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德国纪念柏林墙倒塌30周年

Which of these events occurred 30 years ago?

Soviet¹ troops left Afghanistan, Hubble telescope was launched, Gulf² War began, or the Berlin Wall fell?

The only one of these events from the year 1989 was the fall of the Berlin Wall.

The date was November 9th, and that made Saturday the 30th anniversary of when the wall started tumbling down.

European leaders met in Berlin, Germany on November 9th when German Chancellor³ Angela Merkel c?alled on them to defend democracy.

The Berlin Wall was a physical and symbolic⁴ barrier between democracy and communism. It had stood since August of 1961 when residents of Berlin woke up one morning to find a dividing line built of barbed wire and cinder⁵ blocks.

It was eventually fortified with concrete, armed gu

1 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。

2 gulf   

n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂

参考例句：

• The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
• There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。

3 chancellor   

n.(英)大臣；法官；(德、奥)总理；大学校长

参考例句：

• They submitted their reports to the Chancellor yesterday.他们昨天向财政大臣递交了报告。
• He was regarded as the most successful Chancellor of modern times.他被认为是现代最成功的财政大臣。

4 symbolic   

adj.象征性的，符号的，象征主义的

参考例句：

• It is symbolic of the fighting spirit of modern womanhood.它象征着现代妇女的战斗精神。
• The Christian ceremony of baptism is a symbolic act.基督教的洗礼仪式是一种象征性的做法。

5 cinder   

n.余烬，矿渣

参考例句：

• The new technology for the preparation of superfine ferric oxide from pyrite cinder is studied.研究了用硫铁矿烧渣为原料，制取超细氧化铁红的新工艺。
• The cinder contains useful iron,down from producing sulphuric acid by contact process.接触法制硫酸的矿渣中含有铁矿。