历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-10-06

 October 6th, 1981, in Cairo, Islamic extremists assassinate¹ Egypt’s President Anwar Sadat while he reviews the military parade. Sadat, the first Arab leader derecognized Israel as part of a push for Mid-East peace, was 62 years old.

1973, war erupts in the Mid-East for the 4th time in a quarter century as Egypt and Syria attack Israel on the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur. The fighting ends in a ceasefire weeks’ later, with Israel still in control of territory which it seized during the 6-day-war.

2004, in Washington, a report that undercuts a key rationale by the Bush Administration for invading Iraq, top U.S. Arms Inspector² Charles Duelfer finds no evidence that Saddam Hussein’s regime had produced weapons of mass destruction after 1991.

1989, “Fasten your seat belts, it’s going to be a bumpy³ night.” Actress Bette Davis, star of the Hollywood movies during the 1930s and 40s, dies in the Northwestern suburb France capital Paris. She was 81 years old.

And 1927, “Wait a minute, wait a minute, you would have heard nothing yet, wait a minute, I tell you, you would have heard nothing.” Talking pictures arrive on the silver screen as THE JAZZ SINGER premieres, the film staring Al Jolson, features both silent and sound-synchronized scenes.

Today in History. October 6th. Ross Simpson, the Associated Press.

1 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。

2 inspector   

n.检查员，监察员，视察员

参考例句：

• The inspector was interested in everything pertaining to the school.视察员对有关学校的一切都感兴趣。
• The inspector was shining a flashlight onto the tickets.查票员打着手电筒查看车票。

3 bumpy   

adj.颠簸不平的，崎岖的

参考例句：

• I think we've a bumpy road ahead of us.我觉得我们将要面临一段困难时期。
• The wide paved road degenerated into a narrow bumpy track.铺好的宽阔道路渐渐变窄，成了一条崎岖不平的小径。