历史上的今天-Today in History 2011-02-16

 February 16th 1862 A blow to the breakaway South during the Civil War, some 14,000 confederate soldiers surrender to Union Forces in the Battle of Fort Donelson, Tennessee. 2002 – "Families from the Walker County and around the world have been horrified¹ to learn that their love ones may not have been properly like ... "Authorities in Georgia arrest a crematory operator after hundreds of decomposing² corpses³ are found stacked in storage sheds and in the surrounding woods.

The operator, Ray Brent Marsh⁴ later pleads guilty and gets 12 years behind bars.

1987 - John Demjanjuk goes on trial in Jerusalem accused of being the Nazi⁵ concentration camp guard known as “Ivan the Terrible.”

Demjanjuk is later convicted but Israel’s Supreme⁶ Court overturns that conviction.

1968 – America gets the first 911 call; a successful test of the emergency phone number in Haleyville, Alabama.

And 2005 – "It's all about greed, and people want to keep their profits. I really don't have any sympathy for the owners or for the players".The NHL scrap⁷ what’s left of its season, already decimated by a walk-out over a salary cap for its players.

Today in history, February 16th, Mike Gracia, the Associated Press.

1 horrified   

a.(表现出)恐惧的

参考例句：

• The whole country was horrified by the killings. 全国都对这些凶杀案感到大为震惊。
• We were horrified at the conditions prevailing in local prisons. 地方监狱的普遍状况让我们震惊。

2 decomposing   

腐烂( decompose的现在分词 )； （使）分解； 分解（某物质、光线等）

参考例句：

• The air was filled with the overpowering stench of decomposing vegetation. 空气中充满了令人难以忍受的腐烂植物的恶臭。
• Heat was obtained from decomposing manures and hot air flues. 靠肥料分解和烟道为植物提供热量。

3 corpses   

n.死尸，尸体( corpse的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The living soldiers put corpses together and burned them. 活着的战士把尸体放在一起烧了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Overhead, grayish-white clouds covered the sky, piling up heavily like decaying corpses. 天上罩满了灰白的薄云，同腐烂的尸体似的沉沉的盖在那里。 来自汉英文学 - 中国现代小说

4 marsh   

n.沼泽，湿地

参考例句：

• There are a lot of frogs in the marsh.沼泽里有许多青蛙。
• I made my way slowly out of the marsh.我缓慢地走出这片沼泽地。

5 Nazi   

n.纳粹分子，adj.纳粹党的，纳粹的

参考例句：

• They declare the Nazi regime overthrown and sue for peace.他们宣布纳粹政权已被推翻，并出面求和。
• Nazi closes those war criminals inside their concentration camp.纳粹把那些战犯关在他们的集中营里。

6 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

7 scrap   

n.碎片；废料；v.废弃，报废

参考例句：

• A man comes round regularly collecting scrap.有个男人定时来收废品。
• Sell that car for scrap.把那辆汽车当残品卖了吧。