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chambers. (1) The statement refers to the discovery of anthrax in a letter to a leading member of the Senate, thus leading to the sealing off of the building and evacuation of members of Congress. (2) The way the idea is expressed produces a ic effect. The send running gives readers the impression that members of Congress were 高级英语 2课程讲稿 第 6 页 ，共 23 页 frightened and ran for life. (3) The writer uses Congress to stand for its members. In rhetoric, this is called metonymy, the substitution of the name of one thing for that of another with which it is closely associated. Chambers are in plural form because the House and the Senate have their respective chamber. Para. 3 This paragraph describes the feeling towards the pre September 11 days 8. The events of September 11 ... eras. (1) What are the key words in this sentence? Divide and radically different should be considered as key words. (2) What is the idea conveyed here? The idea is September 11 was a demarcation line, dividing the world into two entirely different periods. (3) radically: fundamentally, basically, pletely 9. We watch ... shades of nostalgia. 带着惆怅的心情，我们目送怀念的小筏载着 911 前的饿世界，在一种怀旧的暗淡色彩中漂流而去。 10. We will remember ... reserved for the dead. In our memory, the preSeptember 11 world was peaceful, happy and safe (overlooking the fact that this was not the case) and we will talk about those days with a feeling of deep respect and love which can only be found in talking about dead people. Para. 4 11. Meanwhile... wilderness. (1) to loom: to appear, take shape or e in sight indistinctly esp. in a large, portentous or threatening form wilderness, an uncultivated, uninhabited open region (2) How the post 9/11 era will develop (or the prospect of the post 9/11 era) appears unclear and full of uncertainties, like an uncultivated, wild region that has not been explored. 12. As with ... material capital. (1) capital: any source of benefit (2) An intense battle is being fought for the capturing of the psyche, political and material benefits of the new era. Battles of this kind had been mon in the past for the grabbing of territories which had not been colonized. 13. Former president ... values and liberties. 高级英语 2课程讲稿 第 7 页 ，共 23 页 (1) spoils: goods, territory, etc. taken by force in war 战利品 (2) Note the contrast between the struggle for the soul and the loss of most cherished values and liberties. If the spoils of war include some of our most cherished values and liberties, how can we win the struggle for the soul then? (3) In order to win the war, we might have to give up some of the basic values and liberties we treasure most. This might be the cost we have to pay. 14. Leading the change ... repressive agenda. (1) Who are those in the vanguard of this battle? They are those who advocate national security over civil liberties, those in the Department of Defence and the generals in the armed forces. (2) What are they planning to do? They are planning to carry out the plan of expanding the power of law enforcement agencies at home (Patriot Act) and of striking at the axis of evil abroad so as to extend American domination into areas originally beyond American reach, such as Central Asia. Hence, the colonization of the future. (3) warrior： a man taking part or experienced in conflict, officials in the Bush Administration took part in the Gulf Agenda： program of things to be done Para. 5 15. But there is ... a security state. (1) hubris： arrogant pride or presumption to question： to dispute。 challenge chorus： a simultaneous utterance by many (2) a growing chorus of dissenting voices more and more people join in expressing their opposition (3) question the rush toward being a security state challenge the wisdom of taking hasty, not wellthoughtout measures to put homeland defense over everything else 16. There is a dialectic afoot... (1) afoot： in operation (2) Some people in the country begin to examine the validity of the argument of security state. 17 that has been largely ignored ... multihued. (1)主流媒体基本上不反映这种情况，它们认为公众的想法只有红、白、蓝三色，殊不知人们情感、思想、观点的色谱就和美国本身一样，是多彩的。 高级英语 2课程讲稿 第 8 页 ，共 23 页 (2) to think in red, white and blue: to think simply and uniformly, in new patriotism (3) Mainstream media refers to the major print papers such as the New York Tries, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal and major TV stations such as ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN. Para. 6 18. The men in suits ... in hiding. (1) Those in the Bush Administration are telling us if those in Afghanistan (the Taliban) fail to turn over to us bin Laden and his followers (alQaeda), what our military people will do to them. Ken Kesey39。 s statement is actually a parody of Gee W. Bush39。 s speech to the joint session of Congress on Sept. 20, 2020. In his speech, Bush said, And tonight, the United States of America makes the following demands on the Taliban: Deliver to United States authorities all the leaders of al Qaeda who hide in your land. The Taliban must act, and act immediately. They will hand over the terrorists, or they will share in their fate. (2) Ken Kesey uses four the men in phrases. However, the first three refer to men in different clothing, standing for different types of people while the last one does not refer to clothing, but still standing for one type of people. the men in suitsofficials the men in uniforms military officers the men in turbansthe Taliban the men in hidingbin Laden and other leaders of al Qaeda who were said to hide in Afghanistan 19. Kesey ventured ... begin to be. (1) How did Kesey analyse the nature of the war? He considered the war as a war between th。