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
accounts receivable factoring
acid-fastness
action sequence diagram
almshouses
anthomyiid fly
anunciacao
arsenicums
ash sharawrah
attograms
automatic tape punch
batting tool
bet one's bottom dollar
briman
catch-phrase
cereal harvesting machinery
cheiropleuria bicuspis pr.
chibouks
church mode
class material
clearance level
core conversion ratio
Corpen Aike
daysailer
discontinue
dismountable
diving current
dog-clutch
epaxial musculature
ethyl iodophenylundecylate
four hundred,the
gambet
geometric stairs
glinse
hypomuscular segment
improvement measures
interedges
interference rangefinder
keep a school
Loss Leader Strategy
Loyew
lozenge-shaped
lubarometer
manuipulation
mesocranial, mesocranic
mhmm
military applications
more trouble than it's worth
multispinor
myasthenia laryngis
non-reflexive
nonamidated
nonknowledges
nooze
nozzle needle seat
number of steps
odd-odd nucleus
one side printing
Oulun Lääni
ovestrin
passive satellite attitude control system
past times
pay rise
penna
perisperm
petroleum exporting countries
phonopost service
Point of sale Software
praeputium clitoridis
primulaverin
prismatick
Public Service Agreement
renunciant
riccardia multifida
running procedure
Sarrola-Carcopino
scarlet clover
separation order
shawnna
short-seller
shut down
Siamese bore design
Snudy, Vozyera
soapy taste
soccer team
soins
solicitudinous
spizella passerinas
straight veins
subscript-pack table
sucks in
suffumigations
tactual exploration
take picture
Thionicid
tortie
train running in reverse direction
unbrave
Valdrôme
velours chine
vitrified grinding stone
voice testing
vugh (vug)