历史上的今天-Today in History 2011-03-05
时间：2019-01-19 作者：英语课 分类：历史上的今天-2011年
英语课
March 5th 1770 - The Boston Massacre 1 takes place, an event that contributes to the outbreak of the American Revolution a few years later. It happens when Britain’s soldiers in Boston taunted 2 by a crowd of American colonists 3 open fire and kill 5 people.
1946 – In Fulton Missouri, Britain’s Winston Churchill warns about the Soviet 4 Union’s growing influence in Eastern Europe after World War II.
"From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic,an Iron Curtain has descended 5 across the Continent."1953 - The Soviet Union’s dictator Joseph Stalin dies at age 73, ending a brutal 6 rule of nearly 30 years that made Moscow a world superpower.
1982 - "Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over untill we decide it is! "In Hollywood comedian 7 John Belushi is found dead of drug overdose ,he was 33.John Belushi starred in TV original Saturday Night live, and the Movies Animanl House and the Blues 8 Brothers.
And 1963 - singer Patsy Cline dies with two other country music performers in a plane crash near near Camden, Tennessee.She was 30.
Today in History,March 5th Mike Gracia the Associated Press.
n.残杀，大屠杀；v.残杀，集体屠杀
- 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！
嘲讽( taunt的过去式和过去分词 )； 嘲弄； 辱骂； 奚落
- The other kids continually taunted him about his size. 其他孩子不断地耻笑他的个头儿。
- Some of the girls taunted her about her weight. 有些女孩子笑她胖。
n.殖民地开拓者，移民，殖民地居民( colonist的名词复数 )
- Colonists from Europe populated many parts of the Americas. 欧洲的殖民者移居到了美洲的许多地方。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Some of the early colonists were cruel to the native population. 有些早期移居殖民地的人对当地居民很残忍。 来自《简明英汉词典》
adj.苏联的，苏维埃的；n.苏维埃
- Zhukov was a marshal of the former Soviet Union.朱可夫是前苏联的一位元帅。
- Germany began to attack the Soviet Union in 1941.德国在1941年开始进攻苏联。
a.为...后裔的，出身于...的
- A mood of melancholy descended on us. 一种悲伤的情绪袭上我们的心头。
- The path descended the hill in a series of zigzags. 小路呈连续的之字形顺着山坡蜿蜒而下。
adj.残忍的，野蛮的，不讲理的
- She has to face the brutal reality.她不得不去面对冷酷的现实。
- They're brutal people behind their civilised veneer.他们表面上温文有礼，骨子里却是野蛮残忍。
n.喜剧演员；滑稽演员
- The comedian tickled the crowd with his jokes.喜剧演员的笑话把人们逗乐了。
- The comedian enjoyed great popularity during the 30's.那位喜剧演员在三十年代非常走红。