历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-03-05

 March 5th, 1770“The Boston Massacre” takes place, an event that contributes to the outbreakof the American Revolution a few years later. It happens when British soldiers in Boston, taunted¹ by a crowd of American colonists², open fire and kill five people.

1946,In Fulton, Missouri, Britain's Winston Churchill warns about the Soviet³ Union's growing influence in Eastern Europe after WWII. “From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic an iron curtain has descended⁴ across the Continent.”

1953,The Soviet Union's dictator Josef Stalin dies at age 73, ending a brutal⁵ rule of nearly 30 years that made Moscow a world superpower.

1982,“Over? Did you say over? Nothing is over until we decide it is!” In Hollywood, comedian⁶ John Belushi is found dead of a drug overdose. He was 33. Belushi starred in TV's original Saturday Night Live and the movies “Animal House” and “The Blues⁷ Brothers”.

And 1963,“Crazy, I’m crazy for feeling, so lonely feel.” Singer Patsy Cline dies with two other country music performers in a plane crash near Camden, Tennessee. She was 30.

Today in History, March 5th, Mike Gracia, the Associated Press.

1 taunted   

嘲讽( taunt的过去式和过去分词 )； 嘲弄； 辱骂； 奚落

参考例句：

• The other kids continually taunted him about his size. 其他孩子不断地耻笑他的个头儿。
• Some of the girls taunted her about her weight. 有些女孩子笑她胖。

2 colonists   

n.殖民地开拓者，移民，殖民地居民( colonist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Colonists from Europe populated many parts of the Americas. 欧洲的殖民者移居到了美洲的许多地方。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Some of the early colonists were cruel to the native population. 有些早期移居殖民地的人对当地居民很残忍。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 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。

4 descended   

a.为...后裔的，出身于...的

参考例句：

• A mood of melancholy descended on us. 一种悲伤的情绪袭上我们的心头。
• The path descended the hill in a series of zigzags. 小路呈连续的之字形顺着山坡蜿蜒而下。

5 brutal   

adj.残忍的，野蛮的，不讲理的

参考例句：

• She has to face the brutal reality.她不得不去面对冷酷的现实。
• They're brutal people behind their civilised veneer.他们表面上温文有礼，骨子里却是野蛮残忍。

6 comedian   

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。

7 blues   

n.抑郁，沮丧；布鲁斯音乐

参考例句：

• She was in the back of a smoky bar singing the blues.她在烟雾弥漫的酒吧深处唱着布鲁斯歌曲。
• He was in the blues on account of his failure in business.他因事业失败而意志消沉。