历史上的今天-Today in History 2011-04-26

 April 26th, 1986The accident has caused that the Chernobyl atomic power plant ,as one of the that atomic reactor¹ was damaged.

The world’s worst nuclear accident happens at the Chernobyl plant in Ukraine, then part of the Soviet² Union. An explosion in fire of the plant kills at least 31 people, spewing radioactive clouds into the atmosphere. Then winds carry as far as Western Europe.

1865Federal troops surround and kill John Wilkes Booth, President Abraham Lincoln’s assassin, near Bowling³ Green, Virginia.

1607English colonists⁴ wash ashore⁵, what’s now Cape⁶ Henry, Virginia. Weeks later, they establish Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in the Western Hemisphere.

1937Planes from Nazi⁷ Germany and Fascist⁸ Italy raid the Basque town of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War.

2000Vermont’s Governor Howard Dean, signs the first bill in the United States, allowing same-sex couples to form civil unions.

And 1989“Hello friends, I’m your Vitameatavegamin girl. Are you tired, run down, listless? Do you poop-out at parties?”

Actress and comedienne Lucille Ball, star of the classic TV hit “I love Lucy”, dies in Los Angeles, at the age of 77.

Today in History, April 26th, Ed Donahue, the Associated Press

1 reactor   

n.反应器；反应堆

参考例句：

• The atomic reactor generates enormous amounts of thermal energy.原子反应堆发出大量的热能。
• Inside the reactor the large molecules are cracked into smaller molecules.在反应堆里，大分子裂变为小分子。

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 bowling   

n.保龄球运动

参考例句：

• Bowling is a popular sport with young and old.保龄球是老少都爱的运动。
• Which sport do you 1ike most,golf or bowling?你最喜欢什么运动，高尔夫还是保龄球？

4 colonists   

n.殖民地开拓者，移民，殖民地居民( colonist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Colonists from Europe populated many parts of the Americas. 欧洲的殖民者移居到了美洲的许多地方。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Some of the early colonists were cruel to the native population. 有些早期移居殖民地的人对当地居民很残忍。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 ashore   

adv.在(向)岸上，上岸

参考例句：

• The children got ashore before the tide came in.涨潮前，孩子们就上岸了。
• He laid hold of the rope and pulled the boat ashore.他抓住绳子拉船靠岸。

6 cape   

n.海角，岬；披肩，短披风

参考例句：

• I long for a trip to the Cape of Good Hope.我渴望到好望角去旅行。
• She was wearing a cape over her dress.她在外套上披着一件披肩。

7 Nazi   

n.纳粹分子，adj.纳粹党的，纳粹的

参考例句：

• They declare the Nazi regime overthrown and sue for peace.他们宣布纳粹政权已被推翻，并出面求和。
• Nazi closes those war criminals inside their concentration camp.纳粹把那些战犯关在他们的集中营里。

8 fascist   

adj.法西斯主义的；法西斯党的；n.法西斯主义者，法西斯分子

参考例句：

• The strikers were roughed up by the fascist cops.罢工工人遭到法西斯警察的殴打。
• They succeeded in overthrowing the fascist dictatorship.他们成功推翻了法西斯独裁统治。