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《中英對照讀新聞》September 11 - what year? 30 percent of Americans don't know 911─哪一年?3成的美國人不知道
◎張沛元
Some 30 percent of Americans cannot say in what year the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks against New York's World Trade Center and the Pentagon in Washington took place, according to a poll published in the Washington Post newspaper.
根據華盛頓郵報所刊載的一份民意調查,大約30%的美國人,說不出來紐約的世界貿易中心與華府的國防部在2001年9月11日所遭受的恐怖攻擊,是發生在哪一年。
While the country is preparing to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the attacks that claimed nearly 3,000 lives and shocked the world,95 percent of Americans questioned in the poll were able to remember the month and the day of the attacks.
正當美國舉國準備紀念奪走將近3000條人命與震驚全世界的911恐怖攻擊屆滿5週年,接受該民調訪問的美國人中,95%的人都記得這場攻擊所發生的月份與日子。
But when asked what year, 30 percent could not give a correct answer.
但當被問到是發生在哪一年時,30%的人無法提供正確答案。
Of that group, six percent gave an earlier year, eight percent gave a later year, and 16 percent admitted they had no idea whatsoever.
在這些答不出911恐怖攻擊發生在哪一年的人當中,6%的人把年份說早了,8%說晚了,另有16%的人坦承,他們根本不知道911發生在哪一年。
新聞辭典
terrorist:名詞,恐怖份子。terror,名詞,恐怖,驚駭;terrorism,名詞,恐怖主義。例句:She ran away in terror when she saw a dead body lying in her room.(她在自己的房間裡看到死屍後嚇得跑開。)
Pentagon:名詞,五角大廈,即美國國防部,因該建築呈五角形而名之。小寫的pentagon,名詞,五角形。
poll:名詞,民意調查,投票,選舉名冊;動詞,做民意調查,投票;形容詞,剪過毛的;修過枝的。pollster,名詞,做民意調查的人。例句:I'm afraid you won't be able to vote today because we can't find your name in the poll.(我想你今天無法投票了,因為我們在選舉名冊上找不到你的名字。)
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