历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-01-04

 "The main danger to stability is terror..." Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon suffers a significant stroke and lapses¹ into a coma². It happens just month after Sharon ends Israeli's 38-year occupation of the Gaza Strip and both his own hard-line Likud party. Sharon's official powers are transferred to his dupty Ehud Olmert, who later succeeds him as Prime Minister.

1809,Louis Braille, the inventor of a reading system for the blind which bears his name to this day, is born in the town near Paris.

1999,"The one thing you'll get from Governor Jesse Ventura, you may not always wanna hear it. But you will get honesty." Former pro³ wrestler⁴ Jesse, "The Body" Ventura vows⁵ to be a straight talker after he is sworn in as thegovernor of Minnesota.

And 1965,"Memory, turn your face to the moonlight. Let..." Poet, T.S. Eliot whose work inspired and supplied most of the worlds for the musical "Cats" years later, dies in London at age 76.

Today in History, January 4nd. Sophia Manos, the Associated Press.

1 lapses   

n.失误，过失( lapse的名词复数 )；小毛病；行为失检；偏离正道v.退步( lapse的第三人称单数 )；陷入；倒退；丧失

参考例句：

• He sometimes lapses from good behavior. 他有时行为失检。 来自辞典例句
• He could forgive attacks of nerves, panic, bad unexplainable actions, all sorts of lapses. 他可以宽恕突然发作的歇斯底里，惊慌失措，恶劣的莫名其妙的动作，各种各样的失误。 来自辞典例句

2 coma   

n.昏迷，昏迷状态

参考例句：

• The patient rallied from the coma.病人从昏迷中苏醒过来。
• She went into a coma after swallowing a whole bottle of sleeping pills.她吃了一整瓶安眠药后就昏迷过去了。

3 pro   

n.赞成，赞成的意见，赞成者

参考例句：

• The two debating teams argued the question pro and con.辩论的两组从赞成与反对两方面辩这一问题。
• Are you pro or con nuclear disarmament?你是赞成还是反对核裁军？

4 wrestler   

n.摔角选手，扭

参考例句：

• The wrestler tripped up his opponent.那个摔跤运动员把对手绊倒在地。
• The stronger wrestler won the first throw.较壮的那个摔跤手第一跤就赢了。

5 vows   

誓言( vow的名词复数 )； 郑重宣布，许愿

参考例句：

• Matrimonial vows are to show the faithfulness of the new couple. 婚誓体现了新婚夫妇对婚姻的忠诚。
• The nun took strait vows. 那位修女立下严格的誓愿。