英语新闻与报道—News & Reports 102
时间：2018-12-27 作者：英语课 分类：英语新闻与报道—News and Reports
Wk 14 (4 April 1968)
Martin Luther King Is AssassinatedThis Week in HistoryUS civil rights leader Martin Luther King is assassinated 1 in Memphis, Tennessee.
In 1968, black civil rights leader Martin Luther King was shot and killed by an assassin in Memphis, Tennessee. King had struggled for the rights of African-Americans since the early 1950's. He was a powerful public speaker and an inspiring leader of the civil rights movement. James Earl Ray was convicted 2 of murdering King, though to this day many people, including King's family, believe Ray did not act alone. Every year, on the third Monday of January, Martin Luther King Day is a public holiday in the USA.
- The prime minister was assassinated by extremists. 首相遭极端分子暗杀。
- Then, just two days later, President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. 跟着在两天以后，肯尼迪总统在达拉斯被人暗杀。 来自辞典例句