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Can Buildings Be Designed to Resist Terrorist Attack?
建築設計能使建築抵禦恐怖襲擊嗎?
In the aftermath of1 the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, structural engineers are trying hard to solve a question that a month ago would have been completely unthinkable ： Can building be designed to withstand catastrophic blasts inflicted by terrorists?
在世貿中心遭受恐怖襲擊後一段時間內，建築工程師們試圖解決一個在一個月前人們從未想過的問題：建築設計能使建築具有抵禦恐怖襲擊的效能嗎?
Ten days after the terrorist attacks on the twin towers， structural engineers from the University at Buffalo and the Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (MCEER) headquartered at UB traveled to ground zero2 as part of a project funded by the National Science Foundation. Visiting the site as part of an MCEER reconnaissance visit, they spent two days beginning the task of formulating ideas about how to design such structures and searching for clues on how to do so in buildings that were damaged, but still are standing3.
恐怖的分子襲擊雙子塔10天后，布法羅大學的建築工程師和總部設在布法羅大學多學科中心的地震工程 研究所作為國家科學基金出資的一個專案的一部分來到了世貿中心被毀現場。參觀了地震研究所部分人員考察的地點，他們用了 2天時間開始將如何設計抵抗襲擊的建築的想法系統化並且在那些已損壞但未倒塌 的建築中尋找如何設計的線索。
“Our objective in visiting ground zero was to go and look at the buildings surrounding the World Trade Center, those buildings that are still standing, but that sustained damage4,”said M. Bruneau, Ph. D. “Our immediate hope is that we can develop a better understanding as to why those buildings remain standing, while our long-term goal is to see whether earthquake engineering technologies can be married to existing technologies5 to achieve enhanced performance of buildings6 in the event of terrorist attacks. ” he added.
我們考察被毀現場的`目的是去看看世貿中心周圍的建築，那些被損壞但沒倒塌的建築。 M. Brunean 博士說。我們當前的願望是能對那些建築沒倒塌的原因有更好的認識，而我們的長遠目標是看能否將抗 震技術與現有建築技術結合以提高在恐怖襲擊事件中建築的效能。他補充說。
Photographs taken by the investigators demonstrate in startling detail7 the monumental damage inflicted on the World Trade Center towers and buildings in the vicinity. One building a block away from the towers remains standing, but was badly damaged.“This building is many meters away from the World Trade Center and yet we see a column there that used to be part of that building，” explained A. Whittaker, Ph. D. “The column became a missile that shot across the road, through the window and through the floor. ”
研究者拍攝的照片以驚人的細節展示了恐怖襲擊對世貿中心及其附近建築造成的嚴重損壞。一幢離世貿中心一街區遠的建築雖被嚴重損壞但未倒塌。 這幢建築離世貿中心數英米遠，然而我們在被毀現場還 看到過去曾是其一部分的一個圓柱，A. Whittaker 博士說，這個圓柱充當了一枚發射物，跨過了道路， 穿過了窗戶和樓層。
The visit to the area also revealed some surprises, according to the engineers . For example, the floor framing8 systems in one of the adjacent buildings was quite rugged, allowing floors that were pierced by tons of falling debris to remain intact 9. “Highly redundant ductile framing systems may provide a simple, but robust strategy for blast resistance. ”He added. Other strategies may include providing alternate paths for gravity loads in the event that a load-bearing column fails. “ We also need a better understanding of the mechanism of collapse”，said A. Whittaker. “We need to find out what causes a building to collapse and how you can predict it. “
據工程師們說，在被毀現場的考察也發現了一些令人驚奇的事。例如，附近一幢建築的樓板骨架系統非常堅固，這使那些被成噸的殘片擊穿的樓板得以完整無缺。高度充分的伸展的骨架系統可以為具有 抗爆炸效能提供簡單而有效的方法。他補充說。其他方法可以包括在承重部分 失去作用時為重力的下落 提供多種途徑。我們也需要更好地認識倒塌的過程，A. Whittaker 說， 我們需要找到是什麼引起建築 倒塌和如何對其進行預測。
A. Reinhorn, Ph. D. noted that “earthquake shaking has led to the collapse of many buildings in the past. It induces dynamic response and extremely high stresses and deformations in structural components. Solutions developed for earthquake-resistant design may be directly applicable to blast engineering and terrorist-resistant design. Part of our mission now at UB is to transfer these solutions and to develop new ones where none exist at present. “
A. Reinhorn 博士特別提到在過去，地震造成的震動使許多建築物倒塌。它引起動力 的反應、極強的壓力和建築結構部分變形。抗震效能設計的發展也許可直接適用於爆炸工程和抗襲擊效能的設計，我 們在布法羅大學任務的一部分是吸收這些解決方法並找到未知的新方法。
詞彙：
aftermath n後果，結果
withstand v經受住
inflict v使遭受，施加
reconnaissance n勘察;偵察
in the vicinity 附近
debris n碎片
intact a未受損傷的，完整無缺的
ductile a可伸展的，易變形的
註釋：
1. in the aftermath of…：在……(災難性的事件發生)後的一段時間內。例如： in the aftermath of the Second World War：第二次世界大戰結束後的時期
2. ground zero：世界貿易中心(雙子塔)被毀現場
3. buildings that were damaged, but still are standing：那些已被損壞但未倒塌的建築
4. but that sustained damage：但遭到了損壞。sustain：蒙受，遭受(傷害或損失) 。
5. whether earthquake engineering technologies can be married to existing technologies：抗震技術能否與現有的建築技術相結合。be married to：與……相結合。
6. to achieve enhanced performance of buildings：以提高建築的效能
7. in startling detail：以令人吃驚的細節
8. the floor framing：樓板骨架
9. allowing floors that were pierced by tons of falling debris to remain intact：那些被成噸的殘片擊穿的樓板得以完整無缺
練習：
1. The question raised in the first paragraph is one .
A that was asked by structural engineers a month ago
B that is too difficult for structural engineers to answer even now
C that was never thought of before the terrorist attack
D that terrorists are eager to find a solution to
1. C 建築設計是否能使建築具有抵禦恐怖襲擊的效能，是在一個月前世界貿易中心受到襲擊之前人們從未想過的一個問題。這是第一段的主要內容。所以，只有 C 是正確答案。
2. The project funded by the National Science Foundation .
A was first proposed by some engineers at UB
B took about two days to complete
C was to investigate the damage caused by the terrorist attack
D was to find out why some buildings could survive the blasts
2. D A 不是正確選項，因為文章沒有提及誰首先提出這個專案。B 或 C 都不是文章所述的內容。答案 可以在第三段中找到。
3. The column mentioned by Dr. Whittaker .
A was part of the building close to the World Trade Center
B was part of the World Trade Center
C was shot through the window and the floor of the World Trade Center
D damaged many buildings in the vicinity of the World Trade Center
3. A “we see a column there that used to be part of that building . . .” 這裡的 that building 指的是 the building many meters away from the World Trade Center。
4. A surprising discovery made by the investigators during their visit to ground zero is that .
A floors in the adjacent buildings remain undamaged
B some floor framing systems demonstrate resistance to explosion
C simple floor framing systems are more blast resistant
D floors in one of the adjacent buildings were pierced by tons of debris
4. B 選項 A 不是正確答案，因為文章說，the floor framing systems in one of the adjacent buildings . . . remain intact。C 不是文章表述的內容。D 在文中提到，但不是 a surprising discovery。只有 B 是正確答案。
5. What Dr. Reinhorn said in the last paragraph may imply all the following EXCEPT that .
A blast engineers should develop new solutions for terror-resistant design
B blast engineering can borrow technologies developed for terror-resistant design
C solutions developed for earthquake-resistant design may apply to terrorist-resistant design
D blast engineering emerges as a new branch of science
5. D 選項 A 的內容是正確的，根據是本段最後一句(“. . . develop new ones”) 。選項 B 和 C 的內容也是正確的，根據是本段最後兩句(關鍵詞是 applicable 和 transfer) 。只有 D 是答案， 因為 Reinhorn 沒有說 Blast engineering emerges as a new branch of science.
