历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-05-04
时间：2019-01-19 作者：英语课 分类：历史上的今天-2012年
英语课
May 4th, 1970. This summer I hear the drumming, four dead in Ohio.
A protest against the Vietnam War turns deadly at Kent University in Ohio. That’s where a national guardsman opens fire on anti-war students after the United States invades Cambodia. 4 students are killed, 9 others are wounded in the shootings, sparking further unrest on America’s campuses. 1979. Margaret Thatcher 1 becomes Britain’s first female Prime Minister. That happens when the Conservative Party ousts 2 the Labor 3 Party from power in Parliamentary elections. “I will strive unceasingly to try to fulfill 4 the trust and confidence that the British people have placed in me and the thing in which I believe.”
1886. In Chicago, a labor demonstration 5 for an 8-hour work day turns into a riot when a bomb explodes at Haymarket Square. The violence kills 7 policemen and injures 60 others. 1961. During the Civil Rights Movement, a group of Freedom Riders leaves Washington D.C. for New Orleans. They face violence in the South as they challenge racial segregation 6 on interstate buses and the bus terminals.
And 1927. The people who bring it the Oscars: the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences is founded. Today in History, May 4th. Camille Bohannon, the Associated Press.
n.茅屋匠
- Tom Sawyer was in the skiff that bore Judge Thatcher. 汤姆 - 索亚和撒切尔法官同乘一条小艇。 来自英汉文学 - 汤姆历险
- Mrs. Thatcher was almost crazed; and Aunt Polly, also. 撒切尔夫人几乎神经失常，还有波莉姨妈也是。 来自英汉文学 - 汤姆历险
n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦
- 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。
vt.履行，实现，完成；满足，使满意
- If you make a promise you should fulfill it.如果你许诺了，你就要履行你的诺言。
- This company should be able to fulfill our requirements.这家公司应该能够满足我们的要求。
n.表明，示范，论证，示威
- His new book is a demonstration of his patriotism.他写的新书是他的爱国精神的证明。
- He gave a demonstration of the new technique then and there.他当场表演了这种新的操作方法。
n.隔离，种族隔离
- Many school boards found segregation a hot potato in the early 1960s.在60年代初，许多学校部门都觉得按水平分班是一个棘手的问题。
- They were tired to death of segregation and of being kicked around.他们十分厌恶种族隔离和总是被人踢来踢去。