历史上的今天-Today in History 2011-01-17
时间：2018-12-24 作者：英语课 分类：历史上的今天-2011年
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January 17th, 1706. Benjamin Franklin, author, publisher, inventor and one of America's most famous Founding Fathers, is born in Boston. 1945 in the final month of World War Ⅱin Europe,Soviet and Polish forces liberate 1 Poland's capital Warsaw from Naze occupation.
1961 just days before leaving office, President Dwight Eisenhower offers a Cold War era warning for Americans in his farewell address:"In the councils of governmet,we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influnence,whether sought or unsought,by the military-industrial complex."1995, in Japan, an earthquake,magnitude 7.2, devastates 2 the city of Kobe, killing 3 more than 6000 people.
1899 Al Capone is born in Brooklyn, New York, but it is in Chicago where the gangster 4 called "Scarface"leaves his most notorious mark.
And 1942, "I'm going to float like a butterfly and sting like a bee,his hands can't hit what his eyes can't see." Muhammad Ali,the former heavyweight boxing champion dubbed 5 himself"the Greatest",is born in Louisville,Kentucky.
Today in History,January 17th,Camille Bohannon,the Associated Press.
1 liberate
v.解放，使获得自由，释出，放出；vt.解放，使获自由
- They did their best to liberate slaves.他们尽最大能力去解放奴隶。
- This will liberate him from economic worry.这将消除他经济上的忧虑。
2 devastates
v.彻底破坏( devastate的第三人称单数 )；摧毁；毁灭；在感情上（精神上、财务上等）压垮
- Strip mining devastates whole regions, leaving bare and useless ground. 露天矿产毁坏全部区域，离开赤裸和无用的地面。 来自互联网
- Prostitution is a profession that devastates the lives of young women. 雏妓这个职业是对女孩子极度的摧残。 来自互联网
3 killing
n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财
- Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
- Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。