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Reporter:As the firefighters, the police officers, the rescue workers who have been laboring¹ all night here in Lower Manhattan tell us now that they have daybreak,
[00:-0.50]记者：在曼哈顿南区工作了整个通宵的消防员、警员、拯救人员告诉我们现在他们已看见黎明，
[00:-1.00]that they confront three basic problems. Number one:there are still fires burning here in Lower Manhattan.
[00:-1.50]他们面临三个基本问题：第一，在曼哈顿南区仍然有残火。
[00:-2.00]If you look behind me you can see some of the smoke that's still billowing out of what remains² here of the World Trade Centers as we look Soth here on West Broadway.
[00:-2.50]当我们站在西百老汇上向南看时，如果你也在场，你就会发现，世贸中心的残砾中仍有大量的浓烟冒出。
[00:-3.00]But you can also see the fire hoses twenty-two hours after the first explosion still spraying water on the buildings.
[00:-3.50]但你也能看到在第一次爆炸二十二小时后很多灭火水龙头带还在向建筑物喷水。
[00:-4.00]Problem number two is that there are buildings that they still fear will collapse³.
[00:-4.50]第二个问题是他们仍然担心会有建筑物已经倒塌，
[00:-5.00]Of course what you have is three major structures have collapsed⁴, but there is a great fear that many more buildings have been severely⁵ damaged.
[00:-5.50]当然你们已知道三栋主要建筑物已经倒塌，但很大可能会有更多的建筑物严重损毁。
[00:-6.00]The third problem is that there is so much debris⁶ that they cannot mount a serious rescue effort.
[00:-6.50]第三个问题是由于残砾碎瓦太多，他们很难扩大成果。
[00:-7.00]Therein some caverns⁷ some firefighters tell us looking for survivors⁸. But it is a cruelly slow process.
[00:-7.50]在其中的一些凹陷处，一些消防员告诉我们正在寻找生还者。但这是一个非常缓慢的进程。
[00:-8.00]Overnight in New York City, a faint glimmer⁹ of hope,
[00:-8.50]在纽约市的整个通宵，希望之光在变得黯淡，
[00:-9.00]at least two victims pulled alive from the rubble¹⁰ and there may be others still trapped inside the World Trade Center's collapsed remains.
[00:-9.50]从瓦砾堆中至少有两个生还的受害者被救了出来，然而，世贸中心的废墟里面还仍然有其他的人受困其中。
[00:10.00]Reports of cell-phone calls from the few survivors pleading for help.
[00:10.50]据报道几乎没有幸存者用手机求救。
[00:11.00]We do know there are people in the building that are alive.
[00:11.50]我们确定知道大厦里仍然有人还活着。
[00:12.00]We know that for a fact. We're very hopeful there are pockets where there are people not only the ones that we know about but hopefully others.
[00:12.50]我们认为这是事实，我们非常希望在废墟穴中除了我们认识的人活着外，还有其他人也活着。
[00:13.00]But elsewhere the news is grim. The president last night puts the death toll¹¹ from the attacks in the thousands after an estimated 12 to 20 terrorists wielding¹² make-shift knives hijacked¹³ four domestic airliners¹⁴.
[00:13.50]但其他地方的传来消息却是残酷的，估计12至20名恐怖主义分子利用伸缩刀劫持四架国内航机后，昨晚总统已经宣布由于袭击而死亡的人数增至数千人。
[00:14.00]Brand new video obtained over-night shows the first attack plane crashing into the World Trade Center's North Tower.
[00:14.50]据刚得到的新录影带整夜播放了第一架袭击飞机撞进了世贸中心的北塔。
[00:15.00]Minutes later television helicopters record the second plane crashing into the south tower.
[00:15.50]几分钟后电视广播的直升飞机拍摄到第二架飞机撞进世贸中心南塔，
[00:16.00]The two, one hundred and ten story buildings so badly damaged that they collapse.
[00:16.50]两次撞击使这座110层的高楼严重受损而倒塌。
[00:17.00]One after the other. Among the missing the rescuers themselves. Last night New York City firefighters and police confirmed over three hundred of their own are believed dead.
[00:17.50]一架接着一架。昨晚纽约市消防员和警方确定在失踪的拯救人员中，相信超过三百人已经遇难。
[00:18.00]And at the Pentagon the sight of the third plane attack.
[00:18.50]在被第三架飞机撞击的五角大楼现场，
[00:19.00]Firefighters last night said the death toll could rise as high as almost 800 people.
[00:19.50]昨晚消防员说死亡人数几乎上升到八百人。
[00:20.00]Last night Air Force One, escorted by two fighter jets returned President Bush to Washington where he brands the attacks as evil and despicable,

[00:20.50]昨晚空军一号在两架喷气式战机的护航下，护送布什总统回到华盛顿，总统在那指责这些袭击是邪恶和卑劣的，
[00:21.00]vowing that America will win the war against terrorism.
[00:21.50]并发誓美国会赢得反对恐怖主义战争的胜利，
[00:22.00]The Saudi born terrorist, Osama Bin¹⁵ Ladan, the prime suspect.
[00:22.50]指出阿拉伯裔恐怖主义者，奥萨玛·本·拉登，是主要嫌疑人。
[00:23.00]Mr. Bush makes a thinly veiled threat of reprisal¹⁶ against his backers in Afghanistan.
[00:23.50]布什总统对阿富汗的拉登背后支持者发出极其模糊的威胁信息。
[00:24.00]Mr.Bush:We will make no distinction between the terrorist who committed these acts and those who harbor them.
[00:24.50]布什先生：进行这些行动的恐怖主义分子和那些包庇他们的人对我们来说都有没区别的。
[00:25.00]The two hijacked planes which toppled the World Trade Center both originated out of Boston.
[00:25.50]两架被劫持撞倒世贸中心的客机都是由波士顿起飞的。
[00:26.00]This morning, the Boston Herald¹⁷ reports that authorities have identified at least five Arab men as suspects,
[00:26.50]今晨，波士顿先驱报报道说当局已确认至少五个阿拉伯人为嫌疑犯，
[00:27.00]one of them a trained pilot.
[00:27.50]其中一个是接受过训练的飞行员。
[00:28.00]And a car laden¹⁸ with Arabic language flight training manuals was found at Logan Airport's central parking garage.
[00:28.50]并且在洛根机场的中央停车场发现了一辆装满阿拉伯语飞行训练手册的小车。
[00:29.00]As for Bin Laden's suspected role, Sen. Orin Hatch tells the Associated Press that the United States intercepted¹⁹ communications between Bin Laden supporters discussing targets that were hit.
[00:29.50]至于本·拉登被作为嫌疑人，森·奥林·汉奇告诉美联社，说美国截听到本·拉登支持者间讨论目标被击中的通话。
[00:30.00]And at least one of the suspected hijackers had known ties to the terrorist.
[00:30.50]而至少有一个劫机犯已被查证与恐怖分子有关。
[00:31.00]One of the biggest mysteries:why did the fourth hijacked plane not hit a target?
[00:31.50]现在其中一个最大的谜团就是：为什么第四架被劫持的飞机没有击中目标？
[00:32.00]Crashing instead in western Pennsylvania. One possible explanation:a passenger on the doomed²⁰ flight reportedly called his wife telling her "We're all going to die, I love you."
[00:32.50]却相反在宾夕法尼亚州西部坠毁。一个可能的解释是：据报道这死亡航机上的一位乘客曾给他的妻子打电话说“我们都难逃一死，我爱你。”
[00:33.00]But indicating that he and two other passengers had decided²¹ to try to overpower the hijackers.
[00:33.50]还暗示他和另外两名乘客已经决定尝试制服劫机者。
[00:34.00]Attorney General John Ashcroft told Congress last night that that plane was believed to be headed for Washington, D.C.
[00:34.50]昨晚司法部长约翰·阿什克罗特告知国会那架飞机相信是以华盛顿为目标的。

1 laboring   

n.劳动，操劳v.努力争取(for)( labor的现在分词 )；苦干；详细分析；（指引擎）缓慢而困难地运转

参考例句：

• The young man who said laboring was beneath his dignity finally put his pride in his pocket and got a job as a kitchen porter. 那个说过干活儿有失其身份的年轻人最终只能忍辱，做了厨房搬运工的工作。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• But this knowledge did not keep them from laboring to save him. 然而，这并不妨碍她们尽力挽救他。 来自飘（部分）

2 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

3 collapse   

vi.累倒；昏倒；倒塌；塌陷

参考例句：

• The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
• The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。

4 collapsed   

adj.倒塌的

参考例句：

• Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
• The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。

5 severely   

adv.严格地；严厉地；非常恶劣地

参考例句：

• He was severely criticized and removed from his post.他受到了严厉的批评并且被撤了职。
• He is severely put down for his careless work.他因工作上的粗心大意而受到了严厉的批评。

6 debris   

n.瓦砾堆，废墟，碎片

参考例句：

• After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.轰炸之后到处瓦砾成堆。
• Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth,causing decay.细菌附着在牙缝中的食物残渣上，导致蛀牙。

7 caverns   

大山洞，大洞穴( cavern的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Within were dark caverns; what was inside them, no one could see. 里面是一个黑洞，这里面有什么东西，谁也望不见。 来自汉英文学 - 家（1-26） - 家（1-26）
• UNDERGROUND Under water grottos, caverns Filled with apes That eat figs. 在水帘洞里，挤满了猿争吃无花果。

8 survivors   

幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
• survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者

9 glimmer   

v.发出闪烁的微光；n.微光，微弱的闪光

参考例句：

• I looked at her and felt a glimmer of hope.我注视她，感到了一线希望。
• A glimmer of amusement showed in her eyes.她的眼中露出一丝笑意。

10 rubble   

n.（一堆）碎石，瓦砾

参考例句：

• After the earthquake,it took months to clean up the rubble.地震后，花了数月才清理完瓦砾。
• After the war many cities were full of rubble.战后许多城市到处可见颓垣残壁。

11 toll   

n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)

参考例句：

• The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
• The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。

12 wielding   

手持着使用（武器、工具等）( wield的现在分词 )； 具有； 运用（权力）； 施加（影响）

参考例句：

• The rebels were wielding sticks of dynamite. 叛乱分子舞动着棒状炸药。
• He is wielding a knife. 他在挥舞着一把刀。

13 hijacked   

劫持( hijack的过去式和过去分词 )； 绑架； 拦路抢劫； 操纵（会议等，以推销自己的意图）

参考例句：

• The plane was hijacked by two armed men on a flight from London to Rome. 飞机在从伦敦飞往罗马途中遭到两名持械男子劫持。
• The plane was hijacked soon after it took off. 那架飞机起飞后不久被劫持了。

14 airliners   

n.客机，班机( airliner的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The fog grounded the airliners. 大雾迫使班机停飞。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They placed very stable and accurate atomic clocks on regularly scheduled jet airliners. 他们将非常稳定、准确的原子钟装在定期飞行的喷气式班机上。 来自辞典例句

15 bin   

n.箱柜；vt.放入箱内；[计算机] DOS文件名:二进制目标文件

参考例句：

• He emptied several bags of rice into a bin.他把几袋米倒进大箱里。
• He threw the empty bottles in the bin.他把空瓶子扔进垃圾箱。

16 reprisal   

n.报复，报仇，报复性劫掠

参考例句：

• There is no political alternative but a big reprisal.政治上没有旁的选择只能是大规模报复。
• They bombed civilian targets in reprisal.他们炮轰平民目标作为报复。

17 herald   

vt.预示...的来临，预告，宣布，欢迎

参考例句：

• In England, the cuckoo is the herald of spring.在英国杜鹃鸟是报春的使者。
• Dawn is the herald of day.曙光是白昼的先驱。

18 laden   

adj.装满了的；充满了的；负了重担的；苦恼的

参考例句：

• He is laden with heavy responsibility.他肩负重任。
• Dragging the fully laden boat across the sand dunes was no mean feat.将满载货物的船拖过沙丘是一件了不起的事。

19 intercepted   

拦截( intercept的过去式和过去分词 )； 截住； 截击； 拦阻

参考例句：

• Reporters intercepted him as he tried to leave the hotel. 他正要离开旅馆，记者们把他拦截住了。
• Reporters intercepted him as he tried to leave by the rear entrance. 他想从后门溜走，记者把他截住了。

20 doomed   

命定的

参考例句：

• The court doomed the accused to a long term of imprisonment. 法庭判处被告长期监禁。
• A country ruled by an iron hand is doomed to suffer. 被铁腕人物统治的国家定会遭受不幸的。

21 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。