历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-09-15

 And they died in Birmingham. September 15th, 1963In Birmingham Alabama, a tragedy that galvanizes America’s Civil Rights Movement. Four black girls are killed when a bomb explodes during Sunday services at the 16th street Baptist Church. Three Ku Klux Klansmen are eventually convicted for their roles in the blast.

2005Weeks after Hurricane Katrina slams into the Gulf¹ Coast, President George W. Bush speaks from storm-ravaged New Orleans. He acknowledges Washington’s failures in responding adequately to the disaster and urges Congress to approve a massive reconstruction² program. " When the federal government fails to meet such an obligation, I, as president, am responsible for the problem and for the solution."1935Nazi Germany enacts³ the Nuremberg Laws, depriving German Jews of their citizenship⁴. The laws which also adopt the swastika as Germany’s official symbol are a major step on the road to the holocaust⁵.

1950During the Korean War, American-led forces under the United Nation’s banner stage a daring landing at Inchon. The amphibious assault behind enemy lines leads to the liberation of South Korea’s capital Seoul from the communist North.

1776British forces occupy New York during the American Revolution. They remain for the next seven years until the United States achieves its independence.

1890Agatha Christie, the mystery writer whose works include Murder on the Orient Express, is born in Torquay, Devon, England.

And 1946“We all have a violent demon⁶, all of us, I mean some more recede⁷ than others, but it’s there!” Oliver Stone, movie director and screen writer, is born in New York City. Among his films, Platoon, JFK, Natural Born Killers⁸ and Born on the Fourth of July.

Today in History, September 15th, Tim Maguire, the Associated Press.

1 gulf   

n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂

参考例句：

• The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
• There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。

2 reconstruction   

n.重建，再现，复原

参考例句：

• The country faces a huge task of national reconstruction following the war.战后，该国面临着重建家园的艰巨任务。
• In the period of reconstruction,technique decides everything.在重建时期，技术决定一切。

3 enacts   

制定（法律），通过（法案）( enact的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• The legislative branch enacts laws; the executive branch enforces them, and the judicial branch interprets them. 立法部门制订法律，行政部门执行法律，司法部门解释法律。
• Hold phasic characteristic correctly, ability enacts the policy with an actual suit, measure. 正确地把握形势特点，才能制定出切合实际的政策、措施。

4 citizenship   

n.市民权，公民权，国民的义务(身份)

参考例句：

• He was born in Sweden,but he doesn't have Swedish citizenship.他在瑞典出生，但没有瑞典公民身分。
• Ten years later,she chose to take Australian citizenship.十年后，她选择了澳大利亚国籍。

5 holocaust   

n.大破坏；大屠杀

参考例句：

• The Auschwitz concentration camp always remind the world of the holocaust.奥辛威茨集中营总是让世人想起大屠杀。
• Ahmadinejad is denying the holocaust because he's as brutal as Hitler was.内贾德否认大屠杀，因为他像希特勒一样残忍。

6 demon   

n.魔鬼，恶魔

参考例句：

• The demon of greed ruined the miser's happiness.贪得无厌的恶习毁掉了那个守财奴的幸福。
• He has been possessed by the demon of disease for years.他多年来病魔缠身。

7 recede   

vi.退(去)，渐渐远去；向后倾斜，缩进

参考例句：

• The colleges would recede in importance.大学的重要性会降低。
• He saw that the dirty water had begun to recede.他发现那污浊的水开始往下退了。

8 killers   

凶手( killer的名词复数 )； 消灭…者； 致命物； 极难的事

参考例句：

• He remained steadfast in his determination to bring the killers to justice. 他要将杀人凶手绳之以法的决心一直没有动摇。
• They were professional killers who did in John. 杀死约翰的这些人是职业杀手。