历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-03-16
时间：2019-01-19 作者：英语课 分类：历史上的今天-2010年
March 16th,1968The My Lai massacre 1 takes place during the Vietnam War. US troops under the command of Lt. William Calley Jr. kill hundreds of unarmed civilians 2 in the village of My Lai. High ranking army officers initially 3 cover up the incident. But former soldiers make it public. Calley is accused of directing the killings 4 and gets life in prison. But he is later paroled. 1985Terry Anderson, chief Middle East correspondent for the Associated Press, is abducted 5 in Lebanon’s capital Beirut. AP photographer, Donald Mell saw it happen. “When I saw them pulling him into a car, I tried to advance toward one of the gunmen. He waved his pistol to let me go away.”
Anderson is freed more than six and a half years later. William Buckley, the CIA station chief in Beirut, kidnapped on the same day as Anderson a year earlier dies in captivity 6.
1926Rocket science pioneer Robert Goddard successfully tests the first the liquid-fueled rocket in Auburn, Massachusetts.
And finally, also that same yearComedian and director Jerry Lewis long time host of the Labor 7 Day telethon is born in Newark, New Jersey 8. Today in History, March 16th, Ross Simpson, the Associated Press.
- There was a terrible massacre of villagers here during the war.在战争中，这里的村民惨遭屠杀。
- If we forget the massacre,the massacre will happen again!忘记了大屠杀，大屠杀就有可能再次发生！
- the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
- At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。
- The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
- Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。
- His statement was seen as an allusion to the recent drug-related killings. 他的声明被视为暗指最近与毒品有关的多起凶杀案。
- The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。
- Detectives have not ruled out the possibility that she was abducted. 侦探尚未排除她被绑架的可能性。
- The kid was abducted at the gate of kindergarten. 那小孩在幼儿园大门口被绑架走了。
- A zoo is a place where live animals are kept in captivity for the public to see.动物园是圈养动物以供公众观看的场所。
- He was held in captivity for three years.他被囚禁叁年。
- We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
- He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。