历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-09-18

 September 18th, 1850In Washington, America’s divide between North and South over slavery deepens. Congress passes the Fugitive¹ Slave Act, allowing slave owners to reclaim² slaves which escape to other states. The law helps fill the outbreak of the civil war a decade later. 2001Letters postmarked Trenton, New Jersey³ that later test positive for anthrax are sent to NBC anchorman Tom Brokaw and the New York Post. The letters are part of the anthrax scare that kills five people and infects more than a dozen others just weeks after the September 11 terror attacks. 1975In San Francisco, newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst is captured more than a year and a half after her kidnapping. Hearst says her kidnappers⁴ known as the Symbionese Liberation Army brainwashed her to join in them at least two robberies. She spends prison time for bank robbery but her sentence is later commuted⁵. 1961In Africa, U.N. Secretary General Dag Hammarsild is killed when his pane⁶ crashes in what’s now Zambia. Mannarsild who was on a peace mission in what’s now the Democratic Republic of Congo with 56 years old. 1905Actress Greta Garbo, the enigmatic movie star of the 1920s and 1930s is born in Stockholm, Sweden. And 1970 Purple haze⁷ all around  Don't know if I'm comin' up or down In London, guitar Jimi Hendrix, the music icon⁸ of the 60s counterculture dies of the drug overdose. He was 27 years old. Today in history, September 18th, Sandy Kozel, the Associated Press.

1 fugitive   

adj.逃亡的，易逝的；n.逃犯，逃亡者

参考例句：

• The police were able to deduce where the fugitive was hiding.警方成功地推断出那逃亡者躲藏的地方。
• The fugitive is believed to be headed for the border.逃犯被认为在向国境线逃窜。

2 reclaim   

v.要求归还，收回；开垦

参考例句：

• I have tried to reclaim my money without success.我没能把钱取回来。
• You must present this ticket when you reclaim your luggage.当你要取回行李时，必须出示这张票子。

3 jersey   

n.运动衫

参考例句：

• He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
• They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。

4 kidnappers   

n.拐子，绑匪( kidnapper的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• They were freed yesterday by their kidnappers unharmed. 他们昨天被绑架者释放了，没有受到伤害。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The kidnappers had threatened to behead all four unless their jailed comrades were released. 帮匪们曾经威胁说如果印度方面不释放他们的同伙，他们就要将这四名人质全部斩首。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 commuted   

通勤( commute的过去式和过去分词 )； 减（刑）； 代偿

参考例句：

• His sentence was commuted from death to life imprisonment. 他的判决由死刑减为无期徒刑。
• The death sentence may be commuted to life imprisonment. 死刑可能減为无期徒刑。

6 pane   

n.窗格玻璃，长方块

参考例句：

• He broke this pane of glass.他打破了这块窗玻璃。
• Their breath bloomed the frosty pane.他们呼出的水气，在冰冷的窗玻璃上形成一层雾。

7 haze   

n.霾，烟雾；懵懂，迷糊；vi.(over)变模糊

参考例句：

• I couldn't see her through the haze of smoke.在烟雾弥漫中，我看不见她。
• He often lives in a haze of whisky.他常常是在威士忌的懵懂醉意中度过的。

8 icon   

n.偶像，崇拜的对象，画像

参考例句：

• They found an icon in the monastery.他们在修道院中发现了一个圣像。
• Click on this icon to align or justify text.点击这个图标使文本排齐。