历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-10-08

 October 8th, 1871, deadly 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, Poland, Manistee and Port Huron.

1982, Poland’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.

1970, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, author and dissident and 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 1956, Don Larsen of the New York Yankees, pitches the only perfect game as well as a no-hitter at 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.

1 scorch   

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   

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   

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   

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   

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   

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   

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