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历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-01-02

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January 2nd, 2006The huge white light and a few seconds later, it’s like somebody set off a powder keg, it shocked house, rattled1 the windows and everything. An explosion at the Sago Mine in West Virginia kills one miner and traps a dozen underground. Eleven slowly succumb2 to carbon monoxide poisoning but Randal McCloy Jr. is rescued after 41 hours.
1960“And we stand today on the edge of a new frontier, the frontier of the 1960s.”
John F. Kennedy says he is running for the White House. The Massachusetts Senator narrowly defeats Vice3 President Richard Nixon that fall.
1942Just weeks after attacking Pearl Harbor, Japanese forces capture the Philippine capital of Manila during World War II.
1935In New Jersey4, Bruno Hauptman goes on trial, accused of kidnapping and murdering the infant son of aviator5 Charles A. Lindbergh. Hauptman is later convicted and dies in the electric chair, insisting to the end that he is innocent.
1983“Tomorrow, tomorrow, I love ya tomorrow. You’re always a day away.”
The musical Annie, based on the Little Orphan6 Annie comic strip, closes on Broadway after 2377 performances.
Today in History, January 2nd, Camille Bohannon, the Associated Press.

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1 rattled b4606e4247aadf3467575ffedf66305b     
慌乱的，恼火的
参考例句：
  • The truck jolted and rattled over the rough ground. 卡车嘎吱嘎吱地在凹凸不平的地面上颠簸而行。
  • Every time a bus went past, the windows rattled. 每逢公共汽车经过这里，窗户都格格作响。
2 succumb CHLzp     
v.屈服，屈从；死
参考例句：
  • They will never succumb to the enemies.他们决不向敌人屈服。
  • Will business leaders succumb to these ideas?商业领袖们会被这些观点折服吗？
3 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。
4 jersey Lp5zzo     
n.运动衫
参考例句：
  • He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
  • They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。
5 aviator BPryq     
n.飞行家，飞行员
参考例句：
  • The young aviator bragged of his exploits in the sky.那名年轻的飞行员吹嘘他在空中飞行的英勇事迹。
  • Hundreds of admirers besieged the famous aviator.数百名爱慕者围困那个著名飞行员。
6 orphan QJExg     
n.孤儿；adj.无父母的
参考例句：
  • He brought up the orphan and passed onto him his knowledge of medicine.他把一个孤儿养大，并且把自己的医术传给了他。
  • The orphan had been reared in a convent by some good sisters.这个孤儿在一所修道院里被几个好心的修女带大。

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