历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-04-18
时间：2019-01-19 作者：英语课 分类：历史上的今天-2012年
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April 18th, 1906A devastating 1 earthquake strikes San Francisco, flattening 2 buildings and setting off raging fires. Estimates of the final death toll 3 range between three-thousand and six-thousand in one of the worst natural disasters ever to hit an American city.
1775, In Massachusetts, several post riders set out to warn colonists 4 of the British attack that starts the American Revolution.
One patriotic 5 myth growing out of that movement begins with a Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem called “Paul Reverie’s Ride.”
1983, A suicide bomber 6 kills 63 people including 17 Americans at the U.S. Embassy in Lebanon's capital, Beirut.
1955, Physicist 7 Albert Einstein, considered the greatest scientist of the 20th Century, dies in Princeton, New Jersey 8. He was 76.
And 1999, Hockey legend Wayne Gretzky plays his last NHL game at New York's Madison Square Garden. Gretzky, nicknamed “The Great One” for setting so many records, says it's time to move on.
“It's hard. This is a great game, but it's a hard game. I’m ready.”
Today in History, April 18th, Ed Donahue, the Associated Press.
adj.毁灭性的，令人震惊的，强有力的
- It is the most devastating storm in 20 years.这是20年来破坏性最大的风暴。
- Affairs do have a devastating effect on marriages.婚外情确实会对婚姻造成毁灭性的影响。
n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)
- The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
- The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。
n.殖民地开拓者，移民，殖民地居民( colonist的名词复数 )
- Colonists from Europe populated many parts of the Americas. 欧洲的殖民者移居到了美洲的许多地方。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Some of the early colonists were cruel to the native population. 有些早期移居殖民地的人对当地居民很残忍。 来自《简明英汉词典》
adj.爱国的，有爱国心的
- His speech was full of patriotic sentiments.他的演说充满了爱国之情。
- The old man is a patriotic overseas Chinese.这位老人是一位爱国华侨。
n.轰炸机，投弹手，投掷炸弹者
- He flew a bomber during the war.他在战时驾驶轰炸机。
- Detectives hunting the London bombers will be keen to interview him.追查伦敦爆炸案凶犯的侦探们急于对他进行讯问。
n.物理学家，研究物理学的人
- He is a physicist of the first rank.他是一流的物理学家。
- The successful physicist never puts on airs.这位卓有成就的物理学家从不摆架子。