历史上的今天-Today in History 2011-01-04

 Jan 4th, 2006. Israel Prime Minister Ariel Sharon suffers a significant stroke and lasts into a coma¹. It happens just months after Sharon ens Israel's 38-year occupation of gaza strip and both his own heart line Likud Party. Sharon's official powers are transferred to his deputy Ehud Olmert who later succeeds him as Prime Minister.

1809. Loui Braille, the inventor of a reading system for the blind which bears his name at this day is born in a town near Paris.

1999. The one thing you'll get from governer Jessy Van Tura, you may not always want to hear it, but you will get honesty. Former__Jessy Van Tura vows² to be a straight talker after he's sworn in as a governer in Minnesota.

1965. Poet T.S.Elliot whose work inspires and supplies most of the words for the musical Cats years later, dies in London at age of 76.

Today in History Jan 4th.Sophie Annems.the Associated Press

1 coma   

n.昏迷，昏迷状态

参考例句：

• The patient rallied from the coma.病人从昏迷中苏醒过来。
• She went into a coma after swallowing a whole bottle of sleeping pills.她吃了一整瓶安眠药后就昏迷过去了。

2 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。