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文章来源：未知文章作者：meng 发布时间：2009-11-08 01:48 字体： [ ]　

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today's highlight in history:
on november fourth, 1979, the iranian hostage crisis（人质危机） began as ¹ stormed the united states embassy in tehran. for some of the hostages, it was the start of 444 days of captivity（囚禁，被关）.

on this date:
in 1842, abraham lincoln married mary todd in springfield, illinois.

in 1880, the first cash register（出纳机） was patented by james and john ritty of dayton, ohio.

in 1884, ² grover cleveland was elected to his first term as president, defeating republican james g. blaine.

in 1922, the entrance to king tutankhamen's tomb was discovered in egypt.

in 1939, the united states modified its neutrality（中立） stance in world war two, allowing "cash and carry" purchases of arms by ³（交战国）, a policy favoring britain and france.

in 1942, during world war two, ⁴ forces retreated from el alamein in north africa in a major victory for british forces commanded by field marshal bernard montgomery.

in 1952, dwight d. eisenhower was elected president, defeating democrat adlai stevenson.

in 1956, ⁵ troops moved in to crush the hungarian revolution.

in 1980, ronald reagan won the white house as he defeated president carter by a strong margin（利润，边缘）.

in 1991, former president reagan opened his library in simi valley, california.

ten years ago: iraq issued a new broadside, saying it was prepared to fight a "dangerous war" rather than give up kuwait. secretary of state james ⁶ visited us troops in the saudi arabian desert. douglas wakiihuri of kenya and wanda panfil of poland won the new york city marathon.

five years ago: israeli prime minister yitzhak rabin was ⁷ by a right-wing israeli minutes after attending a ⁸ peace rally（集会）.

one year ago: aaron mckinney, who beat gay college student matthew shepard and left him to die on the wyoming prairie（大草原）, avoided the death penalty by agreeing to serve life in prison without parole（释放宣言） and ⁹ never to appeal his conviction. some ten-thousand iranian students rallied outside the former us embassy in tehran to mark the 20th anniversary of its ¹⁰ by islamic militants.

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1
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。

2
n.民主主义者，民主人士；民主党党员
参考例句：
the democrat and the public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。 about two years later,he was defeated by democrat jimmy carter.大约两年后，他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。

3
n.交战的一方（指国家、集团或个人）( belligerent的名词复数 )
参考例句：
at long last an armistice was declared by the belligerents. 交战双方终于宣布停战。来自辞典例句 yet it remains unclear whether the actual belligerents will accept it. 但真正的交战双方是否会接受还是个未知数。来自互联网

4
n.轴，轴线，中心线；坐标轴，基准线
参考例句：
the earth's axis is the line between the north and south poles.地轴是南北极之间的线。 the axis of a circle is its diameter.圆的轴线是其直径。

5
adj.苏联的，苏维埃的；n.苏维埃
参考例句：
zhukov was a marshal of the former soviet union.朱可夫是前苏联的一位元帅。 germany began to attack the soviet union in 1941.德国在1941年开始进攻苏联。

6
n.面包师
参考例句：
the baker bakes his bread in the bakery.面包师在面包房内烤面包。 the baker frosted the cake with a mixture of sugar and whites of eggs.面包师在蛋糕上撒了一层白糖和蛋清的混合料。

7
v.暗杀( assassinate的过去式和过去分词 )；中伤；诋毁；破坏
参考例句：
the prime minister was assassinated by extremists. 首相遭极端分子暗杀。 then, just two days later, president kennedy was assassinated in dallas. 跟着在两天以后，肯尼迪总统在达拉斯被人暗杀。来自辞典例句

8
adj.欢宴的，节日的
参考例句：
it was christmas and everyone was in festive mood.当时是圣诞节，每个人都沉浸在节日的欢乐中。 we all wore festive costumes to the ball.我们都穿着节日的盛装前去参加舞会。

9
adj.有希望的，有前途的
参考例句：
the results of the experiments are very promising.实验的结果充满了希望。 we're trying to bring along one or two promising young swimmers.我们正设法培养出一两名有前途的年轻游泳选手。

10
n.没收；占有；抵押
参考例句：
the seizure of contraband is made by customs.那些走私品是被海关没收的。 the courts ordered the seizure of all her property.法院下令查封她所有的财产。

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