历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-05-09

 May 9th, 1960Make way for “The Pill”. The Food and Drug Administration approves the oral contraceptive Enovid as safe for birth control use. The pill is the first of its kind to be available by prescription¹ in the United States, unleashing² a social revolution.

1961,A blistering³ attack on American television by the head of the Federal Communications Commission. FCC chairman Newton Minow condemns⁴ TV programming in a speech to the National Association of Broadcasters. “Keep your eyes glued to that set until the station signs off. I can assure you that you will observe a vast wasteland.”

1926,Americans Richard Byrd and Floyd Bennett become the first men to fly over the North Pole during a 15 and a half hour flight. 1918,“People know what to expect and I’m gonna do it with you. They know that there'll be some questions that they're not gonna be particularly happy with.”

Mike Wallace, one of the original correspondents on the CBS News magazine “60 Minutes”, is born in Brookline, Massachusetts.

And 1949,“Sing us a song you’re the piano man. Sing us a song tonight.” Singer songwriter Billy Joel, the “Piano Man” himself, is born in New York City.

Today in History, May 9th, Sandy Kozel, the Associated Press.

1 prescription   

n.处方，开药；指示，规定

参考例句：

• The physician made a prescription against sea- sickness for him.医生给他开了个治晕船的药方。
• The drug is available on prescription only.这种药只能凭处方购买。

2 unleashing   

v.把（感情、力量等）释放出来，发泄( unleash的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Company logos: making people's life better by unleashing Cummins power. 公司理念：以康明斯动力建设更美好的生活！ 来自互联网
• Sooner or later the dam will burst, unleashing catastrophic destruction. 否则堤坝将崩溃，酿成灾难。 来自互联网

3 blistering   

adj.酷热的；猛烈的；使起疱的；可恶的v.起水疱；起气泡；使受暴晒n.[涂料] 起泡

参考例句：

• The runners set off at a blistering pace. 赛跑运动员如脱缰野马般起跑了。
• This failure is known as preferential wetting and is responsible for blistering. 这种故障称为优先吸湿，是产生气泡的原因。 来自辞典例句

4 condemns   

v.（通常因道义上的原因而）谴责( condemn的第三人称单数 )；宣判；宣布…不能使用；迫使…陷于不幸的境地

参考例句：

• Her widowhood condemns her to a lonely old age. 守寡使她不得不过着孤独的晚年生活。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The public opinion condemns prostitution. 公众舆论遣责卖淫。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》