Unit 1 “We’ve Been Hit!”課文翻譯綜合教程二

1、單位1 Weve Been Hit！他說With the building in flames，one man needed help。another man refused to leave him。Adam may Blum used to enjoy watching as storms lashed the windows of his office : you think that s power？may Blum would scoff . I m on the 87 th floor of the world trade center . that s power . the d

2、raw strings on his window shades would ad But it was an illusswhen may Blum felt a devastating rumble on that September morning，he glanced at the draw strings . they were careening wildly，three feeningmay Blum would be one of thousands cast into an extra ordinary purgatory that morning 1 .while as m

3、any as 25，000 would find their way to safetyFor some，it was a matter of geography 2-not just which tower they worked in or which floor，but in which corner of the building .For some，the choices were as basic as which stair case to use . others faced the ultimate moral dile MMA 3360 save your self，or

4、save anothethe confusion inside Adam may Blum s office at may Davis，a financial services firm，lasted just seconds . he knew he needed to get outHe ripped his T-shirt into pieces，soaked the pieces in water and gave them to colleagues to cover their faces . among them 3360 Harry rame Headsparks bit at

5、 may Blum s ankles as he raced for the stairs . he bolted down two flights before realizing that his trading partner，hong Zhu Had beenthere was no sign of hong . may Blum hurried down again and made it to the 78th floor，a transfer lobby where one set of elevators and stairs ended ramoorMay Blum cont

6、inued his descent，the muscles in his calves contracting in spasms . on the 53rd floor，he came across a heavy set man whose lee“do you want to come，or do you want us to send help？”mablum showted .the man asked him to send help . Adam said he would .In the noise，smoke and sparks，May Blum didn t realiz

7、e that his friend hong Zhu was behind him in the stair well the whole time . when hong got“Ill give you a hand，”hong saiiTogether，Ramos and hong helped the man down one more flight to an elevator .“don t take it”a port authority official screamed。hong and Ramos tried to send a magazine down in The e

8、levator to test its safety . but when they pressed The down button，The doors wouldnHe stepped inside，and the doors shut behind him。hong took the elevator down to the 44 th floor，the next transfer lobby.so far，so good.he pressed 52， went back up and CADon 44 hong and Ramos helped the man toward the l

9、ast bank of elevators that would take them all the way down .hong pressed the down button again . nothing . they would have to take the stairs .Ramos and hong tried to support the man?！皁ne step at a time，”hong said。they had been trying to get out for an hour and five minutes . they were on 36 when t

10、hey felt the south tower collapse .“We really have to move，”Hong said。the rumbles of the collapsing tower next door seemed to sap the heavy set man of his last gasps of energy .“I cant do it any more，”he saphong and Ramos tried to persuade him to continue。(you dont have to move your legs！)洪淑德。(just

11、move your butt.lets go！)But the man couldnt go on。a fireman ran up to them . hong expected that he would join in to get the heavy man to move . instead，the fireman turned to hong .“who are you，screaming at him to get out？”The fireman shouted。(You get out！)Hong looked at Ramos，who was still standing

12、with the heavy set man?！癐m coming down with you，”Ramos told the man。 Im not going to leave . “I left，”hong says sorrowfully?！癮lone .”The next day，Adam may Blum sent an e-mail describing his experience to friends and relatives，Who sent it to still others . the-mail was readOn Saturday，September 15，Ma

13、y Davis s chairman had a gathering at his new jersey home . Adam May Blum was there . so was hong Zhu . Rebecca wasRamoss wife，Micky，was there too . she kept asking may Blum and hong where her husband was，convinced that somehow，HarryPiece by piece，She developed a picture of his escape 3360 Harry was

14、 on 87 when the plane hit . he stopped to help on 78 . he met up with hong on 53。but as hard as Tried，as many questions as she asked，the picture began to fade on the 36 th floor . 6(我們撞了)亞當(dāng)梅布拉姆喜歡暴風(fēng)雨襲擊他辦公室窗戶的場面。你認(rèn)為這是力量嗎？梅布拉姆可能會笑。我在世界貿(mào)易中心87樓。這就是力量。百葉窗的繩子看起來輕輕搖晃，但那只是假象。位于離地面1040英尺的高度，但世界貿(mào)易中心相當(dāng)堅固。9月的那天早晨，梅布拉姆感到破壞性的隆隆聲時，他瞥了一眼繩子。他們瘋狂地從3英尺的任何方向掉了下來。那天早晨，數(shù)千人將卷入驚險的災(zāi)難，梅布拉姆也是其中之一。找到了最多25000人安全逃脫的方法，但其他5000人沒有逃過這場災(zāi)難。對某些人來說，生死取決于他們現(xiàn)在所在的地理位置，即哪個建筑物，哪個樓層，更重要的是在建筑物的哪個角落。(莎士比亞，死亡)對某些人來說，選擇使用的樓梯是最基本的。別人面對的是最終的道德困境：拯救自己，還是拯救別人。在一家叫戴維斯的金融服務(wù)公司