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历史上的今天-Today in History 2015-04-12

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 April 12th, 1945, President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies of a cerebral1 hemorrhage in Warm Springs, Georgia, at age 63. “Let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” Roosevelt who led America through the Great Depression and most of World War II served a record of 12 years in office. Vice2 President Harry3 Truman succeeds Roosevelt in the White House.

1861, start of the American Civil War. Confederate forces fire on the Union garrison4 at Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina, fighting between the North and South lasts 4 years with more than half a million deaths.
1961, Soviet5 cosmonaut, Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man to fly in space, orbiting the Earth once before making a safe landing. And 1981, America's first space shuttle, named Columbia, blasts off from Cape6 Canaveral, Florida, on its maiden7 flight. More than two decades later, Columbia meets a tragic8 end; it disintegrates9 on reentry killing10 its 7-passenger crew. And 1947, “my name is Dave Letterman and I am the host of late show, America’s most successful C student.”
David Letterman, the late night TV talk show host is born in Indianapolis.
Today In History, April 12th, Mike Gracia, the Associated Press.

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1 cerebral oUdyb     
adj.脑的，大脑的；有智力的，理智型的
参考例句：
  • Your left cerebral hemisphere controls the right-hand side of your body.你的左半脑控制身体的右半身。
  • He is a precise,methodical,cerebral man who carefully chooses his words.他是一个一丝不苟、有条理和理智的人，措辞谨慎。
2 vice NU0zQ     
n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的
参考例句：
  • He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
  • They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
3 harry heBxS     
vt.掠夺，蹂躏，使苦恼
参考例句：
  • Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天，人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
  • Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。
4 garrison uhNxT     
n.卫戍部队；驻地，卫戍区；vt.派(兵)驻防
参考例句：
  • The troops came to the relief of the besieged garrison.军队来援救被围的守备军。
  • The German was moving to stiffen up the garrison in Sicily.德军正在加强西西里守军之力量。
5 Soviet Sw9wR     
adj.苏联的，苏维埃的；n.苏维埃
参考例句：
  • 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。
6 cape ITEy6     
n.海角，岬；披肩，短披风
参考例句：
  • I long for a trip to the Cape of Good Hope.我渴望到好望角去旅行。
  • She was wearing a cape over her dress.她在外套上披着一件披肩。
7 maiden yRpz7     
n.少女，处女；adj.未婚的，纯洁的，无经验的
参考例句：
  • The prince fell in love with a fair young maiden.王子爱上了一位年轻美丽的少女。
  • The aircraft makes its maiden flight tomorrow.这架飞机明天首航。
8 tragic inaw2     
adj.悲剧的，悲剧性的，悲惨的
参考例句：
  • The effect of the pollution on the beaches is absolutely tragic.污染海滩后果可悲。
  • Charles was a man doomed to tragic issues.查理是个注定不得善终的人。
9 disintegrates af9a7305b194c0803ccafe9c63d1befc     
n.（使）破裂[分裂，粉碎]，（使）崩溃( disintegrate的名词复数 )v.（使）破裂[分裂，粉碎]，（使）崩溃( disintegrate的第三人称单数 )
参考例句：
  • Particles rain down from the slug and it finally disintegrates. 颗粒从上面纷纷下落，最后腾涌消失。 来自辞典例句
  • When the uranium disintegrates, it changes into lead. 当铀蜕变时，它变成了铅。 来自辞典例句
10 killing kpBziQ     
n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财
参考例句：
  • 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。

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