历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-12-01

 December 1st, 1955What’s considered the birth of the modern Civil Rights Movement takes place in Montgomery, Alabama.

“We just like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free and have the same rights and privilege as anybody else.”

Rosa Parks, a black seamstress , is arrested after she refuses to give up her seat to a white man on a city bus. Her arrest sparks a successful year-long boycott¹ of the buses by blacks, led by Martin Luther King, JR. 1934In what’s then the Soviet² Union, Communist official Sergei Kirov is assassinated³ in Leningrad, what’s now St. Petersburg, Russia. Kirov was an associate and potential rival of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, who conducts a massive purge⁴ following the murder.

1963Beatlemania arrives in America as the Fab Four‘s first single I want to hold your hand is released in the US.

And 1935Actor and director, Woody Allen, whose films include Annie Hall and Hannah and Her Sisters, is born in New York City.

Today in History, December 1st, Ed Donahue, the Associated Press.

1 boycott   

n./v.(联合)抵制，拒绝参与

参考例句：

• We put the production under a boycott.我们联合抵制该商品。
• The boycott lasts a year until the Victoria board permitsreturn.这个抗争持续了一年直到维多利亚教育局妥协为止。

2 Soviet   

adj.苏联的，苏维埃的；n.苏维埃

参考例句：

• Zhukov was a marshal of the former Soviet Union.朱可夫是前苏联的一位元帅。
• Germany began to attack the Soviet Union in 1941.德国在1941年开始进攻苏联。

3 assassinated   

v.暗杀( assassinate的过去式和过去分词 )；中伤；诋毁；破坏

参考例句：

• The prime minister was assassinated by extremists. 首相遭极端分子暗杀。
• Then, just two days later, President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. 跟着在两天以后，肯尼迪总统在达拉斯被人暗杀。 来自辞典例句

4 purge   

n.整肃，清除，泻药，净化；vt.净化，清除，摆脱；vi.清除，通便，腹泻，变得清洁

参考例句：

• The new president carried out a purge of disloyal army officers.新总统对不忠诚的军官进行了清洗。
• The mayoral candidate has promised to purge the police department.市长候选人答应清洗警察部门。