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历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-08-25

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 August 25th, 1944, during World War II, Allied1 forces in Europe liberate2 Paris, ending 4 years of Nazi3 Germany’s occupation of the French Capital.

1875, Captain Matthew Webb becomes the first person to swim the English Channel, making the journey from Britain to France in 22 hours.
1985, 13-year-old Samantha Smith and her father are killed in a plane crash in Maine. 2 years earlier, the girl’s letter to the Kremlin led to her famous peace tour  of the Soviet4 Union during the Cold War.
“ (The) Soviet people do not want war. They are all like us. And they want no harm to the world like we do.”
1956, Alfred Kinsey, pioneering researcher of human sexual5 behavior, dies in Bloomington Indiana. He was 62.
1930, Sean Connery, the original actor to play the Super Spy 007  on the silver screen, is born in Edinburgh, Scotland.
1918, composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein is born in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Among his well-known musicals: On the Town and West Side Story.
1954, Elvis Costello, the musician whose work ranges from Rocks new way to Classical and ballets with Burt Bacharach , is born in London.
And 1975, cause tramps6 like us, baby we were born to run.
Bruce Springsteen’s album-Born to Run, considered of rock and roll masterpiece, is released.
Today in History. August 25th. Sandy Kozel the Associated Press.

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1 allied iLtys     
adj.协约国的；同盟国的
参考例句：
  • Britain was allied with the United States many times in history.历史上英国曾多次与美国结盟。
  • Allied forces sustained heavy losses in the first few weeks of the campaign.同盟国在最初几周内遭受了巨大的损失。
2 liberate p9ozT     
v.解放，使获得自由，释出，放出；vt.解放，使获自由
参考例句：
  • They did their best to liberate slaves.他们尽最大能力去解放奴隶。
  • This will liberate him from economic worry.这将消除他经济上的忧虑。
3 Nazi BjXyF     
n.纳粹分子，adj.纳粹党的，纳粹的
参考例句：
  • They declare the Nazi regime overthrown and sue for peace.他们宣布纳粹政权已被推翻，并出面求和。
  • Nazi closes those war criminals inside their concentration camp.纳粹把那些战犯关在他们的集中营里。
4 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。
5 sexual YiLzlw     
adj.性的，两性的，性别的
参考例句：
  • He was a person of gross sexual appetites.他是个性欲旺盛的人。
  • It is socially irresponsible to refuse young people advice on sexual matters.拒绝向年轻人提供性方面的建议是对社会不负责任。
6 tramps d9c892d381be58a7bb46f6f937271195     
n.重步声( tramp的名词复数 )；长途跋涉；游民；荡妇
参考例句：
  • Tramps are from the lowest stratum of society. 流浪汉来自社会最下层。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • They think all backpackers are tramps. 他们认为所有背包的人都是徒步旅行者。 来自超越目标英语 第3册

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