历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-10-29
时间：2019-02-14 作者：英语课 分类：历史上的今天-2014年
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October 29th, 1929, on Wall Street, Black Tuesday descends 1 upon the New York Stock Exchange. Stock prices’ collapse 2 made panic selling, wiping out thousands of investors 3 as America’s Great Depression begins.
2004, in a video tape statement, Osama Bin 4 Laden 5 directly admits for the first time that he ordered the September 11th attacks. The Al-Qaeda leader warns the best way to avoid another Manhattan is to stop threatening the security of Muslims.
1956, during the Suez Canal Crisis, Israel invades Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula. Just days later, British and French forces occupy the canal which Egypt had nationalized. Then both Cold War superpowers the United States and Soviet 6 Union demand a ceasefire. The crisis ends with U.N. peacekeepers deployed 7 in the Canal Zone.
1901, in Upstate New York, Leon Czolgosz dies in electric chair for assassinating 8 President William McKinley in Buffalo 9. And 1998, “Booster ignition and lift－off of Discovery with the crew of 6 astronaut heroes and one American legend.” Ohio U.S. Senator John Glenn, the first American to orbit the earth, rolls back into space aboard Shuttle Discovery at the age of 77.
Today in History. October 29th. Tim Maguire, the Associated Press.
v.下来( descend的第三人称单数 )；下去；下降；下斜
- This festival descends from a religious rite. 这个节日起源于宗教仪式。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The path descends steeply to the village. 小路陡直而下直到村子。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )
- a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
- a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会
n.箱柜；vt.放入箱内；[计算机] DOS文件名:二进制目标文件
- He emptied several bags of rice into a bin.他把几袋米倒进大箱里。
- He threw the empty bottles in the bin.他把空瓶子扔进垃圾箱。
adj.装满了的；充满了的；负了重担的；苦恼的
- He is laden with heavy responsibility.他肩负重任。
- Dragging the fully laden boat across the sand dunes was no mean feat.将满载货物的船拖过沙丘是一件了不起的事。
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。
（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的过去式和过去分词 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用
- Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
- The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。
v.暗杀( assassinate的现在分词 )；中伤；诋毁；破坏
- They struck a blow for freedom by assassinating the colonial governor. 他们为了自由而奋力一博，暗杀了那位殖民地总督。 来自互联网