历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-01-21
时间：2019-01-19 作者：英语课 分类：历史上的今天-2014年
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January 21st, 1793. In Paris, the French Revolution turns bloody 1 as King Louis XVI condemned 2 for treason is executed on the guillotine.
1924. Vladimir Lenin, the Russian revolutionary who founded the Soviet 3 Union, the world’s first Communist state, dies in Moscow.
1950. In New York, a case is the flashpoint of the American politics during the early years of the Cold War. Alger Hiss 4, the former State Department official, accused of being part of a Communist spy ring is found guilty of lying to a grand jury. Hiss, who always maintained his innocence 5, serves less than four years in prison.
1977. President Jimmy Carter pardons almost all Vietnam War draft evaders, keeping his promise he made on the campaign trail.
“And I’m not gonna say all those young people are guilty or not guilty. I’m just gonna say what you did but was right or wrong. You are forgiven for it. Come on back home.”
1976. Supersonic Concorde jet rolls in the service for the first time, beginning a run that lasts for nearly three decades.
And 1942. Count Basie and his orchestra, one of the most popular big bands in the U.S., recall their hit, One O’clock Jump.
Today in History, January 21st, Tim Maguire, the Associated Press.
adj.非常的的；流血的；残忍的；adv.很；vt.血染
- He got a bloody nose in the fight.他在打斗中被打得鼻子流血。
- He is a bloody fool.他是一个十足的笨蛋。
adj.苏联的，苏维埃的；n.苏维埃
- Zhukov was a marshal of the former Soviet Union.朱可夫是前苏联的一位元帅。
- Germany began to attack the Soviet Union in 1941.德国在1941年开始进攻苏联。
v.发出嘶嘶声；发嘘声表示不满
- We can hear the hiss of air escaping from a tire.我们能听到一只轮胎的嘶嘶漏气声。
- Don't hiss at the speaker.不要嘘演讲人。