历史上的今天-Today in History 2011-05-23
时间:2019-01-19 作者:英语课 分类:历史上的今天-2011年
英语课
May 23rd,1945In Germany, top Nazi 1 official Heinrich Himmler commits suicide in Allied 2 custody 3 weeks after the Third Reich fall in World War II.
As head of Nazi police forces Himmler oversaw 4 the killing 5 of millions of Jews in the Holocaust 6 and crushed opponents of Adolf Hilter’s regime.
1960 Israel says its intelligence agents have caught Adolf Eichmann – a fugitive 7 Nazi SS Officer in Argentina’s capital Buenos Aires.
Eichmann is later tried and hanged in Israel convicted of crimes against humanity for his roles in implementing 8 the Holocaust.
1934 Bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow are shot to death in a police ambush 9 while driving a stolen car in Northern Louisiana.
More than 30 years later Hollywood tells the tale of the criminal couple in a hit movie starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway.
1937 John D. Rockefeller --- whose Standard Oil Company dominated the oil industry ,dies in Ormond Beach, Florida at age 97 。
And 2002 Sam Snead --- the pro-golfing legend nicknamed "Slammin' Sammy",dies in Hot Springs, Virginia. He was 89.
Today in History,May 23rd,Mike Gracia,the Assoicated Press.
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。
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。
n.监护,照看,羁押,拘留
- He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
- He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后,他立即被押了起来。
v.监督,监视( oversee的过去式 )
- He will go down as the president who oversaw two historic transitions. 他将作为见证了巴西两次历史性转变的总统,安然引退。 来自互联网
- Dixon oversaw the project as creative director of Design Research Studio. 狄克逊监督项目的创意总监设计研究工作室。 来自互联网
n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财
- Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
- Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
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。
adj.逃亡的,易逝的;n.逃犯,逃亡者
- The police were able to deduce where the fugitive was hiding.警方成功地推断出那逃亡者躲藏的地方。
- The fugitive is believed to be headed for the border.逃犯被认为在向国境线逃窜。
v.实现( implement的现在分词 );执行;贯彻;使生效
- -- Implementing a comprehensive drug control strategy. ――实行综合治理的禁毒战略。 来自汉英非文学 - 白皮书
- He was in no hurry about implementing his unshakable principle. 他并不急于实行他那不可动摇的原则。 来自辞典例句