英语新闻与报道—News & Reports 109
时间：2018-12-03 作者：英语课 分类：英语新闻与报道—News and Reports
英语课
Wk 07 (13 February 1945)
Allies Bomb Dresden, Killing 1 ThousandsThis Week in HistoryMassive bombing by Allied 2 forces kills tens of thousands of civilians 4 in Dresden, Germany.
In 1945, towards the end of Word War Two, a massive bombing campaign by Allied air forces destroyed the German city of Dresden. Tens of thousands of civilian 3 men, women and children were killed by the bombs and the following fire-storms. It is widely claimed that the bombing had little or no strategic military value.
1 killing
n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财
- Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
- Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
2 allied
adj.协约国的；同盟国的
- Britain was allied with the United States many times in history.历史上英国曾多次与美国结盟。
- Allied forces sustained heavy losses in the first few weeks of the campaign.同盟国在最初几周内遭受了巨大的损失。