打卡 第16天，kindle的阅读进度是2498/29553（四本），今天讲一个大人物：Huey Long被刺杀的结局，具体介绍在这里https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huey_Long
secretary of commerce：商务部长
smirk：幸灾乐祸地笑; 自鸣得意地笑
finally his legislature outlawed democracy：
outlawed：宣布…不合法；使…成为非法
rumble：发出持续而低沉的声音；发出隆隆声:
dynamiter：炸药者
huey's was surrounded by bodyguards carrying revolvers and submachine guns.
submachine gun:冲锋枪，轻机枪
editorial:主编的
racist:恶心的；极令人厌烦的；
peril:严重危险:
premonitions:(尤指不祥的)预感:
cracking the whip: to use your authority or power to make sb work very hard, usually by treating them in a strict way
