历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-09-14
时间：2019-02-14 作者：英语课 分类：历史上的今天-2012年
英语课
September 14th 2001Americans mark a day of remembrance for the victims of the 9/11 attacks. In New York, President George W. Bush tours the ruins of the World Trade Center . He tells rescue workers at Ground Zero just days after the attacks that topple the twin towers.
"I can hear you, the rest of the world hears you and people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon."1901"I am leading because somebody must lead or else the fight would not be made at all."Theodore Roosevelt becomes America's youngest president at age 43. He succeeds William McKinley who dies more than a week after he is shot by an assassin.
1814Francis Scott Key is inspired to write the poem whose words ultimately become the national anthem 1 of the United States . He composes The Star-Spangled Banner during the War of 1812 after witnessing the British bombardment of Ford 2 McHenry in Maryland.
1879Margaret Sanger, the founder 3 of America's birth control movement is born in Corning, New York.
1982Princess Grace of Monaco, the former movie actress Grace Kelly dies of injuries from a car crash the day before. She was 52 years old.
1927Isadore Duncan, the modern dance pioneer dies in an accident in Nice, France. She is killed when her scarf becomes entangled 4 in a wheel of her sports car.
And 1994"It's not a very happy set of circumstances for man. After all, we are in the baseball business."Baseball's acting 5 commissioner 6 Bud Selig cancels the rest of the season due to a player's strike. That includes the World Series, the first October without that game in nearly 90 years.
Today in History, September 14th. Tim Maguire, the Associated Press.
n.圣歌，赞美诗，颂歌
- All those present were standing solemnly when the national anthem was played.奏国歌时全场肃立。
- As he stood on the winner's rostrum,he sang the words of the national anthem.他站在冠军领奖台上，唱起了国歌。
n.浅滩，水浅可涉处；v.涉水，涉过
- They were guarding the bridge,so we forded the river.他们驻守在那座桥上，所以我们只能涉水过河。
- If you decide to ford a stream,be extremely careful.如果已决定要涉过小溪，必须极度小心。
n.创始者，缔造者
- He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
- According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说，罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。
adj.卷入的；陷入的；被缠住的；缠在一起的v.使某人（某物/自己）缠绕，纠缠于（某物中），使某人（自己）陷入（困难或复杂的环境中）( entangle的过去式和过去分词 )
- The bird had become entangled in the wire netting. 那只小鸟被铁丝网缠住了。
- Some military observers fear the US could get entangled in another war. 一些军事观察家担心美国会卷入另一场战争。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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.（政府厅、局、处等部门）专员，长官，委员
- The commissioner has issued a warrant for her arrest.专员发出了对她的逮捕令。
- He was tapped for police commissioner.他被任命为警务处长。