历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-09-02
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 2, 1945World War II officially ends, 6 years in the day after the fighting began. That`s when Japan formally surrenders to the Allies on board the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay.
President Harry 1 Truman tells Americans: The evil done by the Japanese warlord can never be repaired or forgotten. But their power to destroy and kill has been taken from them.
1944A year before the war ends, future president George H.W. Bush, then a US Navy pilot, sees combat in the Pacific. Bush is forced to bailout his plane hit by Japanese anti-aircraft fire during a bombing run. He is rescued by an American submarine a few hours later.
1864During the American civil war, Union General William T. Sherman`s forces occupy Atlanta, ahead of a devastating 2 march to Savannah, Georgia. 1666The Great Fire of London begins in the baker`s shop in Pudding Lane near the Thames River. Its flames destroy thousands of homes in the medieval anguished 3 city but few lives.
1969With the Vietnam War still raging, Ho Chi Minh, leader of Communist North Vietnam dies at age 78. That happens nearly 25 years after Ho declares the Vietnam`s independence and 5 and a half years before the country is reunified under communist rule .
And 1985A joint 4 US-French expedition discovers the wreckage 5 of the Titanic 6, more than 70 years after the luxury liner sinks in the North Atlantic.
They find the ship more than 1,200 feet under water, more than 560 miles off Newfoundland, Canada.
Today in history, September 2nd, Camille Bohannon, the Associate Press.
vt.掠夺，蹂躏，使苦恼
- Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天，人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
- Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。
adj.毁灭性的，令人震惊的，强有力的
- It is the most devastating storm in 20 years.这是20年来破坏性最大的风暴。
- Affairs do have a devastating effect on marriages.婚外情确实会对婚姻造成毁灭性的影响。
adj.极其痛苦的v.使极度痛苦(anguish的过去式)
- Desmond eyed her anguished face with sympathy. 看着她痛苦的脸，德斯蒙德觉得理解。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The loss of her husband anguished her deeply. 她丈夫的死亡使她悲痛万分。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合
- I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
- We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。
n.（失事飞机等的）残骸，破坏，毁坏
- They hauled him clear of the wreckage.他们把他从形骸中拖出来。
- New states were born out of the wreckage of old colonial empires.新生国家从老殖民帝国的废墟中诞生。