历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-11-11
时间：2019-02-14 作者：英语课 分类：历史上的今天-2014年
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November 11th, 1918In Europe, World War I comes to an end after 4 years of fighting as the allies in Germany sign an armistice 1. But peace does not last as the Second World War engulfs 2 the Continent as well as Asia some two decades later.
1620Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower, anchored off Massachusetts signed a compact calling for a “body politick”. That document becomes a foundation for the pilgrims’ government after they land in Plymouth.
2004Yasser Arafat, the long time Palestinian leader, dies at a Paris military hospital at age 75.
1922Kurt Vonnegut Jr., who wrote Slaughterhouse-Five and Cat’s Cradle, is born in Indianapolis.
And 1974Actor Leonardo DiCaprio, star of movies including Titanic 3 and Gangs of New York, is born in Los Angeles.
Today in History, November 11th, Tim Maguire, the Associate Press.
n.休战，停战协定
- The two nations signed an armistice.两国签署了停火协议。
- The Italian armistice is nothing but a clumsy trap.意大利的停战不过是一个笨拙的陷阱。
v.吞没，包住( engulf的第三人称单数 )
- Hemingway suppresses emtion, Wolfe engulfs the reader in feeling. 海明威感情压抑，沃尔夫却把读者卷进感情的漩涡。 来自辞典例句
- Consumption ideological trend engulfs the entire world at present age. 当今时代，消费主义呈现席卷全球之势。 来自互联网