历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-02-14
时间：2019-01-19 作者：英语课 分类：历史上的今天-2014年
英语课
February 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 the 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.
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。