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历史上的今天-Today in History 2011-03-28

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 March 28th, 1979 - America's worst commercial nuclear accident takes place at the Three Mile Island plant near Middletown, Pennsylvania. Though the health effects are considered small, the accident strengthens opposition1 to the nation's nuclear power industry.

1969 -“Soldiers, sailors, and airmen of the Allied2 Expeditionary Force, you are about to embark3 upon the great crusade towards which we have striven these many months.” In Washington, former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who led the D-Day Invasion of World War Two, dies at age 78.
1939 - The Spanish Civil War effectively ends as Madrid falls to the forces of General Francisco Franco. He rules Spain as its dictator for more than three and a half decades.
1987 -“The hills are alive with the sound of music ...” Maria von Trapp, whose life inspired the musical and movie “The Sound of Music”, dies in Vermont at age 82.
And 1955 -“She said here's your one chance Fancy don't let me down ...” Country singer Reba McEntire is born in McAlester, Oklahoma.
Today in History, March 28th, Sandy Kozel, the Associated Press.

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1 opposition eIUxU     
n.反对，敌对
参考例句：
  • The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
  • The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。
2 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。
3 embark qZKzC     
vi.乘船，着手，从事，上飞机
参考例句：
  • He is about to embark on a new business venture.他就要开始新的商业冒险活动。
  • Many people embark for Europe at New York harbor.许多人在纽约港乘船去欧洲。

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