历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-05-05

 May 5th, 1961Alan Shepard becomes America’s first space travelerblasting off from Cape¹ Canaveral, Florida.

“3, 2, 1, 0， ignition.”

Shepard makes a 15-minute suborbital flight on boardhis Mercury capsule dubbed² Freedom 7.

1821France’s former ruler Napoleon Bonaparte whosearmies once swept across Europe dies in exile on the south Atlantic Island ofSt. Helena.

1818Karl Marx, the philosopher whose ideas bore fruit incommunist regimes worldwide during the 20th century, is born in what’s nowGermany.

1981Irish Republican army member Bobby Sands dies atNorthern Ireland Maze³ prison during the 66th day of his hungry strike.

And 1891Composer Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky conducts at theopening concert at Carnegie Hall then known as Music Hall in New York City.

Today in History, May 5th, Camille Bohan, theAssociated Press.

1 cape   

n.海角，岬；披肩，短披风

参考例句：

• I long for a trip to the Cape of Good Hope.我渴望到好望角去旅行。
• She was wearing a cape over her dress.她在外套上披着一件披肩。

2 dubbed   

v.给…起绰号( dub的过去式和过去分词 )；把…称为；配音；复制

参考例句：

• Mathematics was once dubbed the handmaiden of the sciences. 数学曾一度被视为各门科学的基础。
• Is the movie dubbed or does it have subtitles? 这部电影是配音的还是打字幕的？ 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 maze   

n.迷宫，八阵图，混乱，迷惑

参考例句：

• He found his way through the complex maze of corridors.他穿过了迷宮一样的走廊。
• She was lost in the maze for several hours.一连几小时，她的头脑处于一片糊涂状态。