历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-04-01
时间:2019-01-19 作者:英语课 分类:历史上的今天-2014年
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April 1st, 2001. Slobodan Milo?evi? is arrested after a standoff outside his Belgrade villa 1. The former Yugoslav leader is soon transported to the Netherlands to face charges before UN war crimes tribunal. Milo?evi? dies in custody 2 5 years later while still on trial. 1945. American forces invade the Japanese island of Okinawa during the final months of WWII. The US secures the island after nearly 12 weeks of fighting that’s among the world's fiercest in the Pacific.
1933. Nazi 3 Germany begins prosecuting 4 Jews with the boycott 5 of Jewish-owned businesses. Discrimination and violence against Jews increases under Nazi rule culminating in the Holocaust 6.
2003. “This point she is safe, she’s been retrieved 7, and some brave souls put their lives on the line to make this happen.” American troops rescue Army Private First Class Jessica Lynch from a hospital in Nasiriyah, Iraq. That’s where Lynch had been held prisoner since her unit was ambushed 8 9 days earlier.
And 1984. “Oh, what’ going on, what’s going on, what’s going on, what’s going on, what’s going on…, soul singer Marvin Gay is shot to death by his father in Los Angeles. He was 45 years old.
Today in History, April 1st. Mike Gracia, the Associated Press.
n.别墅,城郊小屋
- We rented a villa in France for the summer holidays.我们在法国租了一幢别墅消夏。
- We are quartered in a beautiful villa.我们住在一栋漂亮的别墅里。
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。
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。
检举、告发某人( prosecute的现在分词 ); 对某人提起公诉; 继续从事(某事物); 担任控方律师
- The witness was cross-examined by the prosecuting counsel. 证人接受控方律师的盘问。
- Every point made by the prosecuting attorney was telling. 检查官提出的每一点都是有力的。
n./v.(联合)抵制,拒绝参与
- We put the production under a boycott.我们联合抵制该商品。
- The boycott lasts a year until the Victoria board permitsreturn.这个抗争持续了一年直到维多利亚教育局妥协为止。
n.大破坏;大屠杀
- The Auschwitz concentration camp always remind the world of the holocaust.奥辛威茨集中营总是让世人想起大屠杀。
- Ahmadinejad is denying the holocaust because he's as brutal as Hitler was.内贾德否认大屠杀,因为他像希特勒一样残忍。
v.取回( retrieve的过去式和过去分词 );恢复;寻回;检索(储存的信息)
- Yesterday I retrieved the bag I left in the train. 昨天我取回了遗留在火车上的包。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He reached over and retrieved his jacket from the back seat. 他伸手从后座上取回了自己的夹克。 来自辞典例句