历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-02-14
时间:2019-01-19 作者:英语课 分类:历史上的今天-2012年
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Feb 14th, 1929The "St. Valentine's Day Massacre 1" takes place in Chicago. That’s where 7 rivals of gangster 2 Al Capone are gunned down in a garage during prohibition 3 .
1989Iran's leader Ayatollah Khomeini calls on Muslims to kill author Salman Rushdie. Khomeini declares Rushdie’s novel "The Satanic Verses" as blasphemous 4 towards Islam.
2002“the first and greatest crime was the aggression 5 itself…” Acting 6 as his own lawyer, former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic launches his defense 7 against war crime’s charges. Milosevic’s case before international tribunal in the Netherlands faces many delays because of his poor health. More than four years later, Milosevic dies in custody 8 while still on trial.
And 2003Dolly, the sheep, the first mammal clone from an adult cell is put to death at six years old. The sheep meets her end after premature 9 aging and disease marred 10 her short existence.
Today in history, February 14th, Ross Simpson, the Associated Press.
n.残杀,大屠杀;v.残杀,集体屠杀
- 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!
n.匪徒,歹徒,暴徒
- The gangster's friends bought off the police witness.那匪徒的朋友买通了警察方面的证人。
- He is obviously a gangster,but he pretends to be a saint.分明是强盗,却要装圣贤。
n.禁止;禁令,禁律
- The prohibition against drunken driving will save many lives.禁止酒后开车将会减少许多死亡事故。
- They voted in favour of the prohibition of smoking in public areas.他们投票赞成禁止在公共场所吸烟。
adj.亵渎神明的,不敬神的
- The book was declared blasphemous and all copies ordered to be burnt.这本书被断定为亵渎神明之作,命令全数焚毀。
- The people in the room were shocked by his blasphemous language.满屋的人都对他那侮慢的语言感到愤慨。
n.进攻,侵略,侵犯,侵害
- So long as we are firmly united, we need fear no aggression.只要我们紧密地团结,就不必惧怕外来侵略。
- Her view is that aggression is part of human nature.她认为攻击性是人类本性的一部份。
n.演戏,行为,假装;adj.代理的,临时的,演出用的
- Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她,她只是假装的。
- During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代,她的表演生涯黯然失色。
n.防御,保卫;[pl.]防务工事;辩护,答辩
- The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
- The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
n.监护,照看,羁押,拘留
- He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
- He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后,他立即被押了起来。
adj.比预期时间早的;不成熟的,仓促的
- It is yet premature to predict the possible outcome of the dialogue.预言这次对话可能有什么结果为时尚早。
- The premature baby is doing well.那个早产的婴儿很健康。