历史上的今天-Today in History 2011-07-12
时间：2018-12-02 作者：英语课 分类：历史上的今天-2011年
英语课
July 12th, 100 B.C.
Julius Caesar, the Ancient Roman dictator and military conqueror 1 who was assassinated 2 on the Ides of March, is born. 1984,Walter Mondale picks the first woman to run on a major party ticket for the White House. The Democratic presidential nominee 3 chooses New York Congresswoman Geraldine Ferraro as his running mate. Thank you Vice 4 President Mondale, Vice President—it has such a nice ring to it.
Mondale and Ferraro lose to Republican incumbents 5 Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush that fall.
1990,In Moscow, Boris Yeltsin quits the Communist Party, ahead of the Soviet 6 Union's collapse 7 the following year. Yeltsin serves as Russia's president until the end of the decade.
1817,Henry David Thoreau, the naturalist 8 and author who put Walden Pond on the literary map, is born in Concord 9, Massachusetts.
1854,George Eastman, inventor of the Kodak camera and film that revolutionize photography, is born in Waterville, New York.
1895,The hills are alive with the sound of music.
Oscar Hammerstein, the Broadway lyricist known for his musicals with composer Richard Rodgers, is born in New York City.
And 1937,I'm telling you. You're going to try as hard as you can and you gonna do it because I said so.
Comedian 10 and actor Bill Cosby, whose work lifted the portrayal 11 of African-Americans on television, is born in Philadelphia.
Today in History, July 12th, Camille Bohannon, the Associated Press.
1 conqueror
n.征服者，胜利者
- We shall never yield to a conqueror.我们永远不会向征服者低头。
- They abandoned the city to the conqueror.他们把那个城市丢弃给征服者。
2 assassinated
v.暗杀( assassinate的过去式和过去分词 )；中伤；诋毁；破坏
- The prime minister was assassinated by extremists. 首相遭极端分子暗杀。
- Then, just two days later, President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. 跟着在两天以后，肯尼迪总统在达拉斯被人暗杀。 来自辞典例句
3 nominee
n.被提名者；被任命者；被推荐者
- His nominee for vice president was elected only after a second ballot.他提名的副总统在两轮投票后才当选。
- Mr.Francisco is standing as the official nominee for the post of District Secretary.弗朗西斯科先生是行政书记职位的正式提名人。
4 vice
n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的
- He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
- They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
5 incumbents
教区牧师( incumbent的名词复数 )； 教会中的任职者
- In general, incumbents have a 94 percent chance of being reelected. 通常现任官员有94%的几率会再次当选。
- This arangement yields a wonderful gain to incumbents. 这种安排为在职人员提供了意外的得益。
6 Soviet
adj.苏联的，苏维埃的；n.苏维埃
- Zhukov was a marshal of the former Soviet Union.朱可夫是前苏联的一位元帅。
- Germany began to attack the Soviet Union in 1941.德国在1941年开始进攻苏联。
7 collapse
vi.累倒；昏倒；倒塌；塌陷
- The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
- The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。
8 naturalist
n.博物学家(尤指直接观察动植物者)
- He was a printer by trade and naturalist by avocation.他从事印刷业，同时是个博物学爱好者。
- The naturalist told us many stories about birds.博物学家给我们讲述了许多有关鸟儿的故事。
9 concord
n.和谐；协调
- These states had lived in concord for centuries.这些国家几个世纪以来一直和睦相处。
- His speech did nothing for racial concord.他的讲话对种族和谐没有作用。