Part C BostonBombing and April 15's Dark History
Vocabulary Preparation:
unfold v. to open to the view 呈现；显露
connect the dots to bring together information from different places 联系起来；连接起来
harrowing adj.extremely painful 痛心的；悲惨的
stretch n. a period of time 一段（时间）
anniversary n. a date on which somethingspecial or important happened in a previous year 周年纪念
standoff n. a situation in which neither side in a fight orbattle can gain an advantage 僵局；对峙
payback n. the act of taking revenge(harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done)especially in the next life 报复，报仇
as it happens used to tell someonesomething that is surprising, interesting, or useful 令人惊奇的是；凑巧的是
commemorate v. to keepalive the memory of someone or something, as in a ceremony 纪念
conspiracy n. a plot to carry out someharmful or illegal act (especially a political plot) 阴谋；共谋
random adj. lacking any definite plan or order or purpose; governed by ordepending on chance 随意的
massacre n. the savage andexcessive killing of many people 大屠杀
Notes:
Branch Davidians are aChristian group that split from the Seventh-day Adventist Church. They had along history that ultimately led to the splinter group in Waco, Texas, led byDavid Koresh. His leadership brought questions to the organizations about humanrights and abuse issues. The 1993 US government attack on the Branch Davidiancompound near Waco resulted in the deaths of four federal agents and eightyBranch Davidians, including seventeen children. 大卫教派（美国一极端教派）
TimothyMcVeigh was an American domestic terrorist who detonateda truck bomb in front of the Alfred MurrahFederal Building in OklahomaCity on April 19, 1995. Commonly referred to as the Oklahoma City bombing, the attack killed 168 people and injured over 600. It wasthe deadliest act of terrorism within the United States prior to the September 11 attacks, and remainsthe most serious act of domestic terrorism in United States history. 蒂莫西·麦克维（制造美国俄克拉荷马大爆炸的顽凶）
Alfred MurrahFederal Buildingwas a United States federalgovernment complex located at 200 N.W. 5thStreet in Downtown OklahomaCity, Oklahoma, United States. The building was the targetof the Oklahoma Citybombing on April 19, 1995, which killed168 people, including 19 children all under age 6. Half of the building collapsed secondsafter the truck bomb detonated. The remains of the building were imploded amonth after the attack, and the Oklahoma CityNational Memorial was built on the site. 艾尔弗雷德·默里联邦大厦（美国俄克拉荷马发生大爆炸的联邦大楼）
Waco is a cityin and the county seat of McLennanCounty, Texas, United States. On February 28, 1993, there was a shootout in which six Branch Davidians and four agents of the UnitedStates Bureau ofAlcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) died. After 50 days, on April 19, 1993, a standoff between FBI agents and Branch Davidiansended in a fire that destroyed their compound located in Mt. Carmel, near Waco. Seventy-fourpeople, including leader David Koresh, died in the blaze. This eventbecame known as the Waco siege. 韦科惨案（美国联邦执法人员对大卫邪教的围剿事件）
Patriots' Day commemorates the battles of Lexington and Concord,which were fought near Boston in 1775. Patriots' Day is annually held on thethird Monday of April. It should not be confused with Patriot Day, held on September11 to mark the anniversary of terrorist attacks in the USA in 2001. 爱国者日（四月的第三个星期一）
Battles of Lexington andConcord were the firstmilitary engagements of the American Revolutionary War. Theywere fought on April 19, 1775, in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy (present-day Arlington), and Cambridge, near Boston. The battles marked the outbreak of open armed conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and its thirteen colonies in the mainland of British North America. 列克星敦和康科德战役（美国独立战争中发生的第一场军事冲突）
Virginia Tech massacre was a school shooting that took place on April 16, 2007, onthe campus of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg,Virginia, United States. Seung-HuiCho, a senior at Virginia Tech, shot and killed 32 people and wounded 17 othersin two separate attacks, approximately two hours apart, before committingsuicide. The massacre is the deadliest shooting incident by a single gunman inU.S. history. 弗吉尼亚理工大学校园枪击案（美国恶性校园枪击案）
Columbine HighSchool shooting occurred on April 20, 1999,at Columbine High School in Columbine, an unincorporated areaof Jefferson County in the State of Colorado. Two senior students,Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, murdered a total of 12 students and one teacher.They injured 24 additional students, with three other people being injuredwhile attempting to escape the school. The pair then committed suicide. 哥伦拜恩校园枪击案（美国恶性校园枪击案）
Exercise:Listen to the news report and decide whether the following statements are trueor false.
1. ThisFriday, April 19th, is the anniversary of two of the most harrowing incidentsin America’s recent history: Virginia Tech massacre and Columbine school shooting.
2. In April 1995, TimothyMcVeigh bombed the Federal building in Oklahoma, causing 168 peopledead, including 25 children.
3. Why Boston was chosen as the target of attack is because Patriots’ Day,the state holiday of Massachusetts, is annually celebrated on April 15.
4. According to Mark Potok, the Oklahoma City bombing was revenge takenby Timothy McVeigh for whatthe U.S. government did in the 51-day standoff with BranchDavidians at Waco.
5. To Americans, April is a periodof time with a dark history because at least 5 tragicevents in the news report are found largely in the third week of April, fromthe 14th through 20th.
