CCTV9英语新闻12月：南京大屠杀记住受害者举行悼念活动

Friday marks the 76th anniversary of the Nanjing massacre¹. On December 13th, 1937, Japanese troops killed about 300,000 Chinese civilians² and disarmed³ soldiers, after they captured the eastern Chinese city of Nanjing during World War II. 

For more on the efforts of both Chinese and international peace organizations, we are joined live by our reporter Wu Lei in Nanjing.

Q1: Wu Lei. China has done a lot to help Chinese people remember what is called one of the darkest days in the country's history. Can you tell us more? And what have international peace organizations, especially Japanese ones done to respect this history?

1 massacre   

n.残杀，大屠杀；v.残杀，集体屠杀

参考例句：

• There was a terrible massacre of villagers here during the war.在战争中，这里的村民惨遭屠杀。
• If we forget the massacre,the massacre will happen again!忘记了大屠杀，大屠杀就有可能再次发生！

2 civilians   

平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓

参考例句：

• the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
• At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。

3 disarmed   

v.裁军( disarm的过去式和过去分词 )；使息怒

参考例句：

• Most of the rebels were captured and disarmed. 大部分叛乱分子被俘获并解除了武装。
• The swordsman disarmed his opponent and ran him through. 剑客缴了对手的械，并对其乱刺一气。 来自《简明英汉词典》