历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-09-04

 September 4th, 1957In Little Rock, Arkansas, the first major fight over racial integration¹ of America’s schools. Arkansas governor Orval Faubus orders state’s National Guard to block nine black students from entering the all white central high school.

Weeks later, hundreds of US army paratroopers escort the students into the school under an order from President Dwight Eisenhower.

Also, that same year“This is the Edsel, unlike any other car you’ve ever seen. This is the Edsel.”

Ford’s new model, the Edsel, makes its ill-fated debut² in auto³ showrooms across United States. It is a massive flop⁴ with the car-shopping public, becoming a lasting⁵ symbol of corporate⁶ failure.

1781In present day California, Spanish settlers found Los Angeles, now the second largest city in the United States.

1888George Eastman gets a patent for his roll-film camera and registers his trademark⁷, Kodak.

1995In New York, attorney William Kunstler who spoke⁸ up for the politically unpopular dies of cancer, at the age of 76. During his career Kunstler represented clients from anti-Vietnam War radicals⁹ to suspects in the first World Trade Center bombing.

1972American swimmer Mark Spitz wins a record seventh gold medal during a single Olympics at the Summer Games in Munich, in what’s then West Germany.

2006Steve Irwin, better known as television’s beloved Crocodile Hunter, dies after a stingray's barb¹⁰ pierces his heart while diving on the Great Barrier Reef. Irwin was 44.

And 1981Singer and actress Beyonce Knowles is born in Houston.

Today in history, September 4th, Diane Capley, the Associated Press.

1 integration   

n.一体化，联合，结合

参考例句：

• We are working to bring about closer political integration in the EU.我们正在努力实现欧盟內部更加紧密的政治一体化。
• This was the greatest event in the annals of European integration.这是欧洲统一史上最重大的事件。

2 debut   

n.首次演出，初次露面

参考例句：

• That same year he made his Broadway debut, playing a suave radio journalist.在那同一年里，他初次在百老汇登台，扮演一个温文而雅的电台记者。
• The actress made her debut in the new comedy.这位演员在那出新喜剧中首次登台演出。

3 auto   

n.(=automobile)(口语)汽车

参考例句：

• Don't park your auto here.别把你的汽车停在这儿。
• The auto industry has brought many people to Detroit.汽车工业把许多人吸引到了底特律。

4 flop   

n.失败(者)，扑通一声；vi.笨重地行动，沉重地落下

参考例句：

• The fish gave a flop and landed back in the water.鱼扑通一声又跳回水里。
• The marketing campaign was a flop.The product didn't sell.市场宣传彻底失败，产品卖不出去。

5 lasting   

adj.永久的，永恒的；vbl.持续，维持

参考例句：

• The lasting war debased the value of the dollar.持久的战争使美元贬值。
• We hope for a lasting settlement of all these troubles.我们希望这些纠纷能获得永久的解决。

6 corporate   

adj.共同的，全体的；公司的，企业的

参考例句：

• This is our corporate responsibility.这是我们共同的责任。
• His corporate's life will be as short as a rabbit's tail.他的公司的寿命是兔子尾巴长不了。

7 trademark   

n.商标；特征；vt.注册的…商标

参考例句：

• The trademark is registered on the book of the Patent Office.该商标已在专利局登记注册。
• The trademark of the pen was changed.这钢笔的商标改了。

8 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

9 radicals   

n.激进分子( radical的名词复数 )；根基；基本原理；[数学]根数

参考例句：

• Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals. 一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The worry is that the radicals will grow more intransigent. 现在人们担忧激进分子会变得更加不妥协。 来自辞典例句

10 barb   

n.（鱼钩等的）倒钩，倒刺

参考例句：

• The barb of his wit made us wince.他那锋芒毕露的机智使我们退避三舍。
• A fish hook has a barb to prevent the fish from escaping after being hooked.鱼钩上都有一个倒钩以防上了钩的鱼逃走。