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历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-12-27

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 December 27th, 1979The Soviet1 Union invades neighboring Afghanistan in Central Asia beginning a decade-long occupation. Soviet forces leave after the occupation becomes a quiet mire2 and the communist superpower faces collapse3. 1831Naturalist Charles Darwin sets out an around-the-world voyage aboard the HMS Beagle. Darwin's discoveries during the almost 5-year-long journey help form the basis of his theories on evolution and natural selection.

1932Radio City Music Hall -- home of those hihg-kicking dancers known as the "Rockettes" -- opens in New York.
And 1904James Barrie's play Peter Pan - the "boy who would not grow up"- opens in London, the play is adapted many times, stage and screen from Broadway to a Disney movie.
Today in History, December 27th, Ross Simpson, the Associated Press.

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1 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。
2 mire 57ZzT     
n.泥沼，泥泞；v.使...陷于泥泞，使...陷入困境
参考例句：
  • I don't want my son's good name dragged through the mire.我不想使我儿子的名誉扫地。
  • He has rescued me from the mire of misery.他把我从苦海里救了出来。
3 collapse aWvyE     
vi.累倒；昏倒；倒塌；塌陷
参考例句：
  • 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。

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