历史上的今天-Today in History 2011-05-31

 May 31st, 1889The Johnstown flood swept people on the ground; the Johnstown flood washed away the townIn one of America's worst natural disasters, water sweeps through Johnstown, Pennsylvania after a dam breaks. The flood kills more than 22 hundred people and destroys more than 16 hundred homes.

1962,In Israel, former Nazi¹ official Adolf Eichmann is hanged for his role in the Holocaust² that killed six million Jews during World War Two.

1819,Walt Whitman, the poet and essayist whose works include “Leaves of Grass”, is born on New York's Long Island.

2003,Eric Rudolph, wanted for years for a series of deadly bombings in the South, is arrested outside a grocery store in rural North Carolina. Rudolph, an anti-government extremist, gets life behind bars after pleading guilty to the bombings, including the Atlanta Olympic Park blast.

And 1930,“Go ahead, make my day.” Clint Eastwood, actor, and an Oscar-winning director and producer, is born in San Francisco. His work on both sides of the camera includes “the Dirty Harry³ movies”, “Unforgiven”, “Mystic River”, “Million Dollar Baby”, and two films about the Battle of Iwo Jima.

Today in History, May 31th, Ross Simpson, the Associated Press.

1 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。

2 holocaust   

n.大破坏；大屠杀

参考例句：

• The Auschwitz concentration camp always remind the world of the holocaust.奥辛威茨集中营总是让世人想起大屠杀。
• Ahmadinejad is denying the holocaust because he's as brutal as Hitler was.内贾德否认大屠杀，因为他像希特勒一样残忍。

3 harry   

vt.掠夺，蹂躏，使苦恼

参考例句：

• Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天，人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
• Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。