时间:2019-01-19 作者:英语课 分类:历史上的今天-2010年


英语课

 August 17th, 1969Hurricane Camille slams into the Gulf 1 Coast, making landfall just east of the mouth of the Mississippi River. The Category 5 storm kills more than 250 people, more than 35 years before Hurricane Katrina devastates 2 the region. 1998 “They did not constitute sexual relations, as I understood that term to be defined.”


In Washington, President Bill Clinton faces federal grand jury questioning in the Monica Lewinsky scandal. That’s where he finally admits his past relationship with the former White House intern 3. Afterward 4, Clinton tells the American people:
“Indeed I did have a relationship with Miss Lewinsky that was not appropriate. In fact, it was wrong. It constituted a critical lapse 5 in judgment 6 and a personal failure on my part for which I am solely 7 and completely responsible. ”
1896“There’re strange things done in the midnight sun, by the men who toil 8 for gold.”
Prospectors 9 find gold in Canada’s Yukon Territory, a discovery that touches off the Klondike Gold Rush in the following year. 1807 Robert Fulton’s steamboat begins its successful round trip up the Hudson River from New York City to Albany, New York. The voyage of the north river steamboat, popularly known as the Clermont, revolutionizes American transportation in the 19th century. 1987 Rudolf Hess, the last member of Adolf Hitler’s inner circle in Nazi 10 Germany dies of an apparent suicide at age 93. Hess was the sole inmate 11 at Spandau Prison in what was then West Berlin, serving a life sentence for war crimes.
And 1943“You’re talking to me? You’re talking to me? You’re talking to me? I’m the only one here.”
Actor Robert de Niro is born in New York City. Among his films, Taxi Driver, The Godfather Part II, Raging Bull, Goodfellas, and Analyze 12 This. Today in History, August 17th, Sophia Manos, the Associated Press. 

n.海湾;深渊,鸿沟;分歧,隔阂
  • The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
  • There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。
v.彻底破坏( devastate的第三人称单数 );摧毁;毁灭;在感情上(精神上、财务上等)压垮
  • Strip mining devastates whole regions, leaving bare and useless ground. 露天矿产毁坏全部区域,离开赤裸和无用的地面。 来自互联网
  • Prostitution is a profession that devastates the lives of young women. 雏妓这个职业是对女孩子极度的摧残。 来自互联网
v.拘禁,软禁;n.实习生
  • I worked as an intern in that firm last summer.去年夏天我在那家商行实习。
  • The intern bandaged the cut as the nurse looked on.这位实习生在护士的照看下给病人包扎伤口。
adv.后来;以后
  • Let's go to the theatre first and eat afterward. 让我们先去看戏,然后吃饭。
  • Afterward,the boy became a very famous artist.后来,这男孩成为一个很有名的艺术家。
n.过失,流逝,失效,抛弃信仰,间隔;vi.堕落,停止,失效,流逝;vt.使失效
  • The incident was being seen as a serious security lapse.这一事故被看作是一次严重的安全疏忽。
  • I had a lapse of memory.我记错了。
n.审判;判断力,识别力,看法,意见
  • The chairman flatters himself on his judgment of people.主席自认为他审视人比别人高明。
  • He's a man of excellent judgment.他眼力过人。
adv.仅仅,唯一地
  • Success should not be measured solely by educational achievement.成功与否不应只用学业成绩来衡量。
  • The town depends almost solely on the tourist trade.这座城市几乎完全靠旅游业维持。
vi.辛劳工作,艰难地行动;n.苦工,难事
  • The wealth comes from the toil of the masses.财富来自大众的辛勤劳动。
  • Every single grain is the result of toil.每一粒粮食都来之不易。
n.勘探者,探矿者( prospector的名词复数 )
  • The prospectors have discovered such minerals as calcite,quartz and asbestos here. 探矿人员在这里发现了方解石、石英、石棉等矿藏。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The prospectors have discovered many minerals here. 探矿人员在这里发现了许多矿藏。 来自辞典例句
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.被收容者;(房屋等的)居住人;住院人
  • I am an inmate of that hospital.我住在那家医院。
  • The prisoner is his inmate.那个囚犯和他同住一起。
vt.分析,解析 (=analyse)
  • We should analyze the cause and effect of this event.我们应该分析这场事变的因果。
  • The teacher tried to analyze the cause of our failure.老师设法分析我们失败的原因。
学英语单词
acrot orque
add-on loan
adipimidate
against the daylight
aided tachometer generator
aircraft mechanics
anti-vaccum rubber
antiarmor helicopter
antiblock agent
Arizona
aryepiglottic fold
asphyctic cholera
assyrtikos
be a slam dunk
big-head
Bjarsjolagard
boat hook stave
body of maxilla
borees
breaker arm
calomelanos
carbarn
cellulo-silk
chalkiss
change in determinants of general equilibrium
charge air
coal mining methods
colpo-
corps de ballet
crack fics
cryptorheic drainage
decapitated animal preparation
detailed test plan document
dunnock
family rallidaes
fibrous dysplasia
flamingo-flower
fleet operation
floated finish
flumerin
Granosan M
have a fear that
imbalsamation
involutive
it was nice meeting you
karanas
KED board
Kon Tum
Ladva-Vetka
lag-error correction
lashlines
leveling precise level
linkman
luxariance (renner 1929)
manganese(ii) cacodylate
multi-functional die processing machine
multi-lingualisms
multi-spindle
musculus orbicularis oris
narcisstick
organic electrolyte lithium battery
orynal
pantal alloy
Perognathus
pharyngeal
phototheodolite survey
polygon mirror
precision-lathe
processing order
reference junction temperature compensator
renegades
Riemann(ian) manifold
roessler
sagittal resolution
sandy-colored
science fiction film
semi-automatic washer-dryer
Septum penis
service efficiency
shied away
sister ship clause
smoke-logged
sous-rature
standard language
strensalls
subscriber's multiple jack
suburban population
thread cutting tool
treasure up
trillionfold
Twifans
unlawful trading
unmoistened
urbania
utility control statement
Valdés, Pen.
ventrifossa garmani
vinymal
waste of
wka
word-by-transfer
zestlessly