历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-08-19
时间：2019-02-14 作者：英语课 分类：历史上的今天-2010年
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August 19th, 1991In the Soviet 1 Union, Communist hardliners announce that Mikhail Gorbachev has been removed from power. But the coup 2 against Gorbachev during his vacation collapses 3 days later.
The Soviet Union dissolves by the end of the year.
1934Voters in Germany, overwhelmingly ratify 4 Adolf Hitler`s powers as their Fuhrer or absolute ruler.
A plebiscite caps the Nazi 5 leader`s rise to power, a path that leads to World War II and the Holocaust 6.
1960During the cold war, a Soviet tribunal convicts American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers of espionage 7. Powers is sentenced 10 years in prison. He is exchanged to a Soviet spy nearly 2 years later.
1906Philo T. Farnsworth, one of the pioneering inventors of television, is born in Beaver 8 County, Utah.
And 1977“One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas 9, how he got into my pajamas? I don’t know.” Comedian 10 Groucho Marx, star of silver screen, radio and TV, dies in Los Angeles at age 86.
Today In History, August 19th, Camille Bohannon, the Associated Press.
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。
n.政变；突然而成功的行动
- The monarch was ousted by a military coup.那君主被军事政变者废黜了。
- That government was overthrown in a military coup three years ago.那个政府在3年前的军事政变中被推翻。
折叠( collapse的第三人称单数 )； 倒塌； 崩溃； （尤指工作劳累后）坐下
- This bridge table collapses. 这张桥牌桌子能折叠。
- Once Russia collapses, the last chance to stop Hitler will be gone. 一旦俄国垮台，抑止希特勒的最后机会就没有了。
v.批准，认可，追认
- The heads of two governments met to ratify the peace treaty.两国政府首脑会晤批准和平条约。
- The agreement have to be ratify by the board.该协议必须由董事会批准。
n.纳粹分子，adj.纳粹党的，纳粹的
- They declare the Nazi regime overthrown and sue for peace.他们宣布纳粹政权已被推翻，并出面求和。
- Nazi closes those war criminals inside their concentration camp.纳粹把那些战犯关在他们的集中营里。
n.大破坏；大屠杀
- The Auschwitz concentration camp always remind the world of the holocaust.奥辛威茨集中营总是让世人想起大屠杀。
- Ahmadinejad is denying the holocaust because he's as brutal as Hitler was.内贾德否认大屠杀，因为他像希特勒一样残忍。
n.间谍行为，谍报活动
- The authorities have arrested several people suspected of espionage.官方已经逮捕了几个涉嫌从事间谍活动的人。
- Neither was there any hint of espionage in Hanley's early life.汉利的早期生活也毫无进行间谍活动的迹象。
n.海狸，河狸
- The hat is made of beaver.这顶帽子是海狸毛皮制的。
- A beaver is an animals with big front teeth.海狸是一种长着大门牙的动物。
n.睡衣裤
- At bedtime,I take off my clothes and put on my pajamas.睡觉时，我脱去衣服，换上睡衣。
- He was wearing striped pajamas.他穿着带条纹的睡衣裤。