历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-11-25

 November 25th, 1963Three days after he's slain¹ in Dallas, the body of President John F. Kennedy is laid to rest  at Arlington National Cemetery².

1986In Washington, new details about the Iran-Contra Affair engulf³ President Ronald Reagan’s administration. Reagan and Attorney General Edwin Meese reveal profits from secret arm sales to Iran have been diverted to the Contra rebels in Nicaragua1783British forces evacuate⁴ New York, their last military position in United States during the revolutionary war.

1999Off the Florida coast, fishermen rescue Elian Gonzalez after he survived a shipwreck⁵, a trying to reach the U.S. with his mother. An international custody⁶ battle's soon enforced between Elian’s father in Cuba and the boy’s Miami relatives. The following year, the U.S. government removes Elian from those relatives and returns him to his father.

And 1914Joe DiMaggio, one of baseball’s greatest hitters and center fielders is born in Martinez, California.

Today in History, November 25th, Tim Maguire, the Associated Press.

1 slain   

杀死，宰杀，杀戮( slay的过去分词 )； (slay的过去分词)

参考例句：

• The soldiers slain in the battle were burried that night. 在那天夜晚埋葬了在战斗中牺牲了的战士。
• His boy was dead, slain by the hand of the false Amulius. 他的儿子被奸诈的阿缪利乌斯杀死了。

2 cemetery   

n.坟墓，墓地，坟场

参考例句：

• He was buried in the cemetery.他被葬在公墓。
• His remains were interred in the cemetery.他的遗体葬在墓地。

3 engulf   

vt.吞没，吞食

参考例句：

• Floodwaters engulf a housing project in the Bajo Yuna community in central Dominican Republic.洪水吞没了多米尼加中部巴杰优那社区的一处在建的住房工程项目。
• If we are not strong enough to cover all the minds up,then they will engulf us,and we are in danger.如果我们不够坚强来抵挡大众的意念，就会有被他们吞没的危险。

4 evacuate   

v.遣送；搬空；抽出；排泄；大(小)便

参考例句：

• We must evacuate those soldiers at once!我们必须立即撤出这些士兵！
• They were planning to evacuate the seventy American officials still in the country.他们正计划转移仍滞留在该国的70名美国官员。

5 shipwreck   

n.船舶失事，海难

参考例句：

• He walked away from the shipwreck.他船难中平安地脱险了。
• The shipwreck was a harrowing experience.那次船难是一个惨痛的经历。

6 custody   

n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留

参考例句：

• He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
• He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。