历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-01-01

January 1st 1959:

“I don't ambition power and *， only to serve my country”

In Cuba, Fidel Castro and his guerillas topple Fulgencio Batista from power, clearing the way for decades of communist rule.

 

1863:

During the Civil War, president Abraham Lincoln signs the Emancipation¹ Proclamation, declaring slaves and Confederate States to be free.

 

1892:

Ellis Island opens for business in New York, serving as the gateway² for millions of immigrants entering the U.S. through the early 20th century. 

 

And 1953:

Country singer Hank Williams Senior dies of a drug and alcohol overdose on his way to a concert in Canton, Ohio. He was 29 years old.

 

Today in history, January 1st, Camille Bohannon, the Associated Press.

1 emancipation   

n.（从束缚、支配下）解放

参考例句：

• We must arouse them to fight for their own emancipation. 我们必须唤起他们为其自身的解放而斗争。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They rejoiced over their own emancipation. 他们为自己的解放感到欢欣鼓舞。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 gateway   

n.大门口，出入口，途径，方法

参考例句：

• Hard work is the gateway to success.努力工作是通往成功之路。
• A man collected tolls at the gateway.一个人在大门口收通行费。