历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-01-13

 January 13rd, 1978“Fellow doesn’t have any tears, it doesn’t have any heart. “Former Vice¹ President Hubert Humphrey, a liberal icon² of the 50s and 60s dies of cancer in Waverly, Minnesota, at age 66. 1992.

Japan apologizes for forcing tens of thousands of Korean women to serve as sex slaves for Japanese soldiers during World War Two. 1990.

L. Douglas Wilder of Virginia is sworn in as America’s first elected black governor.

1898.

J’Accuse, author Emile Zola’s famous defense³ of French Army Captain Alfred Dreyfus is published in Paris. Dreyfus convicted of treason in a case that triggered charges of anti-Semitism is vindicated⁴ years later. And 1864.

Composer Stephen Foster, whose songs include Camptown Races and My Old Kentucky Home, dies in New York.

Today in History, January 13rd, Mike Gracia, the Associated Press.

1 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

2 icon   

n.偶像，崇拜的对象，画像

参考例句：

• They found an icon in the monastery.他们在修道院中发现了一个圣像。
• Click on this icon to align or justify text.点击这个图标使文本排齐。

3 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

4 vindicated   

v.澄清（某人/某事物）受到的责难或嫌疑( vindicate的过去式和过去分词 )；表明或证明（所争辩的事物）属实、正当、有效等；维护

参考例句：

• I have every confidence that this decision will be fully vindicated. 我完全相信这一决定的正确性将得到充分证明。
• Subsequent events vindicated the policy. 后来的事实证明那政策是对的。 来自《简明英汉词典》