历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-05-06

 May 6th, 1937. In Lakehurst, New Jersey¹, the German dirigible Hindenberg burns into flames and crashes upon arriving for landing. Reporter Herbert Morrison is there. “It’s a terrific crash, ladies and gentlemen. The smoke and the flame now, and the flame is crashing to the ground, not quite to the mooring² mass. Oh, the humanity and all the passengers...” The disaster kills 35 people aboard the hydrogen-fueled airship and a navy crewman on the ground.

1856. Psychologist Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis is born in what’s now the Czech Republic.

1915. “Ladies and gentlemen, I don’t know what you’ll think about Mr. Kane, I can’t imagine. You see, I play the part myself.” Actor and director Orson Welles, whose pioneering films include Citizen Kane and Touch of Evil, is born in Kenosha, Wisconsin. 1942. During WWII, Americans and Filipino surrender to Japanese forces on the Philippine island of Corregidor in the Pacific. And 1954. In Britain, Roger Bannister becomes the first athlete to run a mile in fewer than 4 minutes. Bannister finishes the mile in 3’59.4’’ at a track meet at Oxford³.

Today in History, May 6th. Sandy Kozel, the Associated Press.

1 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。

2 mooring   

n.停泊处；系泊用具，系船具；下锚v.停泊，系泊（船只）(moor的现在分词)

参考例句：

• However, all the best mooring were occupied by local fishing boats. 凡是可以泊船的地方早已被当地渔船占去了。 来自汉英文学 - 散文英译
• Her mind was shaken loose from the little mooring of logic that it had. 就像小船失去了锚，她的思绪毫无逻辑地四处漂浮，一会为这个想法难受，一会为那个念头生气。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹

3 Oxford   

n.牛津（英国城市）

参考例句：

• At present he has become a Professor of Chemistry at Oxford.他现在已是牛津大学的化学教授了。
• This is where the road to Oxford joins the road to London.这是去牛津的路与去伦敦的路的汇合处。