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慢速英语:US Marks 14th Anniversary of 9/11 Attacks

Source: VOA    2015-09-12   English BBS   Favorite  

短语讲解:

1. Nearly 3,000 people died on September 11, 2001 when hijackers used four passenger airplanes to carry out suicide attacks in the United States.

carry out 进行; 执行; 完成
例句:No matter what we do, we must carry out our duties.
无论干什么工作,我们都应履行自己的职责。

2. In addition to the victims, the 19 hijackers also were killed.

in addition to 除…之外
例句:In addition to French, he has to study Japanese.
除了法语外,他还得学日语。

3. The Flight 93 National Memorial was set up to recognize the passengers and crewmembers who attacked the hijackers.

set up 建立; 准备; 安排
例句:They set up many branches throughout the country.
他们在全国建立好多分公司。

4. “They’ll get a sense of who those 40 heroes were, as well as what their collective actions did to help save the Capitol building that morning.”

as well as 也,又
例句:His interests included poetry as well as mathematics.
他不仅喜爱数学而且也爱写诗。


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