历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-02-07
时间:2019-01-19 作者:英语课 分类:历史上的今天-2014年
英语课
Feb 7th, 1964 “I wanna hold your hand, I wanna hold your hand, I wanna hold your hand.” The Beatles arrives in New York for their first tour of the US among the stops of the “Fab Four” and appears on TV’s “Ed Sullivan Show”.
1995Ramzi Yousef,mastermind of the 1993 bombing at New York’s World Trade Center is arrested in Pakistan. Yousef is later convicted 1 and gets life in prison just a few years before the Twin Tower’s fall in the September. 11 terrorist’s attacks.
1999 “There has been enough destruction 2, enough death, enough waste.” Jordan’s King Hussein, seen as the voice for stability 3 in the Middle East, dies of cancer in the capital Amman, at age 63.
1812Charles Dickens, author of A Christmas Carol 4 and A Tale of Two Cities is born in Portsmouth, England.
And 1962Cause I’ve got friends in low places, where the whiskey drowns.
Country singer and songwriter Garth Brooks 5 is born in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Today in history, Feb 7th, Tim Maguire, the Associated Press
n.破坏,毁灭,消灭
- The enemy bombs caused widespread destruction.敌人的炸弹造成大面积的破坏。
- Overconfidence was his destruction.自负是他垮台的原因。
n.稳定,稳固
- The situation is tending towards stability.局势趋于稳定。
- She lacks emotional stability.她的情绪不稳定。
n.赞美诗,圣诞颂歌
- Silent Night is my favourite carol.《平安夜》是我最喜欢的圣诞颂歌。
- The people in the church are singing a christmas carol.教堂里的人们正在唱圣诞颂歌。