历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-07-25

 July 25th, 1956Disaster and rescue on the High Seas of the North Atlantic off the coast of New England. The Italian liner Andrew Adoria collides with the Swedish passenger ship "Stockholm", killing¹ at least 51 people. Most on board the Andrew Adoria survive. They are evacuated² before the liner sinks the following day.

2000An Air France Concorde bound for New York crashes outside Paris shortly after take off. All 109 people on board and 4 people on the ground are killed in the first ever crash of the supersonic jet. Just years later, the Concorde is grounded for good because of ballooning cost and dwindling³ ticket sales after the crash.

1995A UN war crimes tribunal indicts⁴ Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic and General Ratko Mladic. They are wanted for the slaughter⁵ of up to 8,000 Bosnian and Muslim men and boys in the enclave of Srebrenica. Both men remain at large for Europe’s worst massacre⁶ of civilians⁷ since World War II.

1978Louise Joy Brown, the world's first "test tube baby", conceived through in-vitro fertilization is born in Oldham, England.

1997Ben Hogan, one of the greatest golfers of all time dies in Fort Worth, Texas. He was 84.

And 1975“One singular sensation, Every little step she takes…”

In New York, the musical A Chorus Line opens on Broadway.

Today in History ,July 25. Sandy Kozel, the Associated Press.

1 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

2 evacuated   

撤退者的

参考例句：

• Police evacuated nearby buildings. 警方已将附近大楼的居民疏散。
• The fireman evacuated the guests from the burning hotel. 消防队员把客人们从燃烧着的旅馆中撤出来。

3 dwindling   

adj.逐渐减少的v.逐渐变少或变小( dwindle的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The number of wild animals on the earth is dwindling. 地球上野生动物的数量正日渐减少。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He is struggling to come to terms with his dwindling authority. 他正努力适应自己权力被削弱这一局面。 来自辞典例句

4 indicts   

控告，起诉( indict的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• If the grand jury indicts the suspect, he will go to trial. 如果大陪审团指控嫌疑犯，他就得上法庭。
• The grand jury indicts or refuses to indict accused persons. 大陪审团可起诉或拒绝起诉被告。

5 slaughter   

n.屠杀，屠宰；vt.屠杀，宰杀

参考例句：

• I couldn't stand to watch them slaughter the cattle.我不忍看他们宰牛。
• Wholesale slaughter was carried out in the name of progress.大规模的屠杀在维护进步的名义下进行。

6 massacre   

n.残杀，大屠杀；v.残杀，集体屠杀

参考例句：

• There was a terrible massacre of villagers here during the war.在战争中，这里的村民惨遭屠杀。
• If we forget the massacre,the massacre will happen again!忘记了大屠杀，大屠杀就有可能再次发生！

7 civilians   

平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓

参考例句：

• the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
• At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。