历史上的今天-Today in History 2011-02-09

 Ladies and gentlemen, the BeatlesFebruary 9th 1964 Beatlemania hits primetime in the United States. "Close your eyes and I'll kiss you, Tomorrow I'll miss you,"Remember I'll always be true The Fab 4 makes their first live appearance on American tv on “The Ed Sullivan Show” on CBS.

1950  In Wheeling, West Virginia, Senator¹ Joe McCarthy charges the State Department is riddled² with communist.McCarthy’s speech sets the stage for his controversial campaign to root out communist in the U.S. government. "Traitors³ are not gentlemen, my good friends. They don't understand being treated like gentlemen! "1943 – During World War II , allied⁴ forces defeat the Japanese in the months-long battle in Guadalcanal in the Southwest Pacific.

1984 The Soviet⁵ Union’s leader Yuri Andropov dies in Moscow at the age of 69.Andropov spent less than 15 months in power after succeeding Leonid Brezhnev in the Kremlin. And In 1944 Alice Walker, author of the Color Purple and other novels about African American culture is born in Georgia. Today in history, February 9th, Tim Maguire, the Associate Press.

1 senator   

n.参议员，评议员

参考例句：

• The senator urged against the adoption of the measure.那参议员极力反对采取这项措施。
• The senator's speech hit at government spending.参议员的讲话批评了政府的开支。

2 riddled   

adj.布满的；充斥的；泛滥的v.解谜，出谜题(riddle的过去分词形式)

参考例句：

• The beams are riddled with woodworm. 这些木梁被蛀虫蛀得都是洞。
• The bodies of the hostages were found riddled with bullets. 在人质的尸体上发现了很多弹孔。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 traitors   

卖国贼( traitor的名词复数 )； 叛徒； 背叛者； 背信弃义的人

参考例句：

• Traitors are held in infamy. 叛徒为人所不齿。
• Traitors have always been treated with contempt. 叛徒永被人们唾弃。

4 allied   

adj.协约国的；同盟国的

参考例句：

• Britain was allied with the United States many times in history.历史上英国曾多次与美国结盟。
• Allied forces sustained heavy losses in the first few weeks of the campaign.同盟国在最初几周内遭受了巨大的损失。

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。