历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-12-24

 In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth.

December 24th,1968 The astronauts of Apollo VIII become the first human beings to orbit the moon. They read passages from the Old Testament¹ Book of Genesis during a TV broadcast on Christmas Eve.

“And God said: “let there be light.” And there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good. And God divided the light from the darkness.” 1865 In Pulaski, Tennessee, several Confederate Army veterans form a private social club called the Ku Klux Klan. The whites supremacist group targets blacks and other groups with violence during post-Civil War Reconstruction² and into the civil rights era.

1906 Canadian physicist³ Reginald Fessenden becomes the first person to transmit the human voice-- his own, as well as music over radio. The audience for his broadcast from Brant Rock, Massachusetts would have been radioing telegraph operator aboard ships in the Atlantic Ocean.

And 1871 The world premiere of Giuseppe Verdi's opera Aida in Cairo, Egypt to celebrate the opening of the Suez Canal.

Today in History, December 24th, Sandy Kozel, the Associated Press.

1 testament   

n.遗嘱；证明

参考例句：

• This is his last will and testament.这是他的遗愿和遗嘱。
• It is a testament to the power of political mythology.这说明，编造政治神话可以产生多大的威力。

2 reconstruction   

n.重建，再现，复原

参考例句：

• The country faces a huge task of national reconstruction following the war.战后，该国面临着重建家园的艰巨任务。
• In the period of reconstruction,technique decides everything.在重建时期，技术决定一切。

3 physicist   

n.物理学家，研究物理学的人

参考例句：

• He is a physicist of the first rank.他是一流的物理学家。
• The successful physicist never puts on airs.这位卓有成就的物理学家从不摆架子。