历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-01-29

 “Our war against terror is only beginning.”

January 29th, 2002Just months after the September 11th attacks, President George W. Bush warns terrorists still threaten the United States. Bush also singles out 3 nations during his first State of the Union address, North Korea, Iran and Iraq.

“States like these, and their terrorist allies, constitute an axis¹ of evil, arming to threaten the peace of the world.”

1998A bomb rocks at a abortion² clinic in Birmingham, Alabama. The blast kills an off-duty policeman working as a security guard and critically injures a nurse. Years later, the bomber³, Eric Rudolph, an anti-government extremist is caught. He pleads guilty to that bombing and others in the south including the Atlanta Olympic Park blast. Rudolph gets life behind bars.

1845Edgar Allan Poe's chilling poem “The Raven” is first published in the New York Evening Mirror Newspaper.

1936Tai Carb and another baseball legend Bei Broth⁴ are named the first members of the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.

And 1954Talk show host and entrepreneur Oprah Winfrey is born in Mississippi.

Today in History, January 29th. Ross Simpson, the Associated Press.

1 axis   

n.轴，轴线，中心线；坐标轴，基准线

参考例句：

• The earth's axis is the line between the North and South Poles.地轴是南北极之间的线。
• The axis of a circle is its diameter.圆的轴线是其直径。

2 abortion   

n.流产，堕胎

参考例句：

• She had an abortion at the women's health clinic.她在妇女保健医院做了流产手术。
• A number of considerations have led her to have a wilful abortion.多种考虑使她执意堕胎。

3 bomber   

n.轰炸机，投弹手，投掷炸弹者

参考例句：

• He flew a bomber during the war.他在战时驾驶轰炸机。
• Detectives hunting the London bombers will be keen to interview him.追查伦敦爆炸案凶犯的侦探们急于对他进行讯问。

4 broth   

n.原(汁)汤(鱼汤、肉汤、菜汤等)

参考例句：

• Every cook praises his own broth.厨子总是称赞自己做的汤。
• Just a bit of a mouse's dropping will spoil a whole saucepan of broth.一粒老鼠屎败坏一锅汤。