历史上的今天-Today in History 2011-01-08
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 8th 1935"Well, since my baby left me, I found a new place to dwell. It's down at the end of lonely street at heartbreak hotel…" Elvis Presley, the King of rock-and-roll, whose fame inspired countless 1 performers , is born in Tupelo, Mississippi.
1964"This administration today, here and now, declares unconditional 2 war on poverty in America." In Washington, President Lyndon B. Johnson vows 3 to help America's poor in his first State of Union speech to Congress.
1998Ramzi Yousef, the mastermind of 1993 bombing in New York's World Trade Center, gets life in prison. Just a few years later, the Twin Towers collapse 4 in the September 11 terrorist attacks.
And 1942"The Theory of Everything implies that everything in the universe is determined 5 by the laws of science."Stephen Hawking 6, the physicist 7 whose works include A Brief History of Time, is born in Oxford 8, England.
Today in history. January 8th. Sandy Kozel. The Associated Press.
1 countless
adj.无数的，多得不计其数的
- In the war countless innocent people lost their lives.在这场战争中无数无辜的人丧失了性命。
- I've told you countless times.我已经告诉你无数遍了。
2 unconditional
adj.无条件的，无限制的，绝对的
- 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。
3 vows
誓言( vow的名词复数 )； 郑重宣布，许愿
- Matrimonial vows are to show the faithfulness of the new couple. 婚誓体现了新婚夫妇对婚姻的忠诚。
- The nun took strait vows. 那位修女立下严格的誓愿。
4 collapse
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。
5 determined
adj.坚定的；有决心的
- I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
- He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。
6 hawking
利用鹰行猎
- He is hawking his goods everywhere. 他在到处兜售他的货物。
- We obtain the event horizon and the Hawking spectrumformula. 得到了黑洞的局部事件视界位置和Hawking温度以及Klein—Gordon粒子的Hawking辐射谱。