历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-01-08
时间：2018-12-24 作者：英语课 分类：历史上的今天-2014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.
1998. Ramzi 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. "This result 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。