历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-05-28
时间：2019-01-19 作者：英语课 分类：历史上的今天-2013年
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May 28th 1934, a medical miracle that later turns tragic 1 in Ontario, Canada where the Dionne quintuplets are born. Ontario’s provincial 2 government deems the girl’s parents to beyond fit 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 received a 2.8 million dollars settlement.
1908, Ian Fleming, the novelist to created fictional 3 British super spy James Bond is born in London.
1972, the Duke of Windsor, the only British monarch 4 to voluntarily relinquish 5 the crown dies in Paris at age 77. The former King Edward the VIII abdicated 6 the throne in order to marry Wallis Warfield Simpson, an American divorcee.
1998, “When I was meditating 7.” “She was sleeping.” “Right, and she was just a lazy little girl for slept about 18 hours a day.” In California, actor and comedian 8 Phil Hartman is shot to death by his wife Brynn who then kills herself.
And 1957, Baseball’s National League approves moving the Brooklyn Dodges 9 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。
a.沉思的，冥想的
- They were meditating revenge. 他们在谋划进行报复。
- The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics. 这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。
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。