历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-07-19

 July 19th, 1848. A Woman's Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, New York launches the movement to give American women the right to vote. That campaign succeeds when the 19th Amendment¹ to the US Constitution takes effectmore than 70 years later.

1993. President Bill Clinton announces the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy on gays serving in the military. "It certainly will not please everyone, perhaps not anyone, and clearly not those who hold the most adamant² opinions on either side of this issue."The compromise forbids the military from asking service members about their sexual orientation³, and requires a discharge for service members who are openly gay or engage in homosexual activity.

1969. Apollo XI and its 3 astronaut crew start orbiting the moon ahead of man's first landing on the lunar surface. 1990. Baseball's all-time hits leader Pete Rose gets 5 months in Federal Prison and a 50,000-dollar fine for filing false tax returns. That happens after Rose is banned for a life from baseball when it claims he bet on a game, something he admits years later.

And 1980. The Summer Olymics started in Moscow minus the United States and dozens of other countries. These countries decide to boycott⁴ the games over the Soviet⁵ Union's invasion of Afghanistan. Today in History, July 19th. Carload Bradley, the Associated Press.

1 amendment   

n.改正，修正，改善，修正案

参考例句：

• The amendment was rejected by 207 voters to 143.这项修正案以207票对143票被否决。
• The Opposition has tabled an amendment to the bill.反对党已经就该议案提交了一项修正条款。

2 adamant   

adj.坚硬的，固执的

参考例句：

• We are adamant on the building of a well-off society.在建设小康社会这一点上，我们是坚定不移的。
• Veronica was quite adamant that they should stay on.维罗妮卡坚信他们必须继续留下去。

3 orientation   

n.方向，目标；熟悉，适应，情况介绍

参考例句：

• Children need some orientation when they go to school.小孩子上学时需要适应。
• The traveller found his orientation with the aid of a good map.旅行者借助一幅好地图得知自己的方向。

4 boycott   

n./v.(联合)抵制，拒绝参与

参考例句：

• We put the production under a boycott.我们联合抵制该商品。
• The boycott lasts a year until the Victoria board permitsreturn.这个抗争持续了一年直到维多利亚教育局妥协为止。

5 Soviet   

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。