历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-04-08

 April 8th, 2005At the Vatican, world leaders join pilgrims and Roman Catholic clergy¹ in St. Peter's Square for the funeral of Pope John Paul II.

1973Pablo Picasso, one of the greatest artists of the 20th century, dies at his home in France at age 91.

1990Ryan White, the teen AIDS patient whose battle for acceptance drew national attention dies in Indianapolis. He was 18 years old.

1974Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves becomes baseball's career homerun king. He hits his 715 homerun topping Babe Ruth's record in a game against the Los Angeles Dodgers².

And 1994“With the lights out, it's less dangerous, here we are now, entertain us...”

In Seattle, Kurt Cobain, front man for the Grunge band Nirvana is found dead from a self inflicted³ gunshot wound. He was 27.

Today in History, April 8th, Ed Donnahue, the Associated Press.

1 clergy   

n.[总称]牧师，神职人员

参考例句：

• I could heartily wish that more of our country clergy would follow this example.我衷心希望，我国有更多的牧师效法这个榜样。
• All the local clergy attended the ceremony.当地所有的牧师出席了仪式。

2 dodgers   

n.躲闪者，欺瞒者( dodger的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a crackdown on fare dodgers on trains 对火车逃票者的严厉打击
• But Twain, Howells, and James were jeeringly described by Mencken as "draft-dodgers". 不过吐温、豪威尔斯和詹姆斯都是被门肯讥诮地叫做“逃避兵役的人。” 来自辞典例句

3 inflicted   

把…强加给，使承受，遭受( inflict的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• They inflicted a humiliating defeat on the home team. 他们使主队吃了一场很没面子的败仗。
• Zoya heroically bore the torture that the Fascists inflicted upon her. 卓娅英勇地承受法西斯匪徒加在她身上的酷刑。