历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-02-05

 Feburary 5th 1937. President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposes boosting the number of justices on the US Supreme¹ Court. He pushes the plan after the court strikes down key parts of his new deal program during the Great Depression. “The Court itself can best undo² what the Court has done.” But cirtics accuse Roosevelt of trying to pack the high court and he suffers his first major defeat in Congress.

1994. In Mississippi, Byron De La Beckwith is convicted of murdering civil rights leader Medgar Evers more than thirty years earlier. Beckwith, a white supremacist gets life in prison. He dies behind bars nearly seven years later.

1914. William S. Burroughs, one of the writers during the Beat Movement of the 1950s, is born in St. Louis.

1967. “Are we going to do a little didy that’s gonna make everybody have Me-time?” “Donald, you, I’m not.” The Smothers³ Brothers Comedy Hour, the TV variety show for the sixties counterculture, premieres on CBS.

And 1934. “That ball is gonna be, oh, they’re here! It’s start!” Baseball Hall of Famer Hank Aaron who holds the career record for the most home runs is born in Mobile, Alabama.

Today in history, Feburary 5th. Ross Simpson. The Associated Press.

1 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

2 undo   

vt.解开，松开；取消，撤销

参考例句：

• His pride will undo him some day.他的傲慢总有一天会毁了他。
• I managed secretly to undo a corner of the parcel.我悄悄地设法解开了包裹的一角。

3 smothers   

（使）窒息， （使）透不过气( smother的第三人称单数 )； 覆盖； 忍住； 抑制

参考例句：

• Mary smothers her children with too much love. 玛丽溺爱自己的孩子。
• He smothers his hair with grease, eg hair-oil. 他用发腊擦头发。