历史上的今天-Today in History 2011-02-11
时间：2019-01-19 作者：英语课 分类：历史上的今天-2011年
英语课
February 11th 1990 Nelson Mandela is freed in South Africa after the black activist 1 spends 27 years in captivity 2 under the country’s apartheid rule.
"I stand here beofore you not as a prophet but as a humble 3 servant of you ,the people."Four years later ,Mandela is elected South Africa's president, that's first multi-racial elections after apartheid is abolished.
1945 – During the final months of World War II, the top allied 4 leaders sign the Yalta Accords in Ukraine then part of the Soviet 5 Union.
The accords play apart in the spilt between Washington and Moscow as the 2 superpowers later enter the Cold War.
1979 –In Iran, followers 6 of the Ayatollah Khomeini seize power establishing an Islamic Fundamentalist regime.
Months later, dozens of Americans at the U.S. Embassy in Iran’s capital of Tehran are taken hostages and held captive for 444 days.
And 1847 Inventor, Thomas Edison is born in Milan, Ohio. Among his many inventions, the electric light bulb, the photograph and the motion picture camera.
Today in History,February 11th,Carload Bradley,the Associated Press
n.活动分子，积极分子
- He's been a trade union activist for many years.多年来他一直是工会的积极分子。
- He is a social activist in our factory.他是我厂的社会活动积极分子。
n.囚禁；被俘；束缚
- A zoo is a place where live animals are kept in captivity for the public to see.动物园是圈养动物以供公众观看的场所。
- He was held in captivity for three years.他被囚禁叁年。
adj.谦卑的，恭顺的；地位低下的；v.降低，贬低
- In my humble opinion,he will win the election.依我拙见，他将在选举中获胜。
- Defeat and failure make people humble.挫折与失败会使人谦卑。
adj.协约国的；同盟国的
- Britain was allied with the United States many times in history.历史上英国曾多次与美国结盟。
- Allied forces sustained heavy losses in the first few weeks of the campaign.同盟国在最初几周内遭受了巨大的损失。
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。