历史上的今天-Today in History 2011-02-16
时间：2019-01-19 作者：英语课 分类：历史上的今天-2011年
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February 16th 1862 A blow to the breakaway South during the Civil War, some 14,000 confederate soldiers surrender to Union Forces in the Battle of Fort Donelson, Tennessee. 2002 – "Families from the Walker County and around the world have been horrified 1 to learn that their love ones may not have been properly like ... "Authorities in Georgia arrest a crematory operator after hundreds of decomposing 2 corpses 3 are found stacked in storage sheds and in the surrounding woods.
The operator, Ray Brent Marsh 4 later pleads guilty and gets 12 years behind bars.
1987 - John Demjanjuk goes on trial in Jerusalem accused of being the Nazi 5 concentration camp guard known as “Ivan the Terrible.”
Demjanjuk is later convicted but Israel’s Supreme 6 Court overturns that conviction.
1968 – America gets the first 911 call; a successful test of the emergency phone number in Haleyville, Alabama.
And 2005 – "It's all about greed, and people want to keep their profits. I really don't have any sympathy for the owners or for the players".The NHL scrap 7 what’s left of its season, already decimated by a walk-out over a salary cap for its players.
Today in history, February 16th, Mike Gracia, the Associated Press.
a.(表现出)恐惧的
- The whole country was horrified by the killings. 全国都对这些凶杀案感到大为震惊。
- We were horrified at the conditions prevailing in local prisons. 地方监狱的普遍状况让我们震惊。
腐烂( decompose的现在分词 )； （使）分解； 分解（某物质、光线等）
- The air was filled with the overpowering stench of decomposing vegetation. 空气中充满了令人难以忍受的腐烂植物的恶臭。
- Heat was obtained from decomposing manures and hot air flues. 靠肥料分解和烟道为植物提供热量。
n.死尸，尸体( corpse的名词复数 )
- The living soldiers put corpses together and burned them. 活着的战士把尸体放在一起烧了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Overhead, grayish-white clouds covered the sky, piling up heavily like decaying corpses. 天上罩满了灰白的薄云，同腐烂的尸体似的沉沉的盖在那里。 来自汉英文学 - 中国现代小说
n.沼泽，湿地
- There are a lot of frogs in the marsh.沼泽里有许多青蛙。
- I made my way slowly out of the marsh.我缓慢地走出这片沼泽地。
n.纳粹分子，adj.纳粹党的，纳粹的
- They declare the Nazi regime overthrown and sue for peace.他们宣布纳粹政权已被推翻，并出面求和。
- Nazi closes those war criminals inside their concentration camp.纳粹把那些战犯关在他们的集中营里。
adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的
- It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
- He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。