一个债券交易公司的911悲剧一托福阅读机经背景.docxVIP

智课网TOEFL备考资料一个债券交易公司的911悲剧一托福阅读机经背景 On the morning of September 11, 2001, 658 people were working between the 101st and the 105th floor of the World Trade Centers North Tower. They were employees of Cantor Fitzgerald, a bond trading firm. When a hijacked plane slammed into the tower, all 658 lost their lives, representing one-fourth of the 3,000 people who died nationwide from the September 11 terror attacks. 2001年9月11号早晨，658个人正在纽约世贸中心北塔的101到105层楼工作，他们是债券交易公司坎特·菲茨杰拉德的雇员。当一架被恐怖分子劫持的飞机撞上世贸大楼，这658人全部丧生，人数占911美国被恐怖攻击全国总死亡人数的四分之一。 Television cameras captured the imploding towers. But the images do not show the almost 1,000 children of Cantor Fitzgerald employees who lost parents. Nor the 38 pregnant wives who became widows. 从电视的画面上虽然看到了世贸大楼爆炸的画面，却看不到1000名失去父母的孩童，他们的父母是坎特·菲茨杰拉德债券交易公司的雇员;电视画面也看不到后来成为寡妇的38名孕妇。 Doug Gardner was one of those who perished. His sister, film director Danielle Gardner, honors him in her new documentary about the firm’s tragedy. Its called Out of the Clear Blue Sky. 道格?加德纳是911事件的丧生者之一。他的姐姐丹妮尔?加德纳是电影导演。丹妮尔?加德纳拍摄一个纪录片，纪念弟弟，也纪录这场悲剧。影片的名字为“湛蓝天空的意外”(Out of the Clear Blue Sky)。 “I kind of wanted people to hear a brother-sister relationship, which is just defined by generosity and kindness, and hopefully hear love, and realize that’s what’s been lost,” Gardner said. 丹妮尔?加德纳说：“我想让观众看到手足情深--一种慷慨与亲切的互动，也希望人们感觉到爱，并且知道这种爱一旦失去就挽不回来。” Cantor Fitzgeralds CEO Howard Lutnick survived the attacks because he was out of the office that day. But his brother died. Lutnick speaks of the bond that developed among relatives of the deceased. 坎特·菲茨杰拉德公司总裁霍华德?鲁特尼克在911那天正好外出，不在办公室，但是他的弟弟却在911事件中不幸丧生。鲁特尼克描述了死者亲属之间的纽带关系。 “They were amazed to find other people with children just like theirs. So they were able to help heal their broken hearts by being with others who could listen to them, who could hear them,” Lutnick said. 他说：“他们知道其他人的处境跟他们一样：大人走了，留下了小孩，他们聚在一起，彼此倾听，这有助于自我疗伤。” As the ruins smoldered, families held out hope that their loved o