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【正文】 eople after Sept. 11? They had in mon with other people the sense of insecurity. For the first time, the Americans had a taste of what it meant to be living in constant fear of terrorist attack and loss of life. This put them in mon with people in regions where armed conflict or terrorism take innocent lives daily. This time, the Americans could appreciate the feeling of people in those regions better. 27. We too are mired.., safety and security. This is a further discussion of what are in mon. The terrorist attacks put the Americans at the bottom of the pyramid, trying to regain their sense of physical safety, the lowest type of safety. Safety: freedom from danger, injury, or damage security, freedom from fear, anxiety, doubt, etc. 。protection or defense against attack Para. 10 28. The new zeitgeist ... world events. The new spirit of the time even made the pop singer Ally McBeal, who usually had no interest in politics, expressed her worries about world events. to register, to show as by facial expression 29. Relationships... in September. (1) to lament: to feel or express deep sorrow for (2) When did she think relationships were easier? She thought that relationships were easier back in September before the world changed as a result of the terrorist attacks. 30. Why does the writer mention the remarks of Ally McBeal and a detective on NYPD Blue? He mentions the remarks to show that the impact of the attacks is widespread. In other words, all kinds of people are affected by the attacks. Para. 11 31. The most visible ... new patriotism. What do you think is the tone of this statement? The tone is ironical which can be seen from the choice of most visible, profound, 高級英語 2課程講稿 第 12 頁 ，共 23 頁 “zealous” to modify symptom, “trauma” , and “patriotism” . 32. Seeking solace ... being invincible. 為了尋找安慰，整個國家都用國旗裹妝起來，就像一個小孩披上超人的斗篷，扮演無敵英雄。 33 there are few places ... found a purchase. (1) 沒有什么地方看不到星條旗的 (2) has not found a purchase: has not been available 34. People who never ... patriotic. (1) Note the contrast implied in the statement. never gave much thought versus suddenly, passionately patriotic. (2) What is the tone of the statement? It is slightly ironical. (3) People who never bothered about the national flag except on national day, who never thought about the flag, suddenly became intensely patriotic. The implied meaning is that this is a kind of irrational emotion. 35. What are the two kinds of patriotism brought up by the writer in this paragraph? One is the upholding of the principles embodied in the Constitution. The other is the display of the flag everywhere, using the flag as an icon, as overpensation for a wounded ego. 36. But the now.., ego. (1) What is meant by the inescapable presence of the flag? It means the display of the flag everywhere. (2) What is meant by overpensation for a wounded ego? It means the presence of the flag everywhere seems to serve as an exaggerated effort to make up for the harm done to selfesteem. The Americans felt humiliated by the attacks. Eleven suicidal terrorists, with box cutters, hijacked four American passenger planes and struck at the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, symbols of American economic and military power, killing thousands of people. A superpower with most sophisticated weapons was caught unawares and unprepared. This greatly hurt American pride and was a blow to American arrogance. This was a blow to the myth of American invulnerability. Hence the phrase wounded ego. In order to demonstrate their determination to rally round the government and the spirit of unity, the Americans turned to the buying and displaying of the national flag. The writer uses the word overpensation to describe such action. (3) to overpensate： [psychology] to react to a real or imagined physical or psychological defeat by a conscious or unconscious exaggerated drive to pensate for it 37. The flag is an icon ... Nike swoosh. 高級英語 2課程講稿 第 13 頁 ，共 23 頁 The flag, like the Nike swoosh, is only a symbol, a brand, which cannot give the American people any actual, physical protection. Part III (Paras. 1215) The result of national paranoia is the hardening of outlook. In the . today, it is called war on terrorism. Para. 12 38. Why does the writer bring up Gee Orwell39。s novel 1984? Because there are so many similarities between the practices in the novel and practices today in the U. S. (1) imprisonment without trial: up to 2,000 people in the . have been detained without trial (2) public execution: military tribunal for captured Taliban or alQaeda followers (3) torture to extract confessions： In Polls when asked whether torture to extract confessions permissible, about 50% of the polled said yes. (4) practices tolerated, even defended: over 80%, tolerated, even defended such practices (5) who considered themselves enlightened and progressive: most Americans consider themselves enlightened That39。s why the U. S. government issues an annual Human Rights Report on every other country in the world. Para. 13 39. What role does this paragraph play? (1) It serves as a transition, leading to war on terrorism. (2) It is a onesentence paragraph for emphasis. (3) In the U. S. today, this attitude of being unsympathetic takes the form of war on terrorism. Para. 14 40. At its forefront ... mentality. (1) What does its stand for? It stands for war on terrorism. (2) Who are those new defenders of the Homeland? They are Attorney General John As