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历史上的今天(Feb 14):美国商务和劳动部成立

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Today in History: Thursday, February 14, 2013

历史上的今天:2013年2月14日,周四

On Feb. 14, 1929, seven rivals of gangster Al Capone were gunned down in a Chicago garage in the St. Valentine's Day Massacre.

1929年2月14日,情人节大屠杀中,歹徒Al Capone的七个对手在芝加哥一车库被枪。

1859 Oregon was admitted to the Union as the 33rd state.

1859年,俄勒冈州加入联邦成为美国第33个州。

1895 Oscar Wilde's final play, "The Importance of Being Earnest," opened at the St. James' Theatre in London.

1895年,奥斯卡·王尔德的最后演出《认真的重要性》在伦敦圣詹姆斯剧院上演。

1903 The U.S. Department of Commerce and Labor was established.

1903年,美国商务和劳动部成立。

1912 Arizona became the 48th state of the Union.

1912年,亚利桑那州成为联邦第48个州。

1920 The League of Women Voters was founded in Chicago.

1920年,美国妇女选民联盟在芝加哥成立。

1962 First lady Jacqueline Kennedy conducted a televised tour of the White House.

1962年,电视直播了第一夫人杰奎琳·肯尼迪参观白宫。

1979 Adolph Dubs, the U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, was kidnapped in Kabul by Muslim extremists and killed in a shootout between his abductors and police.

1979年,美国驻阿富汗大使Adolph Dubs在喀布尔被穆斯林极端分子绑架,在警方与绑架者交火中遇难。

1989 Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini called on Muslims to kill Salman Rushdie, author of "The Satanic Verses," a novel Khomeini condemned as blasphemous.

1989年,伊朗人Ayatollah Khomeini呼吁穆斯林处死《撒旦诗篇》的作者萨尔曼·拉什迪,谴责他的小说亵渎神明。

1989 Union Carbide agreed to pay $470 million to the government of India in a court-ordered settlement of the 1984 Bhopal gas leak disaster.

1989年,联合碳化物公司在法院同意支付印度政府4.7亿美元,解决1984年博帕尔汽油泄漏灾难。

2003 Dolly the sheep - the first mammal cloned from an adult - was put to death at age 6 due to premature aging and disease.

2003年,第一只成年克隆羊多利因过早衰老和疾病被处死。

2005 Former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri was assassinated.

2005年,黎巴嫩前总理哈里里被暗杀。

2006 Iran said it had resumed uranium enrichment, prompting Russia and France to call on Tehran to halt its work.

2006年,伊朗表示已经恢复了铀浓缩,此举促使俄罗斯和法国呼吁德黑兰停止其工作。

2008 A former student shot five students to death in a lecture hall at Northern Illinois University before committing suicide.

2008年,北伊利诺伊大学一校友在演讲厅射杀了五个学生,随后自杀。

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commerce ['kɔmə:s]

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n. 商业,贸易

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disaster [di'zɑ:stə]

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n. 灾难

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established [is'tæbliʃt]

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adj. 已被确认的,确定的,建立的,制定的 动词est

 
prompting ['prɔmptiŋ]

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n. 刺激,激励,暗示 动词prompt的现在分词

 
mammal ['mæməl]

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n. 哺乳动物

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resumed [ri'zju:m, -'zu:m]

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n. 履历;个人简历;摘要 vt. 重新开始;重新获得

 
prime [praim]

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adj. 最初的,首要的,最好的,典型的
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leak [li:k]

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massacre ['mæsəkə]

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n. 大屠杀
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premature [.premə'tjuə]

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