时间:2019-01-19 作者:英语课 分类:历史上的今天-2015年


英语课

 May 20th, 1927. Aviator 1 Charles Lindbergh takes off from New York’s Long Island aboard the Spirit of St. Louis. Some 33 hours later, Lindbergh lands in Paris, becoming the first person to fly solo nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean.


1932. Aviator Amelia Earhart takes off from Newfoundland, Canada for Ireland, becoming the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic.
1961. The Freedom Riders suffer more violence as they campaign against racial segregation 2 in the South. This time, the civil rights activists 3 are attacked by a white mob in Montgomery, Alabama. That prompts the federal government to sending US marshals to restore order and protect the activists. 1506. Christopher Columbus, the explorer whose trans-Atlantic voyages led to European colonization 4 of the America’s dies in Spain. And 1989. “I think that the people are worrying too much about conserving 5 this country’s natural resources.” In Los Angeles, comedienne Gilda Radner, an original cast member of TV’s Saturday Night Live dies of ovarian cancer. She was 42.
Today in History, May 20th. Camille Bohannon, the Associated Press.

n.飞行家,飞行员
  • The young aviator bragged of his exploits in the sky.那名年轻的飞行员吹嘘他在空中飞行的英勇事迹。
  • Hundreds of admirers besieged the famous aviator.数百名爱慕者围困那个著名飞行员。
n.隔离,种族隔离
  • Many school boards found segregation a hot potato in the early 1960s.在60年代初,许多学校部门都觉得按水平分班是一个棘手的问题。
  • They were tired to death of segregation and of being kicked around.他们十分厌恶种族隔离和总是被人踢来踢去。
n.(政治活动的)积极分子,活动家( activist的名词复数 )
  • His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
  • Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》
殖民地的开拓,殖民,殖民地化; 移殖
  • Colonization took place during the Habsburg dynasty. 开拓殖民地在哈布斯堡王朝就进行过。
  • These countries took part in the colonization of Africa. 这些国家参与非洲殖民地的开发。
v.保护,保藏,保存( conserve的现在分词 )
  • Contour planning with or without terracing is effective in conserving both soil and moisture. 顺等高线栽植,无论做或不做梯田对于保持水土都能有效。 来自辞典例句
  • Economic savings, consistent with a conserving society and the public philosophy. 经济节约,符合创建节约型社会的公共理念。 来自互联网
学英语单词
adversary inspection
al-faisal
ambe
Ammannia baccifera
annual rate of profit
availabilities
baby's-breath
base ost
beer-cellar
benefit of inventory
bentsides
Bertrandville
BigLaw
bills of rights
breviaries
brymer
Buxus mollicula
cavazos
channel hopping
Class Days
confocal ellipsoid
crinoid
DAW (dry active waste)
dead to sb's feeling
deflourish
delayed blanking signal
descaling agent
dorsal ramus (or dorsal branch)
drop-error
elatum
electrokinetically
Elsholtzia saxatilis
envyfreeness
ergostanol
export-based
extension of algebra
fell home
filling-water monitoring
fix-point induction method
fling away on
flotation concentraction method
gemingas
general specifications
glance sideways
grassing up
Haliri
handyman
hexylthiophenes
itai-itai diseae
konarite (connarite)
launch games
live-steam
local oscillation frequency
Lyon-Horgan's operation
maximum limit of size
moisture-density relationship
moon blindnesses
mountain arc
N-acetyl-dl-methionine
neuropathic
northern suburbs
Norzine
one last time
out-of-balance voltage
palpatopercussion
paramphistome
Patrinia speciosa
period of element in group
pneumatic system for drilling-production equipment
public liability insurance
pyloric
recreational geography
region of runoff
remondite-(Ce)
sacko
Sao Tome
schiffner
search coil
shell still
singular orbit
skin layer
slag patch
solution procedure
sopherics
spare memory cell
spie-woman
spilling
Stepnoy
supra-national authority
Suzukia luchuensis
symmetric(al)
tear his away
teardowns
total capacity of resin
true blackberries
ultracrisp
watneys
whacked off
wilkeite
wygeon
yoderite