万花筒 Kaleidoscope2007-08-17&08-18, 历史上的今天（8.15）
时间：2018-12-11 作者：英语课 分类：万花筒2007年
August 15th 1945, what's known as VJ Day. The United States and its allies 1 mark the effective end of WWII after 6 years of fighting. They celebrate the defeat of the Axis 2 powers a day after Japan agrees to an unconditional 3 surrender.
1969, in upstate New York, the counterculture comes together for Woodstock. The largest rock concert of the 60s'. "what we have in mind is breakfast in bed for 400,000. Among the acts of the festival which ended more than 3 days later. Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, The Who, The Grateful Dead, and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young..
1769, Napoleon Bonaparte, the French general and ruler whose wars reshaped the map of Europe is born on the island of Corsica.
1947, in Asia, India gains its independence a day after neighboring Pakistan is established, concluding British colonial 4 rule over the entire Indian subcontinent.
1998, in Northern Ireland, the deadliest terror attack in decades of sectarian violence takes place in the town of Omagh. That's where a car bomb planted by an IRA splinter group kills 29 people and wounds hundreds of others.
1914, in central America, the Panama Canal opens to shipping 5 traffic, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
And 1939, the "Wizard of Oz", the movie musical fantasy starring Judy Garland, that remains 6 a pop culture classic premieres in Hollywood.
Today in History, August 15th. Cameo Bohemen Associated Press.
- The allies would fear that they were pawns in a superpower condominium. 这个联盟担心他们会成为超级大国共管的牺牲品。
- A number of the United States' allies had urged him not to take a hasty decision. 美国的一些盟友已力劝他不要急于作决定。
- The earth's axis is the line between the North and South Poles.地轴是南北极之间的线。
- The axis of a circle is its diameter.圆的轴线是其直径。
- The victorious army demanded unconditional surrender.胜方要求敌人无条件投降。
- My love for all my children is unconditional.我对自己所有孩子的爱都是无条件的。
- The natives were unwilling to be bent by colonial power.土著居民不愿受殖民势力的摆布。
- The people of Africa have successfully fought against colonial rule.非洲人民成功地反抗了殖民统治。