CCTV9英语新闻12月：南京大屠杀遇难同胞纪念馆举行活动

Today marks the 76th anniversary of the Nanjing massacre¹. A prayer assembly for peace has been held in the square outside the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall.

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People mourn victims at the Memorial Hall of Victims in the Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders, in Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu province, Dec 12, 2013. [Photo/Icpress.cn]

 

People stood in silence and sirens sounded at the beginning of the ceremony. Wreaths were laid, and bells were rung

More than 5,000 people have attended this year’s event, including local residents, students, victims’ families, survivors³ of the massacre, as well as representatives from International Institute of Peace.

A Nanjing citizen representative read out the Nanjing Peace Declaration. A series of events will be held, including press conferences and seminars this afternoon. A report on preserving survivors’ oral histories will be presented and a Sino-US collaborative project on oral history studies will be announced.

 

People visit the Memorial Hall of Victims in the Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders, in Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu province, Dec 12, 2013.  [Photo/Icpress.cn]

 

 

chrysanthemum4 is presented in front of a memorial wall in which the names of the Nanjing Massacre victims are engraved5 at the Memorial Hall of Victims in the Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders, in Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu province, Dec 12, 2013. [Photo/Icpress.cn]" border="0" src="/upimg/allimg/131213/0S012CA-2.jpg" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: medium none;" alt="" />

A chrysanthemum is presented in front of a memorial wall in which the names of the Nanjing Massacre victims are engraved at the Memorial Hall of Victims in the Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders, in Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu province, Dec 12, 2013. [Photo/Icpress.cn]

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 invaders   

入侵者，侵略者，侵入物( invader的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• They prepared to repel the invaders. 他们准备赶走侵略军。
• The family has traced its ancestry to the Norman invaders. 这个家族将自己的世系追溯到诺曼征服者。

3 survivors   

幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
• survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者

4 chrysanthemum   

n.菊，菊花

参考例句：

• Each mourner wore a black armband and a white paper chrysanthemum.每个吊唁的人都佩带着黑纱和一朵白纸菊花。
• There are many species of chrysanthemum.菊花品种很多。

5 engraved   

v.在（硬物）上雕刻（字，画等）( engrave的过去式和过去分词 )；将某事物深深印在（记忆或头脑中）

参考例句：

• The silver cup was engraved with his name. 银杯上刻有他的名字。
• It was prettily engraved with flowers on the back. 此件雕刻精美，背面有花饰图案。 来自《简明英汉词典》