历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-08-01

 August 1st, 1966Charles Whitman goes on a shooting rampage at the University of Texas clock tower in Austin. With a high-powered rifle, he kills 14 people and wounds nearly three dozen others, hours after murdering his wife and mother. The killing¹ ends when police gun down Whitman, ninety minutes after the siege at the clock tower began.

1914,Europe's major powers take another fateful step into WWI, as Germany declares war on Russia.

1936,Nazi² Germany's dictator Adolf Hitler opens the Berlin Olympics. Hitler hopes to use the Games as a showcase for his ideology³ of racial superiority. But American athlete Jesse Owens shatters that dream, by winning four gold medals. 1944,An uprising breaks out in Warsaw against Nazi Germany's occupation of Poland during WWII. The two month revolt takes place a year after a failed uprising by Warsaw's Jews to resist being sent to a Nazi death camp. 1819,Herman Melville, author of “Moby Dick”, the tale of the great white whale, is born in New York City. And 1981,MTV, the channel that put music videos on the pop culture map, debuts⁴ on cable.

Today in History, August 1st, Mike Gracia, the Associated Press.

1 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

2 Nazi   

n.纳粹分子，adj.纳粹党的，纳粹的

参考例句：

• They declare the Nazi regime overthrown and sue for peace.他们宣布纳粹政权已被推翻，并出面求和。
• Nazi closes those war criminals inside their concentration camp.纳粹把那些战犯关在他们的集中营里。

3 ideology   

n.意识形态，(政治或社会的)思想意识

参考例句：

• The ideology has great influence in the world.这种思想体系在世界上有很大的影响。
• The ideal is to strike a medium between ideology and inspiration.我的理想是在意识思想和灵感鼓动之间找到一个折衷。

4 debuts   

演员首次演出( debut的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• He never really debuts the idea of taking money from his parents any longer. 他从此就再也没有认真起过向父母要钱的念头。
• This young soprano debuts next month at the metropolitan opera. 这位年轻的女高音歌唱家下个月将在纽约大都会歌剧院举行首演。