在严冬里突如其来的一阵强风中，钢铁的机身猛烈撞击到钢铁的桥面，把这 个布局合理、尽然有序的城市搞得一片混乱。
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Washington D.C. , the city of form and rules: Metro Map
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Washington D.C. , the city of form and rules: Sightseeing Map
Text Analysis Structure
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Air crashes usually involve _a_h_e_a_v_y_l_o_s_s_o_f_li_v_e_s_. _C_o_m__p_a_re_d__w_i_th__other air crashes, this one was not the_w__o_rs_t_.
– Tuห้องสมุดไป่ตู้n chaotic: become chaotic; be thrown into terrible confusion.
– A blast of real winter: a sudden strong really cold wind.
– Slap: quick blow with something flat.
unconcern about the consequences as always made the plane fall down
was able to deal with an unexpected problem, a difficult task
Last Wednesday,_t_h_e_b_a_d_w__e_a_th_e_r_, unconcerned about the consequences it might bring about as always,_m__ad_e__F_li_g_h_t_9_0_f_a_ll_d_o_w__n_.
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Text Analysis Detailed Analysis
Part I: Words & Expressions
Words chaotic; blast; slap; aesthetic; elements
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Phrases
Phrases
on record; bring … to tears; in collision; as ever; bring down; rise to the occasion
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Last Wednesday the elements, indifferent as ever, brought down Flight 90. And on that same afternoon human nature—groping and struggling— rose to the occasion. (Para. 2)
apposition
combination of colours which gave an artistic effect on the horrible scene, stressing what met the eye
The clash was also a clash of colours, a horrible eye-catching scene.
On that same afternoon, human nature, groping for the _f_lo_t_a_ti_o_n_r_in_g_s_and struggling in the__ic_y_w__a_te_r__, came to prove its _g_r_e_a_t_n_es_s__displayed in an unexpected tragedy.
Sentence as disasters go, this one was terrible …; why, Pattern then, the shock here? Grammar appositive clauses
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blast
— v. (1)to explode or destroy sth. or sb. with explosive, or to break through or hit something with a similar, very strong force.
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And there was the aesthetic clash as well—blue and green Air Florida, the name of a flying garden, sunk down among gray chunks of ice in a black river. (Para. 1)
– The city of form and rules: the city that is neat and beautiful. (Washington was the first carefully planned city in the world with parallel streets cut by diagonal avenues. Its design was considered a masterpiece. )
This air crash was remembered for__a_d_i_ff_e_re_n_t_r_e_a_s_o_n_.
• Usual
-hit a bridge at …high traffic -location -aesthetic clash -two forms in nature in collision
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Text Analysis Detailed Analysis
• Washington, the city of form and rules, turned chaotic by a blast of real winter and a single slap of metal on metal. (para.1)