历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-11-10
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 10th, 1975, “Superior, they said, never gives up her dead when the gales 1 of November come early!” The ore-hauling ship Edmund Fitzgerald sinks and its crew of 29 perishes during a severe storm on Lake Superior.
1982, Leonid Brezhnev, the Soviet 2 leader whose years in power saw the stagnation 3 of the Cold War superpower, dies in Moscow at age 75. Yuri Andropov succeeds him in the Kremlin.
1871, in Central Africa, journalist and explorer Henry M. Stanley finds David Livingston near Lake Tanganyika. Livingston, a Scottish missionary 4, had not been heard from for years.
1928, film composer Ennio Morricone is born in Italy. He’s best known for his scores spaghetti westerns from The Good, The Bad and The Ugly to A Fistful of Dollars.
And 1969, “Can you tell me how to get, how to get to Sesame Street.” Sesame Street, the kids’ TV educational program with a big bird Oscar the Grouch 5 and many more Muppets, debuts 6 on PBS.
Today in History. November 10th. Tim Maguire, the Associated Press.
龙猫
- I could hear gales of laughter coming from downstairs. 我能听到来自楼下的阵阵笑声。
- This was greeted with gales of laughter from the audience. 观众对此报以阵阵笑声。
adj.苏联的，苏维埃的；n.苏维埃
- Zhukov was a marshal of the former Soviet Union.朱可夫是前苏联的一位元帅。
- Germany began to attack the Soviet Union in 1941.德国在1941年开始进攻苏联。
n. 停滞
- Poor economic policies led to a long period of stagnation and decline. 糟糕的经济政策道致了长时间的经济萧条和下滑。
- Motion is absolute while stagnation is relative. 运动是绝对的，而静止是相对的。
adj.教会的，传教(士)的；n.传教士
- She taught in a missionary school for a couple of years.她在一所教会学校教了两年书。
- I hope every member understands the value of missionary work. 我希望教友都了解传教工作的价值。
n.牢骚，不满；v.抱怨
- He's always having a grouch about something.他总是发脾气抱怨这个抱怨那个。
- One of the biggest grouches is the new system of payment.人们抱怨最多的一点就是这种新的支付方式。