历史上的今天-Today in History 2015-08-28
时间：2019-02-14 作者：英语课 分类：历史上的今天-2015年
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August 28th, 1963.
Martin Luther King, Jr. caps a major civil rights march in Washington with a speech for the ages at the Lincoln Memorial. “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today.”
1968.
In Chicago, Police and anti-Vietnam war protesters clash in the streets during the Democratic National Convention. Connecticut Senator Abraham Ribicoff condemns 1 the police for the violence when he nominates a fellow senator for president. “And with George McGovern as President of the United States, we wouldn't have to have Gestapo tactics in the streets of Chicago.” But Vice 2 President Humphrey is the nominee 3 for the deeply divided Democrats 4. He narrowly loses to Republican Richard Nixon in the fall.
1955. Emmett Till, a black teenager from Chicago, is abducted 5 from his uncle’s home in Money, Mississippi. Two white men seized Till after he supposedly whistled at a white woman. He’s found brutally 6 murdered days later. And all white jury acquits 7 the men of the crime. They later confess in a magazine interview.
And 1996.
In London, a royal split becomes final as Britain’s Prince Charles and Princess Diana are granted a divorce. Diana is killed in a Paris car crash a year later. Charles marries longtime love Camilla Parker Bowles in the following decade.
Today in History, August 28th. Ed Donahue, the Associated Press.
v.（通常因道义上的原因而）谴责( condemn的第三人称单数 )；宣判；宣布…不能使用；迫使…陷于不幸的境地
- Her widowhood condemns her to a lonely old age. 守寡使她不得不过着孤独的晚年生活。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The public opinion condemns prostitution. 公众舆论遣责卖淫。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的
- He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
- They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
n.被提名者；被任命者；被推荐者
- His nominee for vice president was elected only after a second ballot.他提名的副总统在两轮投票后才当选。
- Mr.Francisco is standing as the official nominee for the post of District Secretary.弗朗西斯科先生是行政书记职位的正式提名人。
n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )
- The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
- The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
劫持，诱拐( abduct的过去式和过去分词 )； 使（肢体等）外展
- Detectives have not ruled out the possibility that she was abducted. 侦探尚未排除她被绑架的可能性。
- The kid was abducted at the gate of kindergarten. 那小孩在幼儿园大门口被绑架走了。
adv.残忍地，野蛮地，冷酷无情地
- The uprising was brutally put down.起义被残酷地镇压下去了。
- A pro-democracy uprising was brutally suppressed.一场争取民主的起义被残酷镇压了。