历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-06-01

 June 1st, 1967. “We're Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, we hope you will enjoy the show…” The Beatles release what’s considered one of rock’s greatest albums, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. The album’s complex and experimental songs make it a popular and critical success amid the counterculture of the late 1960s. 

1926. “A kiss on the hand may be quite continental¹, but diamonds are a girl’s best friend…”Actress and silver screen sex symbol Marilyn Monroe is born Norma Jeane Mortenson in Los Angeles. Among her films, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, The Seven Year Itch², Bus Stop, Some Like It Hot, and The Misfits.

1980. “This is CNN.”Cable News Network , founded by Ted³ Turner,hits the airwaves, introducing the world at 24-7 TV news coverage⁴.

1801. Brigham Young, the Mormon leader whose religious followers⁵ settled what’s now Utah, is born in Whitingham, Vermont.

And 1968. Helen Keller,the blind and deaf author and lecturer, whose story is told in The Miracle Worker, dies in eastern Connecticut. She was 87.

Today in History, June 1st. Camille Bohannon, the Associated Press

1 continental   

adj.大陆的，大陆性的，欧洲大陆的

参考例句：

• A continental climate is different from an insular one.大陆性气候不同于岛屿气候。
• The most ancient parts of the continental crust are 4000 million years old.大陆地壳最古老的部分有40亿年历史。

2 itch   

n.痒，渴望，疥癣；vi.发痒，渴望

参考例句：

• Shylock has an itch for money.夏洛克渴望发财。
• He had an itch on his back.他背部发痒。

3 ted   

vt.翻晒，撒，撒开

参考例句：

• The invaders gut ted the village.侵略者把村中财物洗劫一空。
• She often teds the corn when it's sunny.天好的时候她就翻晒玉米。

4 coverage   

n.报导，保险范围，保险额，范围，覆盖

参考例句：

• There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
• This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。

5 followers   

追随者( follower的名词复数 )； 用户； 契据的附面； 从动件

参考例句：

• the followers of Mahatma Gandhi 圣雄甘地的拥护者
• The reformer soon gathered a band of followers round him. 改革者很快就获得一群追随者支持他。