时间:2019-01-19 作者:英语课 分类:历史上的今天-2012年


英语课

 May 7th,1915, during World War I, a torpedo 1 from a German submarine sinks the "Lusitania" off the coast of Ireland. Nearly 1200 people aboard the British ocean liner including 128 Americans are killed. The sinking helps push the United States into joining the war against the Germany two years later.


1945 end of World War II in Europe as Nazi 2 Germany signs an unconditional 3 surrender at ally headquarters in France. The allies officially celebrate the Nazi defeat the following day.
1954, in Southeast Asia, the Battle of Dien Bien Phu ends as Vietnamese insurgents 4 overrun French forces after a 55 day siege. In Washington, Secretary of State John Foster Dulles foreshadows America’s long and costly 5 involvement in Vietnam during the next two decades. “An epic 6 battle has ended. But great causes have, before now, been won out of lost battles.
1840, composer Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky whose ballets includes Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty and Nutcracker, is born in Russia.
And 1941, big band leader Glenn Miller 7 and his orchestra record the swing era “Chattanooga Choo Choo”
Today In History, May 7th, Sandy Kozel, the Associated Press.

n.水雷,地雷;v.用鱼雷破坏
  • His ship was blown up by a torpedo.他的船被一枚鱼雷炸毁了。
  • Torpedo boats played an important role during World War Two.鱼雷艇在第二次世界大战中发挥了重要作用。
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.无条件的,无限制的,绝对的
  • The victorious army demanded unconditional surrender.胜方要求敌人无条件投降。
  • My love for all my children is unconditional.我对自己所有孩子的爱都是无条件的。
n.起义,暴动,造反( insurgent的名词复数 )
  • The regular troops of Baden joined the insurgents. 巴登的正规军参加到起义军方面来了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Against the Taliban and Iraqi insurgents, these problems are manageable. 要对付塔利班与伊拉克叛乱分子,这些问题还是可以把握住的。 来自互联网
adj.昂贵的,价值高的,豪华的
  • It must be very costly to keep up a house like this.维修这么一幢房子一定很昂贵。
  • This dictionary is very useful,only it is a bit costly.这本词典很有用,左不过贵了些。
n.史诗,叙事诗;adj.史诗般的,壮丽的
  • I gave up my epic and wrote this little tale instead.我放弃了写叙事诗,而写了这个小故事。
  • They held a banquet of epic proportions.他们举行了盛大的宴会。
n.磨坊主
  • Every miller draws water to his own mill.磨坊主都往自己磨里注水。
  • The skilful miller killed millions of lions with his ski.技术娴熟的磨坊主用雪橇杀死了上百万头狮子。
学英语单词
Amalec
ampyx
balancing-machine
banana conveyor
bilge cod
Biodiversityrelated Conventions
biogenic coast
Bolhrad
bomb adapter-booster
Boulél
broken date
cached link
characteristic equation of differential equation system
cheesiness
chloralism
chololithiasis
cognitive mapping
cossey
degenerate parabola
descense
desertlike
desiccatives
detonating cord downline
dimply
dress-down Friday
edler
electrosphygmobarometer
entrance path
epithelial(cells)
eurasian woodcocks
fleecily
freshly exposed surface
garbutts
general integral
glanoes
gonioplasty
grey talc
grishins
H. & N.
half-period lune
hard carbide industry
head-vs-capacity characteristic
hot and humid
how tall
hydropericardium
ices up
identifiess
in the foreground
intel 80386dx
interacted system
intermediate spotted woodpecker
intermittent duty
jealousest
jingshengs
Koheleth
Kolva
l'allegro
leading truck plate spring
Leuconostocaceae
lhasa
life sentence
long-neck clams
losing grip
madagascariensis
mcray
medias
minority shareholders' interest
mosaic layer
needle-in-a-haystack
nonlinear feedback controller
nonreferential
one-twenty-five
overhang bracket
pilis simplices
planned community
plumed tussocks
pressure tendency chart
radiative heat transfer
radiopathophysiology
reduster
reference synchronizing pulse
replantation of teeth
rotary cradle for bronchography
sacks out
self-sealing fuel tank
sequential access device
serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase
shipping registrar
shortnesses of breath
sikaiana
Sirohi
sise
St Johnsbury
stem-liker
stump-jump type chisel cultivator
tilting kettle
universal affirmative judgment
vasseur
vertical fragmentation
won't thank you for
yatterings
Zrinoslav