时间:2018-12-29 作者:英语课 分类:英语课程学习计划和讲义


英语课

Memorial Day is a United States federal holiday. It commemorates 1 the American men and women who have died serving their country in the military. It holds an important place in the hearts of Americans as they remember sacrifices made for their freedom. It is observed on the last Monday of May. It first started to honour the Union soldiers who died during the American Civil War. It took on greater importance after American losses in World War I. The U.S. government decided 2 the day would remember American casualties in any war, conflict or military action. People visit cemeteries 3 and war memorials on this day. A special ceremony takes place at Arlington Cemetery 4 in Washington D.C. All around the country, flags fly at half-mast until lunch time.


There is quite a history to Memorial Day. A Yale University professor said it was first celebrated 5 in 1865 by freed slaves in South Carolina. The slaves buried dozens of Union soldiers in individual graves. They all died in prison. Waterloo, New York claims to be the official birthplace of Memorial Day, observing it every year from 1868. The name “Memorial Day” came about in 1882 but was not widely accepted until after World War II. The name became official in 1967. In 1968, the U.S. Congress decided the day should be part of a three-day weekend. The last change came in 1971, when the government moved Memorial Day to the last Monday in May. It took a few years after that for all U.S. states to follow.



n.纪念,庆祝( commemorate的名词复数 )v.纪念,庆祝( commemorate的第三人称单数 )
  • A tombstone is erected in memory of whoever it commemorates. 墓碑是为纪念它所纪念的人而建的。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • A tablet commemorates his patriotic activities. 碑文铭记他的爱国行动。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
n.(非教堂的)墓地,公墓( cemetery的名词复数 )
  • It's morbid to dwell on cemeteries and such like. 不厌其烦地谈论墓地以及诸如此类的事是一种病态。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • In other districts the proximity of cemeteries seemed to aggravate the disease. 在其它地区里,邻近墓地的地方,时疫大概都要严重些。 来自辞典例句
n.坟墓,墓地,坟场
  • He was buried in the cemetery.他被葬在公墓。
  • His remains were interred in the cemetery.他的遗体葬在墓地。
adj.有名的,声誉卓著的
  • He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。
  • The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。
学英语单词
a-strand
adjustment of individual grievances
aleuroclava rhododendri
annual net profit
aphis lions
balfouriers
Ban Lin
basis cochleae
Baunani
bhut
bit rate
Cacador
Citong Township
co-organizer
contact flight
counting-rate computer
cowpat
Cramer's splint
crd housing-to-stub tube weld
dew point meter
dobbses
dual functor
earth-magnetism navigation
Elema furnace
equally authentic
feedback-controlled optics
fertilizer experimental design
fire area
florakiss
flush cutting
g. e. moores
gas volumetric analysis
gastrosplenic vein
genuant
GM_lots-a-lot-plenty
GMing
go for an outing
God-den
goes up in smoke
gongylodont
gymnosporangium corniforme
high-polished
hurdles
improper arrest
isoparametric finite element
jumblements
lactron
larkhills
light-beam diaphragm
lose sleep about
malignments
margaret of france
mean service rate
megaweapons
microgametophytes
middleware
misnamer
mongoloid races
motorconverter
navah
non-flame propagating component
non-operating time
non-return-to-zero mark
oil silk
oleatum plumbi
onychogaleas
overshines
pastry doughs
phd
plasticization
Pudendum femininum
put his name down for
recur to
resistance cyst
Rowland's disease
Rubus rosifolius
Sad.
screw thread milling
seine rivers
self-diagnostic alarm panel
serial stream of bit
Sierpinski triangles
spring anti squeak
spring loaded brake
steaua
Sveti Ivan Zelina
swinging the lead
swuff
t bistable
teleconsulting
teletutoring
three way cock
timed fuel pump
tin stone
tixanox
Unauna, Pulau
undatable
valve refacing machine
weapons free
with due regard for
xylofuranoses
yountville