历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-09-25
时间：2018-12-02 作者：英语课 分类：历史上的今天-2012年
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September 25th, 1957As hundreds of U.S. army troops stand guard 9 black students are escorted into Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. That happens two days after unruly white crowds force the children to withdraw from trying to enter the all whites school .
Decades later, one of the nine, Ernest Green, recalls the first major fight over racial integration 1 of America schools. ”It was one in which we thought we were simply exercising our right to the best education that was available in Little Rock, Arkansas. You know, longing 2 the hall, I think we were right.”
1919President Woodrow Wilson collapses 3 after a speech in Pueblo 4, Colorado, urging support for the Treaty of Versailles. The treaty officially ends World War I and sets up the League of Nations, a forerunner 5 of the United Nations. Wilson soon suffers a massive stroke that leads him partially 6 paralyzed. The U.S. senate fails to ratify 7 the Treaty.
1897William Faulkner considered one of the great American novelists whose works include “the sound and the fury” is born in New Albany, Mississippi.
1931Barbara Walters, the TV newswoman and talk show host is born in Boston. Her career milestones 8 range from“The Today Show” and “2020” to “The View”.
“You win some and you lose some and I guess the only difference now is that I am very happy when I get there I’m not wanna sound like the watermelon as person. But if I don’t, it doesn’t kill me anymore.”
And 1944“The point is, Ladies and Gentlemen, that greed, for lack of a better word, is good.”
Michael Douglas, movie actor and producer is born in New Brunswick, New Jersey 9. Among his on screen roles “Wall Street” “Fatal Attraction” “Basic Instinct” and “the American President”
Today in history, September 25th, Tim Maguire, the Associate Press.
1 integration
n.一体化，联合，结合
- We are working to bring about closer political integration in the EU.我们正在努力实现欧盟內部更加紧密的政治一体化。
- This was the greatest event in the annals of European integration.这是欧洲统一史上最重大的事件。
2 longing
n.（for）渴望
- Hearing the tune again sent waves of longing through her.再次听到那首曲子使她胸中充满了渴望。
- His heart burned with longing for revenge.他心中燃烧着急欲复仇的怒火。
3 collapses
折叠( collapse的第三人称单数 )； 倒塌； 崩溃； （尤指工作劳累后）坐下
- This bridge table collapses. 这张桥牌桌子能折叠。
- Once Russia collapses, the last chance to stop Hitler will be gone. 一旦俄国垮台，抑止希特勒的最后机会就没有了。
4 pueblo
n.（美国西南部或墨西哥等）印第安人的村庄
- For over 2,000 years,Pueblo peoples occupied a vast region of the south-western United States.在长达2，000多年的时间里，印第安人统治着现在美国西南部的大片土地。
- The cross memorializes the Spanish victims of the 1680 revolt,when the region's Pueblo Indians rose up in violent protest against their mistreatment and burned the cit
5 forerunner
n.前身，先驱（者），预兆，祖先
- She is a forerunner of the modern women's movement.她是现代妇女运动的先驱。
- Penicillin was the forerunner of modern antibiotics.青霉素是现代抗生素的先导。
6 partially
adv.部分地，从某些方面讲
- The door was partially concealed by the drapes.门有一部分被门帘遮住了。
- The police managed to restore calm and the curfew was partially lifted.警方设法恢复了平静，宵禁部分解除。
7 ratify
v.批准，认可，追认
- The heads of two governments met to ratify the peace treaty.两国政府首脑会晤批准和平条约。
- The agreement have to be ratify by the board.该协议必须由董事会批准。
8 milestones
n.重要事件( milestone的名词复数 )；重要阶段；转折点；里程碑
- Several important milestones in foreign policy have been passed by this Congress and they can be chalked up as major accomplishments. 这次代表大会通过了对外政策中几起划时代的事件，并且它们可作为主要成就记录下来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Dale: I really envy your milestones over the last few years, Don. 我真的很羡慕你在过去几年中所建立的丰功伟绩。 来自互联网