历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-10-31

 October 31st, 1517In Germany, the start of the Protestant Reformation, as the priest Martin Luther takes a stand. He posts the “95 Theses” on the door of Wittenberg Palace Church, questioning Catholic Church practices.

1968,President Lyndon B. Johnson orders a halt to all U.S. bombing of North Vietnam. Johnson says he hopes the move spurs fruitful peace negotiations¹ to end the Vietnam War. “I have reached this decision on the bases to the development in the Paris talks. And I’ve reached in the belief that this action can lead to progress toward a peaceful settlement of the Vietnamese War.” But the war rages for more than another four years before a cease-fire agreement is finally reached.

1984,In India, two Sikh security guards of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi assassinate² her. It happens months after Gandhi orders a deadly attack on the Sikhs' holiest shrine³ to crack down on Sikh militants⁴.

And 1926,In Detroit, magician Harry⁵ Houdini dies of gangrene and peritonitis resulting from a ruptured⁶ appendix. Houdini became ill after a student had struck him in the stomach in his dressing⁷ room days earlier.

Today in History, October 31th, Sandy Kozel, the Associated Press.

1 negotiations   

协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过

参考例句：

• negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
• Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。

2 assassinate   

vt.暗杀，行刺，中伤

参考例句：

• The police exposed a criminal plot to assassinate the president.警方侦破了一个行刺总统的阴谋。
• A plot to assassinate the banker has been uncovered by the police.暗杀银行家的密谋被警方侦破了。

3 shrine   

n.圣地，神龛，庙；v.将...置于神龛内，把...奉为神圣

参考例句：

• The shrine was an object of pilgrimage.这处圣地是人们朝圣的目的地。
• They bowed down before the shrine.他们在神龛前鞠躬示敬。

4 militants   

激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
• Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

5 harry   

vt.掠夺，蹂躏，使苦恼

参考例句：

• Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天，人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
• Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。

6 ruptured   

v.（使）破裂( rupture的过去式和过去分词 )；（使体内组织等）断裂；使（友好关系）破裂；使绝交

参考例句：

• They reported that the pipeline had ruptured. 他们报告说管道已经破裂了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The wall through Berlin was finally ruptured, prefiguring the reunification of Germany. 柏林墙终于倒塌了，预示着德国的重新统一。 来自辞典例句

7 dressing   

n.(食物)调料；包扎伤口的用品，敷料

参考例句：

• Don't spend such a lot of time in dressing yourself.别花那么多时间来打扮自己。
• The children enjoy dressing up in mother's old clothes.孩子们喜欢穿上妈妈旧时的衣服玩。