历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-10-06

 October 6th, 1981In Cairo, Islamic extremists assassinate¹ Egypt’s President Anwar Sadat while he reviews the military parade. Sadat, the first Arab leader derecognized Israel as part of a push for Mid-East peace, was 62 years old.

1973War erupts in the Mid-East for the fourth time in a quarter century as Egypt and Syria attack Israel on the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur. The fighting ends in a ceasefire weeks later, with Israel still in control of territory which it seized during the six-day war.

2004In Washington, a report that undercuts a key rationale by the Bush Administration for invading Iraq, top US Arms Inspector² Charles Duelfer finds no evidence that Saddam Hussein’s regime had produced weapons of mass destruction after 1991.

1989“Fasten your seat belts, it’s going to be a bumpy³ night.” Actress Bette Davis, star of the Hollywood movies during the 1930s and 40s, dies in the Northwestern suburb France capital Paris. She was 81 years old.

And 1927“Wait a minute, wait a minute, you ain't heard nothing yet! Wait a minute, I tell ya! You ain't heard nothing!” Talking pictures arrive on the silver screen as The Jazz Singer premieres, the film staring Al Jolson, features both silent and sound-synchronized scenes.

Today in History, October 6th, Ross Simpson, the Associated Press.

1 assassinate   

vt.暗杀，行刺，中伤

参考例句：

• The police exposed a criminal plot to assassinate the president.警方侦破了一个行刺总统的阴谋。
• A plot to assassinate the banker has been uncovered by the police.暗杀银行家的密谋被警方侦破了。

2 inspector   

n.检查员，监察员，视察员

参考例句：

• The inspector was interested in everything pertaining to the school.视察员对有关学校的一切都感兴趣。
• The inspector was shining a flashlight onto the tickets.查票员打着手电筒查看车票。

3 bumpy   

adj.颠簸不平的，崎岖的

参考例句：

• I think we've a bumpy road ahead of us.我觉得我们将要面临一段困难时期。
• The wide paved road degenerated into a narrow bumpy track.铺好的宽阔道路渐渐变窄，成了一条崎岖不平的小径。