历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-12-01

 December 1st, 1955What’s considered the birth of the modern Civil Rights Movement takes place in Montgomery, Alabama.

“I would just like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free and have the same rights and privileges as anybody else.”

Rosa Parks, a black seamstress , is arrested after she refuses to give up her seat to a white man on a city bus. Her arrest sparks a successful year-long boycottof the buses by blacks, led by Martin Luther King, Jr.

1934In what’s then the Soviet¹ Union, communist official Sergey Kirov is assassinated² in Leningrad, what’s now St. Petersburg, Russia. Kirov was an associate and potential rival of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, who conducts a massive purge³ following the murder.

1963 I want to hold your hand.

Beatlemania arrives in America as the Fab Four‘s first single “I want to hold your hand” is released in the U.S.

And 1935 Call the police. Dial 911. It's the lobster⁴ squad⁵. Come on now, they're only baby ones, for God's sake. If they're only baby ones, you pick them up. All right, all right.

Actor and director, Woody Allen, whose films include “Annie Hall” and “Hannah and Her Sisters”, is born in New York City.

Today in history, December 1st, Ed Donahue, the Associated Press.

1 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。

2 assassinated   

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

3 purge   

n.整肃，清除，泻药，净化；vt.净化，清除，摆脱；vi.清除，通便，腹泻，变得清洁

参考例句：

• The new president carried out a purge of disloyal army officers.新总统对不忠诚的军官进行了清洗。
• The mayoral candidate has promised to purge the police department.市长候选人答应清洗警察部门。

4 lobster   

n.龙虾，龙虾肉

参考例句：

• The lobster is a shellfish.龙虾是水生贝壳动物。
• I like lobster but it does not like me.我喜欢吃龙虾，但它不适宜于我的健康。

5 squad   

n.班，小队，小团体；vt.把…编成班或小组

参考例句：

• The squad leader ordered the men to mark time.班长命令战士们原地踏步。
• A squad is the smallest unit in an army.班是军队的最小构成单位。