历史上的今天-Today in History 2011-05-28
时间:2019-01-19 作者:英语课 分类:历史上的今天-2011年
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May 28th, 1934A medical miracle that later turns tragic 1 on Ontario, Canada with Dionne quintuplets are born. Ontario's provincial 2 government deems the girls' parents to be unfit and puts the quints in a specially-built hospital. That's where the identical sisters become a money-making tourist attraction during the great depression. Years later, the three surviving quints sue Ontario's government and receive a 2.8 million dollars settlement.
1908Ian Fleming, the novelist to create the fictional 3 British super spy James Bond is born in London.
1972The Duke of Windsor, the only British monarch 4 to voluntarily relinquish 5 the crown dies in Paris at age 77. The former king Edward VIII abdicated 6 the throne in order to marry Wallis Warfield Simpson, an American divorcee.
1998I was meditating…, You were sleeping. Right. And Gandhi was just a lazy little goop who slept about 15 hours a day.
In California, actor and comedian 7 Phil Hartman is shot to death by his wife Brynn who then kills herself.
And 1957Baseball's National League approves moving the Brooklyn Dodgers 8 to Los Angeles, and New York Giants to San Francisco.
Today in History, May 28th, Sandy Kozel, the Associated Press.
adj.悲剧的,悲剧性的,悲惨的
- The effect of the pollution on the beaches is absolutely tragic.污染海滩后果可悲。
- Charles was a man doomed to tragic issues.查理是个注定不得善终的人。
adj.省的,地方的;n.外省人,乡下人
- City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes.城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。
- Two leading cadres came down from the provincial capital yesterday.昨天从省里下来了两位领导干部。
adj.小说的,虚构的
- The names of the shops are entirely fictional.那些商店的名字完全是虚构的。
- The two authors represent the opposite poles of fictional genius.这两位作者代表了天才小说家两个极端。
n.帝王,君主,最高统治者
- The monarch's role is purely ceremonial.君主纯粹是个礼仪职位。
- I think myself happier now than the greatest monarch upon earth.我觉得这个时候比世界上什么帝王都快乐。
v.放弃,撤回,让与,放手
- He was forced to relinquish control of the company.他被迫放弃公司的掌控权。
- They will never voluntarily relinquish their independence.他们绝对不会自动放弃独立。
放弃(职责、权力等)( abdicate的过去式和过去分词 ); 退位,逊位
- He abdicated in favour of his son. 他把王位让给了儿子。
- King Edward Ⅷ abdicated in 1936 to marry a commoner. 国王爱德华八世于1936年退位与一个平民结婚。
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。