2010/07/28

This Day in History July 28

She is remembered as one of the most famous First Ladies in US history. Jacqueline Kennedy was born on this date in 1929 in the state of New York. She later married John F. Kennedy, who became America’s
35th president. As First Lady, Jackie got lots of attention. The clothes she wore started trends, and she is still considered a fashion icon today. She also restored the beauty and history of the White House. After JFK’s assassination, Jackie helped hold the nation together as well as mourn. Today, she represents grace and elegance in good times and bad.

歷史上的今天 7月28日…

在大眾的記憶裡,她是美國歷史上最著名的第一夫人之一。賈桂琳.甘迺迪於1929年的今日在紐約州出生,她後來嫁給了當上美國第35任總統的約翰.甘迺迪。身為第一夫人,賈姬受到眾人矚目。她的穿著引領時尚潮流,而且至今她仍被視為流行指標人物。她也重建白宮的光彩及輝煌歷史。在約翰.甘迺迪被暗殺後,賈姬協助全國人民團結起來並哀悼。時至今日,不管時局是好是壞,賈桂琳都是優雅與高尚的代表。

知識大補帖

賈桂琳在1961年成為美國史上最年輕的第一夫人,準備退位的艾森豪總統夫人(Mamie Geneva Doud Eisenhower)帶領她 巡視白宮時,她就對白宮內充斥著毫無歷史感的複製家具感到沮喪。她認為既然白宮代表著美國,就應當要有其歷史形象,因此在正式成為第一夫人後,她要求組成 一個美術委員會來進行重建工作,並到處尋找古董家具和歷史藝術作品。重建工作完成後,賈桂琳還出面帶領CBS電視台的一位主持人拍攝巡遊整個白宮的電視專 題節目。圖為美國前總統甘迺迪與夫人賈桂琳合照。

單字片語

◎be remembered as… 被記得是……;被緬懷為……
例:My aunt was remembered as a kind-hearted and generous lady.(大家都記得我嬸嬸是個善良又慷慨的女士。)
◎attention n.注意
.pay attention to… 注意……
例:Pay attention to the traffic lights! You just ran a light back there.(注意交通號誌!你剛剛闖紅燈了。)
◎trend n.時尚,趨勢
◎icon n.崇拜對象,偶像
◎restore vt.重建;恢復
例:The good job you did on the last project restored my confidence in you.(上個專案你做得非常好,讓我重拾對你的信心。)
◎assassination n.暗殺,行刺
◎mourn vi.哀悼
◎represent vt.代表
例:Brian was selected to represent his school in the speech contest.(布萊恩被選去代表學校參加演講比賽。)
◎grace n.優美,優雅

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