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历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-10-08

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 October 8th, 1871Deadly fires scorch1 the upper Midwest. The great Chicago fire kills some 300 people, leaving 90,000 homeless in the Windy City, even deadlier the Peshtigo fire in northeastern Wisconsin claims some 1,200-1,500 lives. Fires also broke out in three Michigan communities, Holland, Manistee and Port Huron.

1982Poland’s government then under martial2 law bans all labor3 organizations, including the Solidarity4 Trade Union. The Solidarity survives the crackdown, playing a key part in the fall of communism in Eastern Europe.
1970Alexander Solzhenitsyn, author and dissident in what’s then the Soviet5 Union, wins the Nobel Prize for Literature. His work chronicles life under the repression6 and labor camps of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin.
And 1956Don Larsen of the New York Yankees, pitches the only perfect game as well as a no-hitter in a World Series to date that gives Yankees a 2 to nothing shutout over the Brooklyn Dodgers7 in game 5.
Today in History, October 8th, Ross Simpson, the Associated Press.

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1 scorch YZhxa     
v.烧焦，烤焦；高速疾驶；n.烧焦处，焦痕
参考例句：
  • I could not wash away the mark of the scorch.我洗不掉这焦痕。
  • This material will scorch easily if it is too near the fire.这种材料如果太靠近炉火很容易烤焦。
2 martial bBbx7     
adj.战争的，军事的，尚武的，威武的
参考例句：
  • The sound of martial music is always inspiring.军乐声总是鼓舞人心的。
  • The officer was convicted of desertion at a court martial.这名军官在军事法庭上被判犯了擅离职守罪。
3 labor P9Tzs     
n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦
参考例句：
  • We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
  • He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。
4 solidarity ww9wa     
n.团结；休戚相关
参考例句：
  • They must preserve their solidarity.他们必须维护他们的团结。
  • The solidarity among China's various nationalities is as firm as a rock.中国各族人民之间的团结坚如磐石。
5 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。
6 repression zVyxX     
n.镇压，抑制，抑压
参考例句：
  • The repression of your true feelings is harmful to your health.压抑你的真实感情有害健康。
  • This touched off a new storm against violent repression.这引起了反对暴力镇压的新风暴。
7 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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