历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-03-11

 March 11th, 2004.

Bombs strike a commuter¹ rail network in Spain's capital, Madrid. The attack linked to the al-Qaeda terror network kills 191 people and wounds more than 2,000 others.

2006Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic is found dead in his prison cell in the Netherlands. Milosevic dies while still on trial before a UN war crimes tribunal for orchestrating a decade of fighting in the Balkans that killed 250,000 people.

1985. In Moscow, Mikhail Gorbachev becomes the Soviet² Union's new leader. Gorbachev succeeds the late Konstantin Chernenko in the Kremlin.

1942.

During World War II, General Douglas MacArthur leaves the Philippines for Australia as Japanese forces advance in the Pacific. At the time, MacArthur vows³ "I shall return." He keeps that promise nearly three years later when the allies reclaime the Philippines from the Japanese.

And 1970"Teach your children well, their father's hell..."Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, release their Deja Vu album. Among the tracks, Teach Your Children and Our House.

Today in History, March 11th, Ross Simpson, the Associated Press.

1 commuter   

n.(尤指市郊之间)乘公交车辆上下班者

参考例句：

• Police cordoned off the road and diverted commuter traffic. 警察封锁了道路并分流交通。
• She accidentally stepped on his foot on a crowded commuter train. 她在拥挤的通勤列车上不小心踩到了他的脚。

2 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。

3 vows   

誓言( vow的名词复数 )； 郑重宣布，许愿

参考例句：

• Matrimonial vows are to show the faithfulness of the new couple. 婚誓体现了新婚夫妇对婚姻的忠诚。
• The nun took strait vows. 那位修女立下严格的誓愿。