历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-12-17

 December 17th, 1903Near Kitty Hawk¹, North Carolina, Wilbur and Orville Wright conduct the first successful manned, powered flight of the airplane. The brothers achieved the pioneering feet with their experimental craft, dubbed² the “Wright Flyer”.

1957The United States successfully test-fires the Atlas³ intercontinental ballistic missile for the first time. Initially⁴ designed to carry a nuclear warhead, the Atlas later boosts an America's space program into orbit. 1830Simón Bolívar, the South American patriot⁵ to lead revolutions against Spain's colonial rule , dies in Columbia. 1969Before reality TV, there was Tiny Tim, the singer marries his fiancée- Miss Vicky on NBC's "Tonight Show", and the event seen by 50,000,000 viewers.

Today in History, December 17th. Mike Gracia, the Associated Press. 

1 hawk   

n.鹰，骗子；鹰派成员

参考例句：

• The hawk swooped down on the rabbit and killed it.鹰猛地朝兔子扑下来,并把它杀死。
• The hawk snatched the chicken and flew away.老鹰叼了小鸡就飞走了。

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 atlas   

n.地图册，图表集

参考例句：

• He reached down the atlas from the top shelf.他从书架顶层取下地图集。
• The atlas contains forty maps,including three of Great Britain.这本地图集有40幅地图，其中包括3幅英国地图。

4 initially   

adv.最初，开始

参考例句：

• The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
• Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。

5 patriot   

n.爱国者，爱国主义者

参考例句：

• He avowed himself a patriot.他自称自己是爱国者。
• He is a patriot who has won the admiration of the French already.他是一个已经赢得法国人敬仰的爱国者。