时间:2019-01-19 作者:英语课 分类:历史上的今天-2014年


英语课

 March 16th, 1968. The My Lai Massacre 1 takes place during the Vietnam War. US troops under the command of Lieutenant 2 William Cally Jr. kill hundreds of unarmed civilians 3 in the village of My Lai. High ranking army officers initially 4 cover up the incident, but former soldiers make it public. Cally is accused of directing the killings 5 and gets life in prison, but is later paroled. 1985. Terry Anderson, chief Middle East correspondent for the Associated Press, is abducted 6 in Lebanese capital Beirut. AP photographer Donald Miles saw it happen. “When I saw them pull him into a car. I tried to advance towards one of these gunmen. He waved his pistol at me as it to go away.” Anderson is freed more than 6 and half years later, William Burkley, the CIA station chief in Beirut, kidnapped on the same day as Anderson a year earlier, dies in captivity 7. 1926. Rocket science pioneer Robert Goddard successfully tests the first liquid-fueled rocket in Auburn, Massachusetts. And finally, also that same year. “Like the hopes, that was dashed, when the star knock it cry, ahahaha…”


Comedian 8 and director Jerry Lewis, long-time host of the Labor 9 Day telethon, is born in Newark, New Jersey 10.
Today in History, March 16th. Ross Simpson, the Associated Press.

n.残杀,大屠杀;v.残杀,集体屠杀
  • There was a terrible massacre of villagers here during the war.在战争中,这里的村民惨遭屠杀。
  • If we forget the massacre,the massacre will happen again!忘记了大屠杀,大屠杀就有可能再次发生!
n.陆军中尉,海军上尉;代理官员,副职官员
  • He was promoted to be a lieutenant in the army.他被提升为陆军中尉。
  • He prevailed on the lieutenant to send in a short note.他说动那个副官,递上了一张简短的便条进去。
平民,百姓( civilian的名词复数 ); 老百姓
  • the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
  • At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后,至少有300名平民下落不明。
adv.最初,开始
  • The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
  • Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。
谋杀( killing的名词复数 ); 突然发大财,暴发
  • His statement was seen as an allusion to the recent drug-related killings. 他的声明被视为暗指最近与毒品有关的多起凶杀案。
  • The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。
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。
n.囚禁;被俘;束缚
  • A zoo is a place where live animals are kept in captivity for the public to see.动物园是圈养动物以供公众观看的场所。
  • He was held in captivity for three years.他被囚禁叁年。
n.喜剧演员;滑稽演员
  • The comedian tickled the crowd with his jokes.喜剧演员的笑话把人们逗乐了。
  • The comedian enjoyed great popularity during the 30's.那位喜剧演员在三十年代非常走红。
n.劳动,努力,工作,劳工;分娩;vi.劳动,努力,苦干;vt.详细分析;麻烦
  • We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
  • He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后,他已经疲惫不堪了。
n.运动衫
  • He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
  • They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致,都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。
学英语单词
abaddons
adjacent frequency
air compressor room
aircraft reactor experiment
angle ball joint
apparent shear stress
arteriae coronaria dextra
Belieberism
Berlin, Mount
blocking of pins
breakcore
breakfront
carry-over bar
chandannagar (chandernagor)
characteristics
chordwise force
chute feed
Cocibolca, L.
collectivizings
concessional equilibrium
crotaphytids
cryo-scalpel
cylinder liner
daimyo
discoum-
doyin
eiloid tumor
eqalizing pulses
fire detection device
First Family
flat gradient
fluorographic
free air diffuser
freezable
Gaussian classifier
genus dracaenas
glareanus
graaff reinet
herpesvirus aotus
Herschel-type venturi tube
high-frequency diode
housemann
ill-conditioned data
independent instigator
inseminates
interest free
John Mark
Kidingir
Kompong Trabek
koyck distributed
lingerie
linguines
long rove
Madurese
male jalap
mechanical pyrometer
missed the bus
molecular integral
motor plant
multijunction
Notogaean
nucleus medialis thalami
on this side of the grave
ox-eye daisy
paraplasmablast
partially finished goods ledger
passive radiometer
personal lubricant
phenanthrahydroquinone
plate fan
positive duration dependence
predetection recording
production and marketing
quiet radar
red phaseolus bean
reflex amblyopia
regulation of torrential stream
sagiest
scleral interlaminar implant
self-worthiness
side tipping dump car
Sinodolichos
siuslaw
Somghwa
spleenless
stern tube lubricating oil gravity tank
sun outage
trigonal tetartohedral prism
trinketings
TSSA
tuning-fork contact
ultraleftism
Utkino
v-value
vena gastrica posterior
vena sublingualis
Vigonza
waitress moms
xantho-
yack it up
zeolitiform
zuhairs