历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-11-10

 November 10th, 1975, “Superior, they said, never gives up her dead when the gales¹ of November come early!” The ore-hauling ship Edmund Fitzgerald sinks and its crew of 29 perishes during a severe storm on Lake Superior.

1982, Leonid Brezhnev, the Soviet² leader whose years in power saw the stagnation³ of the Cold War superpower, dies in Moscow at age 75. Yuri Andropov succeeds him in the Kremlin.

1871, in Central Africa, journalist and explorer Henry M. Stanley finds David Livingston near Lake Tanganyika. Livingston, a Scottish missionary⁴, had not been heard from for years.

1928, film composer Ennio Morricone is born in Italy. He’s best known for his scores spaghetti westerns from The Good, The Bad and The Ugly to A Fistful of Dollars.

And 1969, “Can you tell me how to get, how to get to Sesame Street.” Sesame Street, the kids’ TV educational program with a big bird Oscar the Grouch⁵ and many more Muppets, debuts⁶ on PBS.

Today in History. November 10th. Tim Maguire, the Associated Press.

1 gales   

龙猫

参考例句：

• I could hear gales of laughter coming from downstairs. 我能听到来自楼下的阵阵笑声。
• This was greeted with gales of laughter from the audience. 观众对此报以阵阵笑声。

2 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。

3 stagnation   

n. 停滞

参考例句：

• Poor economic policies led to a long period of stagnation and decline. 糟糕的经济政策道致了长时间的经济萧条和下滑。
• Motion is absolute while stagnation is relative. 运动是绝对的，而静止是相对的。

4 missionary   

adj.教会的，传教(士)的；n.传教士

参考例句：

• She taught in a missionary school for a couple of years.她在一所教会学校教了两年书。
• I hope every member understands the value of missionary work. 我希望教友都了解传教工作的价值。

5 grouch   

n.牢骚，不满；v.抱怨

参考例句：

• He's always having a grouch about something.他总是发脾气抱怨这个抱怨那个。
• One of the biggest grouches is the new system of payment.人们抱怨最多的一点就是这种新的支付方式。

6 debuts   

演员首次演出( debut的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• He never really debuts the idea of taking money from his parents any longer. 他从此就再也没有认真起过向父母要钱的念头。
• This young soprano debuts next month at the metropolitan opera. 这位年轻的女高音歌唱家下个月将在纽约大都会歌剧院举行首演。