延边大学《大学英语》课件-Unit7-Unit8(Book4)D.pptxVIP

延边大学大学英语BOOK4Unit7;Unit7 Terrorism;Text A The Nightmare and The Dreams; Objectives ? a) grasp the main idea of the text; b) appreciate the characteristics of a familiar essay; c) master the key language points and grammatical structures in the text; d) conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking and writing activities related to the theme of the unit. ;The Wall Street Journal: the leading financial newspaper in the US. It was first published in 1889 by Charles H Dow and Edward D Jones and is still owned by Dow Jones Company, which also publishes the Dow Jones Average. Although its main concern is business and economic news, the Journal also carries full-size articles about political and general topics. Terrorism: use of violence, or the threat of violence, to create a climate of fear in a given population. Terrorist violence targets ethnic or religious groups, governments, political parties, corporations, and media enterprises. Organizations that engage in acts of terror are usually small in size and limited in resources compared to the populations and institutions they oppose. Through publicity and fear generated by their violence, they seek to magnify their influence and power to affect political change on either a local or an international scale. ;September 11 Attacks: coordinated terrorist strike on the United States in 2001 that killed more than 3,000 people and shook the nation to its core. On the sunny morning of September 11,2001, 19 terrorists, working in teams of 4 or 5, hijacked four commercial jetliners and turned them toward targets chosen for destruction. Two of the planes, loaded with fuel and passengers, were flown at full speed into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in the financial district of New York City. The buildings burst into flame and then collapsed, killing thousands. A third terrorist crew smashed their plane into the Pentagon, headquarters of the U.S. military in Arlington, Virginia. The h