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B9L9 - WHAT HAPPENED ON 9-11 (Correction)
B9L9 - WHAT HAPPENED ON 9-11 (Correction)
BOOK 9 - LESSON 9
TEXT’S VOCABULARY
Grupo Extremista
HIJACKED Sequestrado EXTREME ISLAMIC GROUP
Islâmico
SKYSCRAPER Aranha-céu SINCE Desde
TO CATCH FIRE Pegar fogo U.S. TROOPS Tropas americanas
WEAPONS OF MASS Armas de destruição em
CRASHED Bateu
DESTRUCTION massa
PREVENTED Evitou TIGHTENED SECURITY Segurança mais rigorosa
BELONGED pertencia HOMELAND SECURITY Segurança nacional
What happened on 9/11?
1) After reading the text about the World Trade Center’s attack by terrorists (9/11),
answer the questions about it.
b- Which group has assumed responsibility for the attack and who was their
leader?
The group which has assumed the attack was Al-Qaaeda whose leader was Osama Bin Laden.
d- Iraq’s dictator Saddam Hussein was captured, judged and killed by the U.S.
troops. What was the reason they gave to justify Saddam’s death?
The reason gave was that he had hidden wepons of mass destruction and lied about it.
e- What the U.S. Homeland Security has done in their country to avoid new
terrorist attacks?
After the attacks the U.S. tightened security in the airports and public buildings all over
the country.
f- Al-Qaeda attacked U.S. because they believe that the Occident is the enemy in
general due to their religious-political believes are opposing to the Occident’s.
U.S. attacked Iraq because of that and remained there for years. What’s your
opinion about that?
I think/guess/believe that...... (Ex. I believe that there is always a better answer than war.)
What happened on 9/11?
2) Choose the best options to make the statements true according to the
video: ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2wVb_AILso )
The complex of buildings that suffered the 1st attack was called………………… .
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World Trade Center White house Times Square
The president on his speech says that “our very…………….. was attacked”.
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Freedom Strength Pride