双塔和五角大楼.
Determined not to let their plane be used as a weapon, the passengers and crew mounted a counterattack against the hijackers.
乘客和机组人员决心不让他们的飞机被用作武器,对劫机者发动了反击.
In response, the hijackers rolled the plane over.
作为回应,劫机者将飞机翻了过来.
At 10:03, it crashed into the ground outside of Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
10:03,它坠入宾夕法尼亚州尚克斯维尔外地.
Many believe the hijackers’ target was either the United States Capitol or the White House, both located in Washington, D.
许多人相信劫机者的目标要么是美国国会大厦,要么是位于华盛顿的白宫.
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The brave passengers and crew stopped that attack, but all forty of them died.
勇敢的乘客和船员阻止了这次袭击,但全部有40人丧生.
International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport, departed at 7:59 a.
国际机场至洛杉矶国际机场,于7:59 a.
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国际机场至洛杉矶国际机场,于7:58 a起行.
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南纬9:05 a.
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American Airlines 11 United Airlines 175 United Airlines 93 • Scheduled Flight: Dulles International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport, departed at 8:10 a.
美国航空11号 联合航空175号 联合航空93号 • 定期航班:杜勒斯国际机场至洛杉矶国际机场,于8:10 a出航.
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International Airport to San Francisco International Airport, departed at 8:10 a.
国际机场飞往旧金山国际机场,于8:10 a.
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美国航空77号航空 洛杉矶波士顿波士顿波士顿 波士顿波士顿波士顿波士顿波士顿波士顿波士顿波士顿波士顿波士顿波斯航空 美国航空 Newark mi mi mi Dotted 线表示转发器被关闭时的飞行路径.
Twin Towers Collapse In New York City and Arlington, Virginia, home of the Pentagon, emergency responders were called into action.
纽约市和弗吉尼亚州阿灵顿的"双塔"(Twin Towers Collapse in New York City)位于五角大楼所在地,应急人员被召入行动.
After the first plane crashed into the North Tower, police and firefighters began evacuating more than 14,000 workers from both the North and South Towers.
第一架飞机坠入北塔后,警方和消防员开始从南北塔两地撤走超过一万四千名工人.
Rescuers were able to quickly remove most of the workers from the floors beneath where the planes struck the towers.
救援人员能够迅速将大部分工人从飞机击中塔楼的地上移出.
At 9:59, 56 minutes after the second plane smashed into the South Tower, one floor collapsed onto another, and the tower came crashing down.
9:59,第二架飞机撞入南塔后56分,一楼倒塌到另一层,塔被撞倒.
Twenty-nine minutes later, at 10:28, the North Tower collapsed.
29分钟后,10:28北塔倒塌.
President George W.
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布什在佛罗里达州一所小学参观时,第一架飞机和第二架飞机相撞于双塔.
He was soon hustled off to his special plane, then escorted through the air by six fighter jets.
他很快被赶到他的特殊飞机上,然后被六架战斗机从空中护送.
Back at the White House that evening, he gave a five-minute television speech to the nation, in which he said, “These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve.”
当天晚上,他在白宫向全国发表五分钟的电视讲话,他说,“这些行为打碎了钢铁,但是不能打倒美国决心的钢铁。 “
FBI investigators search the crater left by the crash of United Airlines Flight 93 near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
联邦调查局调查员在宾夕法尼亚州尚克斯维尔附近的联合航空93号航班坠毁所留下的陨石坑进行搜索.
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Bush is informed of a second plane hitting the World Trade Center.
Bush得知第二架飞机击中了世界贸易中心.
Escape from Twin Towers Each tower was 1 10 stories.
从双塔跑出 每座塔都是11个故事
In each tower, 99% of those below the crash survived.
每座塔内,99%的坠机下方的人幸存.
At the impact area and above, survival was limited tojust a handful of people in the South Tower.
在撞击区及以上,仅能活到南塔的少数人.
Many firefighters and police officers died in the buildings while trying to rescue hundreds of people trapped by the fires and heavy smoke.
许多消防员和警察在试图营救被大火和浓烟所困的上百人时死亡.
A total of 2,753 victims died as a result of the attack on the Twin Towers.
双塔被袭击后共有2753名遇难者丧生.
They included citizens of more than 75 countries, both young and old.
其中包括来自75个以上国家的青年和老年人。
Even years after the attack on the World Trade Center, the official death toll continues to increase as people die from lung conditions and other diseases brought on by the destruction.
即使在世界贸易中心遭到袭击后数年,官方的死亡人数也继续增加,因为人们死于这场破坏造成的肺病和其他疾病。
The debris from the two towers damaged surrounding buildings and set fires, resulting in the complete destruction of two other buildings nearby.
两座塔的残骸损坏了周围的建筑并起起火,导致附近另外两所建筑被完全摧毁.
Many other buildings suffered heavy damage, and some were later targeted for demolition.
其他许多建筑也遭到严重破坏,有些后来成为被拆除的目标.
World Trade Center: 2,753 Source: Associated Press Pentagon: 184 Source: PBS Shanksville, PA: 40 Source: USA Today Firefighters charge through the rubble of the Twin Towers.
世界贸易中心:2 753 资料来源:美联社五角大楼:184 资料来源:PBS 资料来源:美国。 现在 消防员通过双塔的瓦砾充电.
Total Number of Victims Who Died as a Result of the 9/11 Attacks The World Trade center collapse covered New York City in dust and debris.
由于9/11袭击而死亡的受害者总数 世界贸易中心在纽约市被粉尘和碎片所覆盖。
The South Tower collapsed after 56 minutes, the North after 102 minutes.
南塔在56分钟后倒塌,102分钟后北塔倒塌.
Firefighters salute during a ceremony at the World Trade Center site.
消防员在世界贸易中心所在地举行的仪式上敬礼.
The Heroes Through this terrible tragedy emerged thousands of heroes.
英雄们通过这场可怕的悲剧,出现了上千名英雄.
They include firefighters, police officers, emergency medical workers, ordinary citizens, office workers, ironworkers, and others who went to work removing the rubble and searching for victims.
他们包括消防员,警官,紧急医疗人员,普通公民,办公室工作人员,铁工,以及去打捞瓦砾并寻找受害者的其他人.
Some of these heroes made the greatest sacrifice by giving up their lives while trying to save others.
这些英雄中,有的在试图拯救他人的同时放弃了自己的生命而做出了最大的牺牲.
The heaviest toll for emergency responders was paid by the New York Fire Department, which lost 341 firefighters and two paramedics.
应急人员伤亡最重的是纽约消防局,损失了341名消防员和2名辅助医务人员.
Most died when they were trapped inside the collapsing Twin Towers.
大部分死于被困在倒塌的双子塔内
A fire helmet found at the World Trade Center site When officials realized the towers were unstable, they attempted to order the rescuers who had entered the towers to evacuate.
当官员们意识到塔楼不稳定时,他们试图命令进入塔楼的救援人员撤离,在世界贸易中心现场发现了一顶消防头盔.
But faulty communication systems and all the chaos prevented the message from reaching the rescuers.
但错误的通讯系统和所有的混乱使得信息无法到达救援者手中.
A total of sixty police officers also lost their lives, as well as eight emergency medical responders from private companies.
共有60名警察丧生,还有8名私营公司的应急医疗人员。
Numerous stories began to emerge about workers inside the towers leading others to safety.
许多故事开始出现 关于工人在塔内 引导其他人安全。
One such hero was Rick Rescorla, whose firm had offices in the World Trade Center.
一个这样的英雄是Rick Rescorla, 他的公司在世界贸易中心设有办公室。
Rick was from Great Britain and moved to the United States at the age of twenty-three.
里克来自英国,23岁时移居美国.
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Army and served in Vietnam.
陆军并服役于越南.
Shortly after the planes struck the towers, Rick called his wife, who was watching events unfold on TV.
飞机袭击了塔后不久,里克打电话给正在电视上观看事件展开的他的妻子.
He told her that he had to evacuate some people from the tower and not to cry.
他告诉她,他不得不从塔上撤离一些人而不要哭.
“If something should happen to me, I want you to know I’ve never been happier,” he said.
“如果我出了事, 我想告诉你, 我从来没有这么高兴过。”
“You made my life.”
“你创造了我的生命。 “
Many of those whom Rick evacuated survived.
瑞克撤离的许多人幸免于难.
But as Rick headed back up the stairs one last time to make sure everyone was out, the tower collapsed and he died.
但是,当里克最后一次向上爬到楼梯上以确保所有人都出局时,塔倒塌了,他死了.
Rick Rescorla uses a megaphone to help organize and evacuate workers from the World Trade Center before its collapse.
里克·雷斯科拉(Rick Rescorla)在世界贸易中心倒闭前使用扩音器帮助组织并撤离工人.
Probably no story of heroism was more compelling than that of the handful of victims aboard United Flight 93.
可能没有哪个英雄主义的故事比 " 联合93号航班 " 上少数受害者的故事更有说服力。
The courage of those passengers and crew members prevented Flight 93 from destroying another target and taking more lives.
这些乘客和机组人员的勇气阻止了93号航班摧毁另一个目标并夺走更多的生命.
No one will ever know exactly what happened, but we do know that those passengers were heroes.
没有人会知道到底发生了什么 但我们知道那些乘客是英雄
An 1 1 -year-old girl adjusts a ribbon at the temporary memorial outside of Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
一个11岁的女孩在宾夕法尼亚州尚克斯维尔外的临时纪念碑上调整了一条丝带.
Her father was one of 40 who died on Flight 93.
她的父亲是死于93号班机的40人之一.
The Cleanup Immediately after the collapse of the Twin Towers on 9/11, workers began searching through and removing the smoking rubble in search of survivors and victims.
911"双塔"倒塌后,工人立即开始搜索并取出吸烟瓦砾来寻找幸存者和被害者.
The site became known as Ground Zero.
该地被取名"地上零".
At the Pentagon, similar efforts were taking place to remove debris from the damaged building and search for the bodies of the victims.
在五角大楼,正在作出类似努力,从被损坏的建筑物中取出碎片并搜寻被害者的尸体。
Rubble from the Pentagon was cleared, and the building was repaired within a year.
五角大楼出土的瓦布被清除,建筑在一年内得到修复.
A memorial built next to the Pentagon building opened to the public exactly seven years after the attacks.
五角大楼旁边建造的一座纪念碑在袭击发生整整七年后向公众开放.
Visitors walk among the benches of the Pentagon Memorial in Washington, D.
游客在华盛顿特区五角大楼纪念馆的长椅上行走.
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The benches represent the 184 victims of the attack on the Pentagon.
长椅代表了被五角大楼袭击的184名被害者.
The cleanup of the World Trade Center took much longer.
世界贸易中心的清理花费了更长的时间。
An army of ironworkers, heavy- equipment operators, and other workers labored around the clock.
一群铁匠、重型设备操作员和其他工人全天候地工作。
They cut apart tangled and twisted steel and hauled it away from the site.
他们将被缠住并扭曲的钢铁 并把它从现场拖走
They carefully sifted through the debris, searching for the remains of victims.
他们仔细筛选出碎片 寻找受害者的遗体
After nearly nine months, they had removed 1.
过了近九个月,他们已经搬走了 1. 联合国
8 million tons of steel and concrete from the site where the Twin Towers once stood.
从"双塔"曾经站出土的遗址出土了800万吨钢筋混凝土.
What remained was a huge hole that became known as “The Pit.”
剩下的是一个被称作“坑”的大洞。
People began plans to build a new World Trade Center as well as a memorial to the victims.
人们开始计划建立一个新的世界贸易中心以及一个受害者纪念碑。
In Shanksville, Pennsylvania, people quickly cleared away the wreckage.
在宾夕法尼亚州的尚克斯维尔,人们迅速清除了残骸.
They erected a temporary memorial just 500 yards from the crash site.
他们在离坠机地点仅500码的地方树立了一座临时纪念碑.
Years later, a permanent memorial to Flight 93 was built.
多年后,建造了一座93号航班永久纪念碑.
The Memorial Plaza includes a black granite walkway where visitors can follow part of the flight path along the Wall of Names.
纪念广场包括一个黑色花岗岩走道,游客可以沿名城墙走部分飞行道.
The wall is made of forty marble panels that are inscribed with the names of the passengers and crew.
墙由四十个大理石板所成,刻有乘客和船员的姓名.
Cleanup at the site of the World Trade Center Who Was Responsible Who was behind the deadly surprise attack?
世贸中心现场的清理 是谁在幕后策划致命的突然袭击?
Suspicion quickly fell upon an organization of terrorists known as Al-Qaeda (al-KY-duh).
怀疑迅速落在一个被称为"基地"(al-KY-duh)的恐怖分子组织上.
This terrorist group began about twenty years prior to the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon.
这个恐怖主义集团是在世界贸易中心和五角大楼遭到袭击前大约20年开始的。
It formed to resist the invasion of Afghanistan by what was then the Soviet Union.
它的形成是为了抵抗当时的苏联入侵阿富汗.
By 2001, Al-Qaeda claimed that its purpose was to rid the Middle East of the influence of the United States and Western Europe.
至2001年,"基地"组织声称其宗旨是让中东摆脱美国和西欧的影响.
It was only a matter of a few hours after the attacks that the FBI released the names of nineteen men suspected of hijacking the airplanes.
就在袭击几小时后,联邦调查局才公布被怀疑劫持飞机的19人的姓名.
The suitcase of the hijackers’ leader did not make it aboard the plane he piloted.
劫机者头目的手提箱没有放在他驾驶的飞机上。
His suitcase was later found to contain the names of all nineteen hijackers, along with other important evidence.
他的手提箱后来被发现载有所有19名劫机者的姓名,以及其他重要证据.
Before the end of the day, investigators also discovered evidence that pointed to Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden as the mastermind of the attacks.
在此之前,调查人员还发现了证据,表明基地组织领导人乌萨马·本·拉丹是袭击的策划者。
A Swift Response Immediately following the September 11 attacks, the U.
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军方开始准备寻找并惩罚责任人的计划。
Less than a month after September 11, the United States and its allies began bombing suspected Al-Qaeda camps in Afghanistan.
9月11日后不到一个月,美国及其盟友开始轰炸阿富汗被怀疑为"基地"的营地.
Attacks were also carried out against the ruling Taliban, a fundamentalist Muslim group, some of whose members provided safe spots for Al-Qaeda within the borders of Afghanistan.
塔利班这个原教旨主义的穆斯林团体也遭到袭击,其中一些成员为阿富汗境内的基地组织提供了安全地点。
President Bush and Congress passed the Homeland Security Act of 2002, which created a new government department—the Department of Homeland Security.
布什总统和国会通过了2002年《国土安全法》,该法设立了一个新的政府部门——国土安全部。
Congress also passed the USA Patriot Act to help find, arrest, and prosecute terrorists.
国会还通过了"美国爱国者法"来帮助发现,逮捕并起诉恐怖分子.
An employee of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) gently wands a three-year-old girl before her family travels from Denver back to their home in Boston in 2003.
交通安全管理局的一名雇员在2003年一家人从丹佛回波士顿的家之前轻轻地将一名三岁女孩捆绑了起来。
In an attempt to prevent future attacks, the government tightened security along U.
为了防止将来的攻击,政府加强了U一带的安全.
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Other countries around the world took similar action.
世界上其他国家也采取了类似的行动。
In many ways, life after 9 /11 was not the same.
在许多方面,9/11之后的生活并不一样.
For more than three years, Al-Qaeda and its leader, Osama bin Laden, denied any involvement in the attacks.
三年多来,基地组织及其领导人乌萨马·本·拉丹否认参与袭击。
Finally, in 2004, bin Laden publicly claimed responsibility.
最后,2004年,本·拉登公开宣称对此负责.
He stated that the motive for the attacks was to punish the United States for stationing troops in Middle Eastern countries during the 1991 Gulf War and for its support of the country of Israel.
他说,袭击的动机是惩罚美国在1991年海湾战争期间在中东国家驻扎军队并对以色列国家提供支持。
A Brief History of Israel Between 1 933 and 1 945, approximately six million Jews were put to death in areas under the control of Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Germany.
1,933到1,945年间,阿道夫·希特勒的纳粹德国所控制的地区约有600万犹太人被处死.
This organized effort to kill all the Jews in Europe is known as the Holocaust.
这种有组织地杀死欧洲所有犹太人的努力被称为"大屠杀".
After World War II, many surviving Jews wanted to live in a country all their own, where they would always feel safe and welcome.
二战后,许多幸存的犹太人都想生活在自己的国家里,在那里他们总是感到安全和受欢迎.
They chose Israel, their ancient homeland in the Middle East.
他们选择了以色列,他们在中东的古老家园。
But to create the modern state of Israel in 1 948, they had to claim land that Arabs in surrounding countries did not want to give up because the Arabs, too, considered that land their home.
但为了在一九四八年建立现代的以色列国,他们不得不要求周边国家的阿拉伯人不愿放弃的土地,因为阿拉伯人也认为这片土地是他们的家园.
Relations between Israel and those surrounding countries have been rocky ever since.
从那时起,以色列与周边国家的关系一直很不稳定。
For years the United States pursued bin Laden.
多年来,美国一直在追捕本·拉登。
It nearly captured him in eastern Afghanistan before he fled across the border into Pakistan.
在他从边境逃入巴基斯坦之前,它几乎在阿富汗东部俘虏了他。
On May 1, 2011, President Obama announced that a U.
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Navy team with special training had launched a raid on a compound in Pakistan where bin Laden was thought to be hiding.
受过特殊训练的海军小组对巴基斯坦的一个大院发动了袭击,据认为,该大院藏有本·拉登。
They swiftly entered the compound, found bin Laden, and shot him.
他们迅速进入大院,找到本·拉登并开枪打死他。
His body was transported to a Navy ship and buried at sea.
他的尸体被运送到一艘海军船只并被埋入海上.
Today the United States and several allies continue to carry out a war against terrorism.
今天,美国和几个盟国继续进行反恐怖主义战争。
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troops remain in parts of the Middle East and on alert in other areas of the world.
部队留在中东部分地区,在世界其他地区处于戒备状态。
ATLANTIC OCEAN INDIAN OCEAN INDIAN OCEAN AFRICA India Pakistan Afghanistan Israel A New Trade Center Soon after the destruction of the Twin Towers, people launched plans to build a new structure on the site.
印度洋 印度洋 印度洋 印度洋 印度 巴基斯坦 阿富汗 以色列 A 新贸易中心 双塔被摧毁后不久,人们就发起了在该地建造新结构的计划.
In 2006, after much debate, construction of a new tower, One World Trade Center, began.
2006年,经过多次辩论后,开始建造一座新塔"一个世界贸易中心".
The tower is one of the tallest buildings in the world.
该塔是世界上最高的建筑之一.
It was completed in 2014.
2014年完工.
Other towers are still being built on the site.
其他的塔楼仍在遗址上建造.
One World Trade Center stands 1,776 feet (541 m) including its antenna—the same number as the year that America claimed its independence from Great Britain.
一个世界贸易中心有1,776英尺(541米),其中包括它的天线——与美国声称从英国独立时的一年相同。
In addition to the new buildings, a memorial and a museum were built at Ground Zero.
除新建筑外,还兴建了"零地"纪念馆和博物馆.
The memorial honors those who lost their lives in the attacks.
纪念会纪念那些在袭击中丧生的人.
It features two large reflecting pools set within a grove of trees.
它的特点是在一棵树林中设置了两个大反射池。
The names of all the victims are inscribed in bronze panels bordering the pools.
所有被害者的名字被刻入与池子相接的青铜板上.
The memorial also features North America’s largest artificial waterfalls.
纪念碑还以北美最大的人工瀑布为特色.
The pools and twin waterfalls were built within the footprints of where the Twin Towers once stood.
水池和双子瀑布是在双子塔曾经站立之处的足迹所建.
The museum tells the story of 9/11 and the events leading up to the tragic day.
博物馆讲述了"九一一"的故事,以及导致悲惨一天的事件.
It has portraits of the victims of the attack and artifacts from the original site.
它有被袭击者的肖像和出自原址的文物.
The museum’s purpose is to educate the millions of people who visit the site each year.
该博物馆的目的是教育每年访问该地的数百万人.
The hope is that what they learn will help build a better future for all people and prevent a tragedy like 9/11 from ever happening again.
希望他们学到的东西能帮助为所有人建设一个更美好的未来,防止像9/11这样的悲剧再次发生.