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历史上的今天-Today in History 2011-05-28

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 May 28th, 1934A medical miracle that later turns tragic1 on Ontario, Canada with Dionne quintuplets are born. Ontario's provincial2 government deems the girls' parents to be unfit and puts the quints in a specially-built hospital. That's where the identical sisters become a money-making tourist attraction during the great depression. Years later, the three surviving quints sue Ontario's government and receive a 2.8 million dollars settlement.

1908Ian Fleming, the novelist to create the fictional3 British super spy James Bond is born in London.
1972The Duke of Windsor, the only British monarch4 to voluntarily relinquish5 the crown dies in Paris at age 77. The former king Edward VIII abdicated6 the throne in order to marry Wallis Warfield Simpson, an American divorcee.
1998I was meditating…, You were sleeping. Right. And Gandhi was just a lazy little goop who slept about 15 hours a day.
In California, actor and comedian7 Phil Hartman is shot to death by his wife Brynn who then kills herself.
And 1957Baseball's National League approves moving the Brooklyn Dodgers8 to Los Angeles, and New York Giants to San Francisco.
Today in History, May 28th, Sandy Kozel, the Associated Press.

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1 tragic inaw2     
adj.悲剧的，悲剧性的，悲惨的
参考例句：
  • The effect of the pollution on the beaches is absolutely tragic.污染海滩后果可悲。
  • Charles was a man doomed to tragic issues.查理是个注定不得善终的人。
2 provincial Nt8ye     
adj.省的，地方的；n．外省人，乡下人
参考例句：
  • City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes.城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。
  • Two leading cadres came down from the provincial capital yesterday.昨天从省里下来了两位领导干部。
3 fictional ckEx0     
adj.小说的，虚构的
参考例句：
  • The names of the shops are entirely fictional.那些商店的名字完全是虚构的。
  • The two authors represent the opposite poles of fictional genius.这两位作者代表了天才小说家两个极端。
4 monarch l6lzj     
n.帝王，君主，最高统治者
参考例句：
  • The monarch's role is purely ceremonial.君主纯粹是个礼仪职位。
  • I think myself happier now than the greatest monarch upon earth.我觉得这个时候比世界上什么帝王都快乐。
5 relinquish 4Bazt     
v.放弃，撤回，让与，放手
参考例句：
  • He was forced to relinquish control of the company.他被迫放弃公司的掌控权。
  • They will never voluntarily relinquish their independence.他们绝对不会自动放弃独立。
6 abdicated 0bad74511c43ab3a11217d68c9ad162b     
放弃（职责、权力等）( abdicate的过去式和过去分词 )； 退位，逊位
参考例句：
  • He abdicated in favour of his son. 他把王位让给了儿子。
  • King Edward Ⅷ abdicated in 1936 to marry a commoner. 国王爱德华八世于1936年退位与一个平民结婚。
7 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。
8 dodgers 755721a92560aef54a57a481bf981739     
n.躲闪者，欺瞒者( dodger的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • a crackdown on fare dodgers on trains 对火车逃票者的严厉打击
  • But Twain, Howells, and James were jeeringly described by Mencken as "draft-dodgers". 不过吐温、豪威尔斯和詹姆斯都是被门肯讥诮地叫做“逃避兵役的人。” 来自辞典例句

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