历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-01-28
时间:2019-01-19 作者:英语课 分类:历史上的今天-2012年
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January 28th, 1986Space Shuttle Challenger explodes 73 seconds after takeoff from Cape 1 Canaveral, Florida. All seven crew members on board the Challenger, among them school teacher Christa McAuliffe, are killed.
President Ronald Regan tells a shocked and grieving 2 nation:”We’ll never forget them, nor the last time we saw them, this morning, as they prepared for their journey and waved goodbye and slipped the surly bonds of earth to touch the face of God.”
1596Sir Francis Drake, the mariner 3 who became the first englishman to circumnavigate the globe, dies off the coast of Panama.
1853Jose Marti, the Cuban revolutionary who fought for his country’s independence from Spain, is born in Habana.
1959“I wanna say this that is a great game, the game of great lessons.”
Vince Lombardi is named the head coach of the Green Bay Packers, in the following decade; he leads the Packers to victory in the first two Super Bowls.
Today in History, January 28th, Sandy Kozel, the Associated Press.
n.海角,岬;披肩,短披风
- I long for a trip to the Cape of Good Hope.我渴望到好望角去旅行。
- She was wearing a cape over her dress.她在外套上披着一件披肩。
感到悲痛,伤心( grieve的现在分词 ); 使…伤心
- They are still grieving for their dead child. 他们还在为死去的孩子伤心。
- The news brought no solace to the grieving relations. 这个消息并未给悲痛的家属带来什么安慰。