历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-08-25

 August 25th, 1944During World War II, allied¹ forces in Europe liberate² Paris, ending 4 years of Nazi³ Germany’s occupation of the French capital.

1875Captain Matthew Webb becomes the first person to swim the English Channel, making the journey from Britain to France in 22 hours.

198513-year-old Samantha Smith and her father are killed in a plane crash in Maine. Two years earlier, the girl’s letter to the Kremlin led to her famous peace tour of the Soviet⁴ Union during the Cold War.

“ Soviet people did not want war. They are all like us, and they want no harm to the world just like we do.”

1956Alfred Kinsey, pioneering researcher of human sexual behavior, dies in Bloomington Indiana. He was 62.

1930“Bond, James Bond.”

Sean Connery, the original actor to play super spy 007 on the silver screen, is born in Edinburgh, Scotland.

1918Composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein is born in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Among his well-known musicals, On the Town and West Side Story.

1954"Oh, what's so funny about peace, love and understanding?"Elvis Costello, the musician whose work ranges from rocks new wave to Classic and ballads⁵ with Burt Bacharach, is born in London.

And 1975"But till then tramps 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.

1 allied   

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   

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   

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   

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 ballads   

民歌，民谣，特别指叙述故事的歌( ballad的名词复数 )； 讴

参考例句：

• She belted out ballads and hillbilly songs one after another all evening. 她整晚一个接一个地大唱民谣和乡村小调。
• She taught him to read and even to sing two or three little ballads,accompanying him on her old piano. 她教他读书，还教他唱两三首民谣，弹着她的旧钢琴为他伴奏。