历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-12-10
时间：2019-02-14 作者：英语课 分类：历史上的今天-2014年
英语课
December 10th, 1964Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Junior accepts his Nobel Peace Prize in Norway’s capital Oslo. The clergyman and activist 1 is honored for his non-violent campaign to end legal segregation 2 of African Americans in the South.
"I still believe that one day mankind will bow before the altars of God and be crowned triumphant 3 over war and bloodshed, and non-violent redemptive goodwill 4 proclaim the rule of the land.”
1869Women get the right to vote in Wyoming Territory, a first step towards securing that right for all women in the United States more than 50 years later.
1958America's first domestic passenger jet flight as a Boeing 707 carrying 111 passengers travels from New York to Miami in about two and a half hours. 1967“Sitting in the morning sun, I'll be sitting when the evening comes”
Soul singer and song writer, Otis Redding dies when his private plane crashes near Madison, Wisconsin. He was twenty six years old.
n.活动分子，积极分子
- He's been a trade union activist for many years.多年来他一直是工会的积极分子。
- He is a social activist in our factory.他是我厂的社会活动积极分子。
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。
adj.胜利的，成功的；狂欢的，喜悦的
- The army made a triumphant entry into the enemy's capital.部队胜利地进入了敌方首都。
- There was a positively triumphant note in her voice.她的声音里带有一种极为得意的语气。