历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-09-05

 September 5th, 1972“You are welcome. Israeli Olympic team is destroyed much of it, some of them are officials.” A massacre¹ at the Summer Olympic Games in Munich, in what's then West Germany. Palestinian guerrillas attack the Israeli Olympic team, killing² two athletes in their rooms, taking nine others hostage. The nearly two-day standoff ends with a total of 11 Israelis, five of their attackers and a police officer dead.

1975,In Sacramento, California, President Gerald Ford³ escapes the first of two assassination⁴ attempts, just weeks apart. AP Correspondent Walter Rodgers, “The woman came within three feet of the president but police and Mr. Ford’s Secret Service agents referred her to the ground before she could get a shot off.” Ford's would-be assassin, Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme, a disciple⁵ of convicted murderer Charles Manson, gets life behind bars.

1957,Jack Kerouac's novel “On the Road”, a major work of the Beat Generation during the decade after WWII, is first published. And 1997,“To save the joy of loving, to start working, start loving the poor, start doing something that is a best favor to the member.” Mother Teresa, who received a Nobel Peace Prize for her work on behalf of the poor, dies in Calcutta, India. She was 87 years old. Today in History, September 5th, Ross Simpson, the Associated Press.

1 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！

2 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。

3 Ford   

n.浅滩，水浅可涉处；v.涉水，涉过

参考例句：

• They were guarding the bridge,so we forded the river.他们驻守在那座桥上，所以我们只能涉水过河。
• If you decide to ford a stream,be extremely careful.如果已决定要涉过小溪，必须极度小心。

4 assassination   

n.暗杀；暗杀事件

参考例句：

• The assassination of the president brought matters to a head.总统遭暗杀使事态到了严重关头。
• Lincoln's assassination in 1865 shocked the whole nation.1865年，林肯遇刺事件震惊全美国。

5 disciple   

n.信徒，门徒，追随者

参考例句：

• Your disciple failed to welcome you.你的徒弟没能迎接你。
• He was an ardent disciple of Gandhi.他是甘地的忠实信徒。