历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-09-10
时间：2019-02-14 作者：英语课 分类：历史上的今天-2012年
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September 10th, 1989, a sign of communism facing its collapse 1 in Eastern Europe, Hungary allows about 7,000 refugees from communist East Germany to leave for noncommunist West Germany. The move affectively bypasses the Berlin Wall and iconic symbol of the Cold War, which falls just months later.
1935, “We found our houses empty and our people hungry; many of them half-clothed and many of them not clothed at all.” Louisiana’s U.S. Senator Huey Long, the Depression-era populist known as the “Kingfish”, dies 2 days after he is shot in Baton 2 Rouge 3. Long’s bodyguards 4 gun down his assailant Carl Weiss immediately after reopen fire on the Senator at Louisiana State capitol.
1846, Elias Howe receives a patent for his sewing machine-the device which brings clothing into the modern age .
1955, Gunsmoke premieres on TV, on CBS just a few years after the Popular Western debuts 5 on radio. The TV series staring James Arness and Marshal Matt Dillon runs for the next 20 years.
And 1945, “Feliz Navidad. Feliz Navidad.” Christmas in September? Not quite. Singer and guitarist, Jose Feliciano, whose song “Feliz Navidad” is a Christmas Classic, is born in Puerto Rico.
Today in History. September 10th. Ed Donahue, the Associated Press.
vi.累倒；昏倒；倒塌；塌陷
- The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
- The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。
n.乐队用指挥杖
- With the baton the conductor was beating time.乐队指挥用指挥棒打拍子。
- The conductor waved his baton,and the band started up.指挥挥动指挥棒，乐队开始演奏起来。
n.胭脂，口红唇膏；v.(在…上)擦口红
- Women put rouge on their cheeks to make their faces pretty.女人往面颊上涂胭脂，使脸更漂亮。
- She didn't need any powder or lip rouge to make her pretty.她天生漂亮，不需要任何脂粉唇膏打扮自己。
n.保镖，卫士，警卫员( bodyguard的名词复数 )
- Brooks came to Jim's office accompanied—like always—by his two bodyguards. 和往常一样，在两名保镖的陪同下，布鲁克斯去吉姆的办公室。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Three of his bodyguards were injured in the attack. 在这次袭击事件中，他有3名保镖受了伤。 来自辞典例句