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1、Of the four acknowledged heroes of the event, three are able to account for their behavior. Donald Usher and Eugene Windsor, a park police helicopter team, risked their lives every time they dipped the skids into the water to pick up survivors. On television, side by side, they described their coura

2、ge as all in the line of duty. Lenny Skutnik, a 28-year-old employee of the Congressional Budget Office, said: “Its something I never thought I would do”referring to his jumping into the water to drag an injured woman to shore. Skutnik added that “somebody had to go in the water,” delivering every h

3、eros line that is no less admirable for being repeated. In fact, nobody had to go into the water. That somebody actually did so is part of the reason this particular tragedy sticks in the mind. But the person most responsible for the emotional impact of the disaster is the one known at first simply

4、as “the man in the water.” Balding, probably in his 50s, a huge mustache. He was seen clinging with five other survivors to the tail section of the airplane. This man was described by Usher and Windsor as appearing alert and in control. Every time they lowered a lifeline and flotation ring to him, h

5、e passed it on to another of the passengers. “In a mass casualty, youll find people like him.” said Windsor. “But Ive never seen one with that commitment.” When the helicopter came back for him, the man had gone under. His selflessness was one reason the story held national attention; his anonymity

6、another. The fact that he went unidentified gave him with a universal character. For a while he was Everyman, and thus proof (as if one needed it) that no man is ordinary. Still, he could never have imagined such a capacity in himself. Only minutes before his character was tested, he was sitting in

7、the ordinary plane among the ordinary passengers, dutifully listening to the stewardess telling him to fasten his seat belt and saying something about the “no smoking sign.” So our man relaxed with the others, some of whom would owe their lives to him. Perhaps he started to read, or to doze, or to r

8、egret some harsh remark made in the office that morning. Then suddenly he knew that the trip would not be ordinary. Like every other person on that flight, he was desperate to live, which makes his final act so stunning. For at some moment in the water he must have realized that he would not live if

9、 he continued to hand over the rope and ring to others. He had to know it, no matter how gradual the effect of the cold. He felt he had no choice. When the helicopter took off with what was to be the last survivor, he watched everything in the world move away from him, and he let it happen. Yet ther

10、e was something else about our man that kept our thoughts on him, and which keeps our thoughts on him still. He was there, in the essential, classic circumstance. Man in nature. The man in the water. For its part, nature cared nothing about the five passengers. Our man, on the other hand, cared tota

11、lly. So age-old battle began again in the Potomac. For as long as that man could last, they went at each other, nature and man; the one making no distinctions of good and evil, acting on no principles, offering no lifelines; the other acting wholly on distinctions, principles and, perhaps, on faith.

12、 Since it was he who lost the fight, we ought to come again to the conclusion that people are powerless in the world. In reality, we believe the opposite, and it takes the act of the man in the water to remind us of our true feelings in this matter. It is not to say that everyone would have acted as

13、 he did, or as Usher, Windsor and Skutnik. Yet whatever moved these men to challenge death on behalf of their fellows is not peculiar to them. Everyone feels the possibility in himself. That is the enduring wonder of the story. That is why we would not let go of it. If the man in the water gave a li

14、feline to the people gasping for survival, he was likewise giving a lifeline to those who watched him. The odd thing is that we do not even really believe that the man in the water lost his fight. “Everything in Nature contains all the powers of Nature.” said Emerson. Exactly. The man In the water h

15、ad his own natural powers. He could not make ice storms, or freeze the water until it froze the blood. But he could hand life over to a stranger, and that is a power of nature too. The man in the water set himself against an immovable, impersonal enemy; he fought it with kindness and he held it to a

16、 standoff. He was the best we can do.Twenty pounds for a pair of shoes isnt bad as things go nowaday. As disasters go, this one was terrible, but not unique，certainly not among the worst U.S. air crashes on record. Air crashes usually involve a heavy loss of lives. Compared with other air crashes, t

17、his one was not the worst. This air crash was remembered for a different reason.officially measured and noted There was the unusual element of the bridge, of course, and the fact that the plane hit at a moment of high traffic. factorheavy traffic; heavy flow of vehicles along the road One thing that

18、 was unusual about this disaster was that the plane hit the bridge at a time of heavy traffic. With no one to keep order the situation in the classroom was chaotic. blastedblastedblastedblast blastblastto be explodedto move quicklycriticize severelyexplosiona gust of winda strong gust of cold wind i

19、n wintera slap in the facean action that insults or upsets someonea slap on the backa slap on the wristan action that shows praise for sth. you have donea gentle warning or punishment 略予申斥略予申斥an action that insults or upsets someone 耻辱耻辱a gentle warning or punishmenthitting sb. repeatedlyput sth. so

20、mewhere with a slapping noise Washington, the city of form and rules, turned chaotic by a blast of real winter and a single slap of metal on metal. neat and beautiful, carefully designused figuratively here, indicating the strike between the bridge and jet. Washington, which is famous for its beauty

21、 and careful design, was thrown into terrible confusion in a sudden explosion when the airplane stroke the bridge violently. Lesson 6The Man in the WaterBTLEWTo be continued on the next page.Lesson 6The Man in the WaterBTLEWIn recognition of his leadership in the cause of American independence, Wash

22、ington earned the title “Father of His Country”. With this monument, the citizens of the United States show their enduring gratitude and respect for the first President of the United States. Washington MonumentTo be continued on the next page.Lesson 6The Man in the WaterBTLEWJefferson MemorialThomas

23、 Jeffersonpolitical philosopher, architect, musician, book collector, scientist, horticulturist (园艺学家), diplomat, inventor, and third President of the United States, also author of the Declaration of American Independence, and Father of the University of Virginia To be continued on the next page.Les

24、son 6The Man in the WaterBTLEWThe end of Presidential Monument. Lincoln MemorialThe Lincoln Memorial is a tribute to President Abraham Lincoln and the nation he fought to preserve during the Civil War (1861-1865). The Lincoln Memorial was built to resemble a Greek temple. It has 36 Doric columns, on

25、e for each state at the time of Lincolns death. A sculpture by Daniel Chester French of a seated Lincoln is in the center of the memorial chamber.Lesson 6The Man in the WaterBTLEWThe end of Washington, D.C. Government clashed with the Opposition on the question of unemployment. /Government and the O

26、pposition clashed on Your party clashes with a wedding Im going to. And there was the aesthetic clash as wellblue and green Air Florida, the name of a flying garden, sunk down among gray chunks of ice in a black river.the combination of different colors which look very bad thick, solid piece or lump

27、 When the air crash occurred, it was not just a clash of metal against the bridge, but also a clash between colors: the blue-green color of the plane and the gray and black color of the ice and river. 这其中还有视觉美学冲击这其中还有视觉美学冲击蓝绿相间的蓝绿相间的“佛罗里达号佛罗里达号”（这一名字象（这一名字象征着空中花园）伴随着巨大的灰色断石坠入幽暗的河水中。征着空中花园）伴随着巨大的灰色断石

28、坠入幽暗的河水中。必须承认，绝大部分的人是遵纪守法的，但违法活动依然是个必须承认，绝大部分的人是遵纪守法的，但违法活动依然是个问题。问题。 Still, there was nothing very special in any of it, except death, which, while always special, does not necessarily bring millions to tears or to attention. Verbless structure, “although (it is) always special possibly but not cer

29、tainly make millions cry or attract millions of peoples attention This air crash has only one element death, which was special in any disastrous accidents. However, death may not be the only factor for sure making millions cry or attracted millions of peoples attention. 从属连词从属连词+名词词组名词词组从属连词从属连词+形容词

30、词组形容词词组从属连词从属连词+介词词组介词词组从属连词从属连词+副词词组副词词组Whatever the reason, his cordiality to her has won him a friend. Although always helpful, he was not much liked by people. When in Rome, do as the Romans do. He spoke ungraciously, if not rudely. 1. Although he was a lawyer by training, he became a great sold

31、ier.2. We shall continue our policy, whatever your objections may be. 3. He arrived too late to help us whether he did it by accident or by design. Why, then, the shock here? “Why was there such a shock here?” the structure of this kind of elliptical sentence Five oclock? Why so early?To go to Afgha

32、nistan? Why me?If so many businesses cant compete with other countries, why WTO then?Perhaps because the nation saw in this disaster something more than a mechanical failuremachines or their parts stop working properly. more than + n. 不仅仅是不仅仅是Modern science is more than a large amount of information

33、. We need more than material wealth to build our country.more than + number 以上，不止以上，不止I have known David for more than 20 years. More than one person has made this suggestion.more than + adjective 很，非常很，非常I assure you I am more than glad to help you.In doing scientific experiments, one must be more

34、than careful with the instruments. Perhaps because the nation saw in this disaster something more than a mechanical failuremore than + that clause超过，超过，“简直不，远非简直不，远非”That is more than I can understand .The heat there was more than he could stand. more than 比比更，比更，比多多He has more books than me. He is

35、more lucky than clever. 与其说后者，不如说前者与其说后者，不如说前者该句型主要用于同一个人或物在两个不同性质或特征等方面的比较，其该句型主要用于同一个人或物在两个不同性质或特征等方面的比较，其中的比较级必须用加中的比较级必须用加 more 的形式，不能用加词尾的形式，不能用加词尾-er 的形式。的形式。Perhaps because the nation saw in this disaster something more than a mechanical failure1. Its more than likely that theres oil here und

36、er the ground. 2. John is more daring than quick-witted. The concert was more enjoyable than the lecture. The present crisis is much more a political than an economic crisis.3.We will be more than glad to help you in any way we can. Perhaps because the nation saw in this disaster something more than

37、 a mechanical failure Perhaps because the people didnt just view this air crash as an accident due to a mechanical or a human error, there was something else more significant. Here, after all, were two forms of nature in collision: the elements and human character. the bad weather and the human char

38、acter. Both are forms of natural power.the forces of nature 自然力；风，雨等的力量自然力；风，雨等的力量 After all, there were two forms of natural power involved in this clash: the bad weather and the human character. 她的政治活动触犯了法律。她的政治活动触犯了法律。 Last Wednesday. the elements, indifferent as ever, brought down Flight 90. the

39、 bad weatherunconcerned about the consequences as always The scandal may bring down the government. Last Wednesday. the elements, indifferent as ever, brought down Flight 90. Last Wednesday, as always, the weather was so bad (it wasnt concerned about what might happen) that it made Flight 90 strike

40、the bridge and sink into the river. 她在床头柜上摸索着找眼镜。她在床头柜上摸索着找眼镜。如果可能，你可依靠他来应付这个局面。如果可能，你可依靠他来应付这个局面。And on that same afternoon, human naturegroping and struggling in mysteries of its ownrose to the occasion. On that same afternoon, human nature, searching for the flotation rings and struggling in the

41、icy water, came to prove its greatness displayed in an unexpected tragedy. Of the four acknowledged heroes of the event, three are able to account for their behavior.adj. commonly accepted or recognized give an explanation or reason for Of the four acknowledged heroes of the event, three are able to

42、 account for their behavior. Only three out of these four heroes lived to tell people what they actually had done and how they had rescued the five survivors. 光今年就有八名警察在执行任务时遇害。光今年就有八名警察在执行任务时遇害。delivering every heros line that is no less admirable for being repeated.to make a remark. e.g., to deliv

43、er a speech, to deliver a lecture. Skutnik gave a remark that has been said before by many people in similar situations, but it is still admirable. much, to a large amount That somebody actually did so is part of the reason this particular tragedy sticks in the mind.Noun clauses introduced by “that”

44、 are used as subjects only in formal English. In informal English, we usually turn them into appositive clauses by adding the word “fact”. to be rememberedBut the person most responsible for the emotional impact of the disaster is the one known at first simply as “the man in the water”to be the reas

45、on/cause forhow this disaster has moved people to be called The man who is known as “the man in the water is the main reason for the great impact of the disaster. / The people of the nation were greatly moved by this disaster mainly because of the man who is at first just known as “the man in the wa

46、ter.” 他只有一个直截了当的辞职，没有任何解释或别的说明。他只有一个直截了当的辞职，没有任何解释或别的说明。 The smell of smoke clings to my clothes for a long time. Police warned the public to be on the alert for suspected terrorists. This man was described by Usher and Windsor as appearing alert and in control. Every time they lowered a lifeline an

47、d flotation ring to him, he passed it on to another of the passengers.the ability to think and act calmly and efficiently, e s p e c i a l l y i n a n emergencyto give sb. sth. that another person has given you. lifeline: a rope used to rescue people at sea flotation ring: some kind of life-belt or

48、life-preserver (救生工救生工具）具） The man appeared to be able to think quickly and clearly, to be calm and with perfect presence of mind. Every time the rescue team lowered him a lifeline and flotation ring, he never kept it for himself, he handed it to another passenger. 。 Were looking for someone with a

49、real sense of commitment to the job. “In a mass casualty, youll find people like him,” said Windsor.” But Ive never seen one with that commitment.” We can always find heroic people like him when a large number of people were hurt in an accident because although not everyone is a hero, theres bound t

50、o be a fair representation of heroes in a big crowd. But Ive never seen anyone with such a strong sense of responsibility.a strong sense of responsibility or loyaltylarge number of people hurt or killed in an accident When the helicopter came back for him the man had gone under. When the helicopter