历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-02-07

 Feb 7th, 1964 “I wanna hold your hand, I wanna hold your hand, I wanna hold your hand.” The Beatles arrives in New York for their first tour of the US among the stops of the “Fab Four” and appears on TV’s “Ed Sullivan Show”.

1995Ramzi Yousef,mastermind of the 1993 bombing at New York’s World Trade Center is arrested in Pakistan. Yousef is later convicted¹ and gets life in prison just a few years before the Twin Tower’s fall in the September. 11 terrorist’s attacks.

1999 “There has been enough destruction², enough death, enough waste.” Jordan’s King Hussein, seen as the voice for stability³ in the Middle East, dies of cancer in the capital Amman, at age 63.

1812Charles Dickens, author of A Christmas Carol⁴ and A Tale of Two Cities is born in Portsmouth, England.

And 1962Cause I’ve got friends in low places, where the whiskey drowns.

Country singer and songwriter Garth Brooks⁵ is born in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Today in history, Feb 7th, Tim Maguire, the Associated Press

1 convicted   

adj.已被判刑的，被宣布有罪的 动词convict的过去式和过去分词形式

参考例句：

• He was convicted of fraud. 他被判犯有诈骗罪。
• He was convicted at a court martial. 他在军事法庭上被判有罪。

2 destruction   

n.破坏，毁灭，消灭

参考例句：

• The enemy bombs caused widespread destruction.敌人的炸弹造成大面积的破坏。
• Overconfidence was his destruction.自负是他垮台的原因。

3 stability   

n.稳定，稳固

参考例句：

• The situation is tending towards stability.局势趋于稳定。
• She lacks emotional stability.她的情绪不稳定。

4 Carol   

n.赞美诗，圣诞颂歌

参考例句：

• Silent Night is my favourite carol.《平安夜》是我最喜欢的圣诞颂歌。
• The people in the church are singing a christmas carol.教堂里的人们正在唱圣诞颂歌。

5 brooks   

n.小溪( brook的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Brooks gave the business when Haas caught him with his watch. 哈斯抓到偷他的手表的布鲁克斯时，狠狠地揍了他一顿。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Ade and Brooks exchanged blows yesterday and they were severely punished today. 艾德和布鲁克斯昨天打起来了，今天他们受到严厉的惩罚。 来自《简明英汉词典》