历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-01-17
时间：2018-12-24 作者：英语课 分类：历史上的今天-2012年
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Jan.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 II in Europe, Soviet 1 and Polish forces liberate 2 Poland’s capital Warsaw from Nazi 3 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 government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military industrial complex.”
1995, in Japan, an earthquake, magnitude 7.2, devastates 4 the city of Kobe, killing 5 more than 6000 people.
1899, Al Capone is born in Brooklyn New York, but it is in Chicago where the gangster 6 called “Scarface” leaves his most notorious mark.
And 1942, “I’m gonna float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. His hands can't hit what his eyes can't see.”
Mohammad Ali, the former heavyweight boxing champion dubbed 7 himself ‘the greatest’, is born in Louisville, Kentucky.
Today in history, Jan 17th, Camille Bohannon, the Associated Press.
1 Soviet
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。
2 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。
3 Nazi
n.纳粹分子，adj.纳粹党的，纳粹的
- They declare the Nazi regime overthrown and sue for peace.他们宣布纳粹政权已被推翻，并出面求和。
- Nazi closes those war criminals inside their concentration camp.纳粹把那些战犯关在他们的集中营里。
4 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
5 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。