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1、UnitSevenThePowerofSpiritSectionAPre-readingQuestions1.WhatdoyouknowabouttheSeptember11attacksinAmerica?2.Whydoterroristattackshappensofrequentlyintoday’sworld?3.Itisimportantforfamilymemberstocareabouteachotherwhentheyareinadifficultsituation.Canyougiveanexampl
2、e?September11,2001wasanightmarishdayfortheAmericanpeople.Thehorribleattacksclaimedmanypeople’slives.Theoneswhosurvivedhavetogothroughsufferingsphysicallyandpsychologically.However,withloveandsupportfromtheirfamiliesthesurvivorsarestartingtogettheirlivesback.Invi
3、ncible1OnawarmlateafternooninNewYorkCity,LaurenManningbreezesthroughthedoorwithasunnysmiletomeetus,herhusband,Greg,atherside.Awhitemedicalsleevecoversherlefthandfollowingarecentoperation,butheroutstretchedrighthandisbeautifullymanicured.“Oh,thiswasabigdeal,”shes
4、ayswithenthusiasm.“Idon’thavethatmanynailsleft—Ilostpartsofafewfingersonmylefthand—andoneofmynailsgrowsstrangely.Sothismanicurewashuge.Amilestone.”2EverydaysinceSeptember11,2001,hasbeenamilestoneforLaurenManning.Burnedover82percentofherbodyintheWorldTradeCentera
5、ttack,shewasgivenjusta15percentchanceofsurviving.Now,alittlemorethantwoyearslater,sheisplanningathird-birthdaypartyforherson,Tyler.“IjustvisitedtheChildren’sZooinCentralParkwherewe’regoingtohaveit,”shesays.“Ididn’tgrowupwithpartieslikethis,buthe’souronlychildand
6、itbringsusgreatpleasure.”73“What’sgreat,”saysGreg,“isthatLaurenwillbethere.Therewasatimewhenwecouldn’tbesureaboutthis.”4LaurenstillrememberslyinginthebrilliantsunshineonthegreengrassoutsidetheWorldTradeCenterinunspeakablepain—yet“seeingeverybladeofgrasswithrazor
7、precision,”shesays.Walkingintothenorthtower,unawarethataplanehadstruck,shehadbeenengulfedbyafireballasjetfuelpoureddownanelevatorshaftandexploded.Onherbackinthemidstofthehorror,debrisrainingdownaroundher,Laurenmadethedecisiontolive—forGregandforTyler,then10month
8、sold.5Greghadwatchedthetowersburningfromthebalconyoftheirapartmentandwascertainhiswifewasdead.WhenhefoundherlaterthatmorningatSt.Vincent’sHospital,hetoldhershewouldbe