CNN 2011-05-18

The evidence shows that Muammar Gadhafi personally ordered attacks on the Libyan civilians¹. His forces attacked Libyan civilians in the their home and in the public space. Shot demonstrators with live ammunition², use the heavy weaponry against participants in funeral possessions and place snipers to kill those living mosques³ after the prayers.

With the exoskeleton securely bound with body, Austin walked the seven challenging steps across the stage.

But I knew when I stood up here in front all these people today, that I would be different and it truly was, it was truly the greatest gift to anyone has even given me.

As a mother, this was the greatest day of my life.

Austin has always wanted his accident have meaning and this today really culminated⁴ in giving meaning to, I think, hundreds of thousands of people around the world.

1 civilians   

平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓

参考例句：

• 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。

2 ammunition   

n.军火，弹药

参考例句：

• A few of the jeeps had run out of ammunition.几辆吉普车上的弹药已经用光了。
• They have expended all their ammunition.他们把弹药用光。

3 mosques   

清真寺； 伊斯兰教寺院，清真寺； 清真寺，伊斯兰教寺院( mosque的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Why make us believe that this tunnel runs underneath the mosques? 为什么要让我们相信这条隧洞是在清真寺下？
• The city's three biggest mosques, long fallen into disrepair, have been renovated. 城里最大的三座清真寺，过去年久失修，现在已经修复。

4 culminated   

v.达到极点( culminate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• a gun battle which culminated in the death of two police officers 一场造成两名警察死亡的枪战
• The gala culminated in a firework display. 晚会以大放烟火告终。 来自《简明英汉词典》