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历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-03-05

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 March 5th, 1770“The Boston Massacre” takes place, an event that contributes to the outbreakof the American Revolution a few years later. It happens when British soldiers in Boston, taunted1 by a crowd of American colonists2, open fire and kill five people.

1946,In Fulton, Missouri, Britain's Winston Churchill warns about the Soviet3 Union's growing influence in Eastern Europe after WWII. “From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic an iron curtain has descended4 across the Continent.”
1953,The Soviet Union's dictator Josef Stalin dies at age 73, ending a brutal5 rule of nearly 30 years that made Moscow a world superpower.
1982,“Over? Did you say over? Nothing is over until we decide it is!” In Hollywood, comedian6 John Belushi is found dead of a drug overdose. He was 33. Belushi starred in TV's original Saturday Night Live and the movies “Animal House” and “The Blues7 Brothers”.
And 1963,“Crazy, I’m crazy for feeling, so lonely feel.” Singer Patsy Cline dies with two other country music performers in a plane crash near Camden, Tennessee. She was 30.
Today in History, March 5th, Mike Gracia, the Associated Press.

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1 taunted df22a7ddc6dcf3131756443dea95d149     
嘲讽( taunt的过去式和过去分词 )； 嘲弄； 辱骂； 奚落
参考例句：
  • The other kids continually taunted him about his size. 其他孩子不断地耻笑他的个头儿。
  • Some of the girls taunted her about her weight. 有些女孩子笑她胖。
2 colonists 4afd0fece453e55f3721623f335e6c6f     
n.殖民地开拓者，移民，殖民地居民( colonist的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • Colonists from Europe populated many parts of the Americas. 欧洲的殖民者移居到了美洲的许多地方。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Some of the early colonists were cruel to the native population. 有些早期移居殖民地的人对当地居民很残忍。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 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。
4 descended guQzoy     
a.为...后裔的，出身于...的
参考例句：
  • A mood of melancholy descended on us. 一种悲伤的情绪袭上我们的心头。
  • The path descended the hill in a series of zigzags. 小路呈连续的之字形顺着山坡蜿蜒而下。
5 brutal bSFyb     
adj.残忍的，野蛮的，不讲理的
参考例句：
  • She has to face the brutal reality.她不得不去面对冷酷的现实。
  • They're brutal people behind their civilised veneer.他们表面上温文有礼，骨子里却是野蛮残忍。
6 comedian jWfyW     
n.喜剧演员；滑稽演员
参考例句：
  • The comedian tickled the crowd with his jokes.喜剧演员的笑话把人们逗乐了。
  • The comedian enjoyed great popularity during the 30's.那位喜剧演员在三十年代非常走红。
7 blues blues     
n.抑郁，沮丧；布鲁斯音乐
参考例句：
  • She was in the back of a smoky bar singing the blues.她在烟雾弥漫的酒吧深处唱着布鲁斯歌曲。
  • He was in the blues on account of his failure in business.他因事业失败而意志消沉。

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