历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-07-13

 July 13th, 1985. “Here’re hours to go in this Live Aid show in Philadelphia, and it looks if no one’s leaving early.”

Live Aid, a global rock concert to raise money for starving people in Africa, takes place in London and Philadelphia. The mammoth¹ events sponsor charity music concerts in years to come, from Farm Aid and Hurricane Katrina Relief to Live 8 and Live Earth.

1793. A bloody² milestone³ during the French Revolution. Jean Paul Marat, a revolutionary writer is stabbed in his bath by Charlotte Corday. She’s executed 4 days later.

1863. In New York City, riots erupt against the Union’s military draft during the American Civil War. Over the next 3 days, more than a thousand people, many of them blacks, are killed in the violence.

1977. A power blackout leaves New York City in the dark for 25 hours, after lightening strikes north of the city. As a result, looting, vandalism and arson⁴ hit the Big Apple, already reeling from a severe financial crisis. And 1942. “Snakes. Why do we have to be snakes?” Actor Harrison Ford⁵, best known on the silver screen as Han Solo and Indiana Jones is born in Chicago. Today in History, July 13th. Camille Bohannon, the Associated Press.

1 mammoth   

n.长毛象；adj.长毛象似的，巨大的

参考例句：

• You can only undertake mammoth changes if the finances are there.资金到位的情况下方可进行重大变革。
• Building the new railroad will be a mammoth job.修建那条新铁路将是一项巨大工程。

2 bloody   

adj.非常的的；流血的；残忍的；adv.很；vt.血染

参考例句：

• He got a bloody nose in the fight.他在打斗中被打得鼻子流血。
• He is a bloody fool.他是一个十足的笨蛋。

3 milestone   

n.里程碑；划时代的事件

参考例句：

• The film proved to be a milestone in the history of cinema.事实证明这部影片是电影史上的一个里程碑。
• I think this is a very important milestone in the relations between our two countries.我认为这是我们两国关系中一个十分重要的里程碑。

4 arson   

n.纵火，放火

参考例句：

• He was serving a ten spot for arson.他因纵火罪在服十年徒刑。
• He was arraigned on a charge of arson.他因被指控犯纵火罪而被传讯。

5 Ford   

n.浅滩，水浅可涉处；v.涉水，涉过

参考例句：

• They were guarding the bridge,so we forded the river.他们驻守在那座桥上，所以我们只能涉水过河。
• If you decide to ford a stream,be extremely careful.如果已决定要涉过小溪，必须极度小心。