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4th Hijacked1 Plane Crashes in Pennsy

lvania

11 Sep 2001 20:24 UTC

 

As suspected terror attacks were being carried out in Washington and New York, a fourth plane crashed Tuesday in the state of Pennsylvania.

United Airlines flight 93 left Newark International Airport in New Jersey2 just past 8 o'clock Tuesday morning bound for the Californian city of San Francisco.

Virginia Congressman3 James Moran says 1)terrorists 2)apparently 3)intended to crash the Boeing 757 into the U.S. Presidential retreat at Camp David in the mountains of western Maryland. Instead, the plane 4)crashed some 150 kilometers west near the Pennsylvanian town of Somerset near Pittsburg.

Airline officials say the plane was carrying 38 passengers, two 5)pilots, and five flight 6)attendants.

A passenger onboard flight 93 telephoned authorities shortly before 10:00 a.m. saying the plane had been hijacked. The man, who was speaking on his cell phone from the airplane's bathroom, told an emergency dispatcher that the plane was going down. He then heard some sort of explosion and the line was cut.

The jet crashed into a grassy4 field on the site of a former strip mine. There were no 7)survivors.

 

 

(1)      terrorist[5terErIst]n.恐怖分子

(2)      apparently[E5pArEntlI]adv.显然地

(3)      intend[In5tend]vt.想要, 打算, 意指

(4)      crash[krAF]n.碰撞, 坠落, 坠毁 v.碰撞, 坠落, 坠毁

(5)      pilot[5paIlEt]n.飞行员, 领航员 vt.驾驶(飞机等), 领航

(6)      attendant[E5tend(E)nt]n.服务员

(7)      survivor[sE5vaIvE(r)]n.生还者, 残存物

 

 


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1 hijacked 54f3e68c506e45e75f9a155a27738c2f     
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。
2 jersey Lp5zzo     
n.运动衫
参考例句：
  • He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
  • They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。
3 Congressman TvMzt7     
n.（美）国会议员
参考例句：
  • He related several anecdotes about his first years as a congressman.他讲述自己初任议员那几年的几则轶事。
  • The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics.这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。
4 grassy DfBxH     
adj.盖满草的；长满草的
参考例句：
  • They sat and had their lunch on a grassy hillside.他们坐在长满草的山坡上吃午饭。
  • Cattle move freely across the grassy plain.牛群自由自在地走过草原。

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