历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-01-28

 January 28th, 1986Space Shuttle Challenger explodes 73 seconds after takeoff from Cape¹ Canaveral, Florida. All seven crew members on board the Challenger, among them school teacher Christa McAuliffe, are killed.

President Ronald Regan tells a shocked and grieving² nation:”We’ll never forget them, nor the last time we saw them, this morning, as they prepared for their journey and waved goodbye and slipped the surly bonds of earth to touch the face of God.”

1596Sir Francis Drake, the mariner³ who became the first englishman to circumnavigate the globe, dies off the coast of Panama.

1853Jose Marti, the Cuban revolutionary who fought for his country’s independence from Spain, is born in Habana.

1959“I wanna say this that is a great game, the game of great lessons.”

Vince Lombardi is named the head coach of the Green Bay Packers, in the following decade; he leads the Packers to victory in the first two Super Bowls.

Today in History, January 28th, Sandy Kozel, the Associated Press.

1 cape   

n.海角，岬；披肩，短披风

参考例句：

• I long for a trip to the Cape of Good Hope.我渴望到好望角去旅行。
• She was wearing a cape over her dress.她在外套上披着一件披肩。

2 grieving   

感到悲痛，伤心( grieve的现在分词 )； 使…伤心

参考例句：

• They are still grieving for their dead child. 他们还在为死去的孩子伤心。
• The news brought no solace to the grieving relations. 这个消息并未给悲痛的家属带来什么安慰。

3 mariner   

n.水手号不载人航天探测器，海员，航海者

参考例句：

• A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.平静的大海决不能造就熟练的水手。
• A mariner must have his eye upon rocks and sands as well as upon the North Star.海员不仅要盯着北极星，还要注意暗礁和险滩。