历史上的今天-Today in History 2011-07-13

 July 13th, 1985. Here're hours to go in this Live Aid show in Philadelphia, and it looks if no one is leaving early. Live Aid, a global rock concert to raise money for starving people in Africa, takes place in London and Philadelphia. The mammoth¹ event spawns² charity music concerts in years to come from Farm Aid and Hurricane Katrina Relief to Live 8 and Live Earth. 1793. A bloody³ milestone⁴ during the French Revolution. Jean-Paul Marat, a revolutionary writer is stabbed in his bath by Charlotte Corday. She is executed four days later.

1863. In New York City, riots erupt against the Union's military draft during the American Civil War. Over the next three days, more than a thousand people, many of them blacks, are killed in the violence.

1977. A power blackout leaves New York City in the dark for 25 hours after lightning strikes north of the city. As a result, looting, vandalism and arson⁵ hit the Big Apple, already reeling from a severe financial crisis .

And 1942. Snakes. Why'd it have to be snakes? Actor Harrison Ford⁶, best known on the silver screen as Han Solo and Indiana Jones, is born in Chicago.

Today in History. July 13th. Camille Bohannon, the Associated Press

1 mammoth   

n.长毛象；adj.长毛象似的，巨大的

参考例句：

• You can only undertake mammoth changes if the finances are there.资金到位的情况下方可进行重大变革。
• Building the new railroad will be a mammoth job.修建那条新铁路将是一项巨大工程。

2 spawns   

（鱼、蛙等的）子，卵( spawn的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Lava Spawns now require 15 attacks to replicate, up from 14. 火人现在需要攻击15下才会分裂，而不是14下。
• Idleness spawns discontent, whereas overwork leads to mental and physical exhaustion. 懒惰滋生不满，而过度工作导致精神和身体的疲劳。

3 bloody   

adj.非常的的；流血的；残忍的；adv.很；vt.血染

参考例句：

• He got a bloody nose in the fight.他在打斗中被打得鼻子流血。
• He is a bloody fool.他是一个十足的笨蛋。

4 milestone   

n.里程碑；划时代的事件

参考例句：

• The film proved to be a milestone in the history of cinema.事实证明这部影片是电影史上的一个里程碑。
• I think this is a very important milestone in the relations between our two countries.我认为这是我们两国关系中一个十分重要的里程碑。

5 arson   

n.纵火，放火

参考例句：

• He was serving a ten spot for arson.他因纵火罪在服十年徒刑。
• He was arraigned on a charge of arson.他因被指控犯纵火罪而被传讯。

6 Ford   

n.浅滩，水浅可涉处；v.涉水，涉过

参考例句：

• They were guarding the bridge,so we forded the river.他们驻守在那座桥上，所以我们只能涉水过河。
• If you decide to ford a stream,be extremely careful.如果已决定要涉过小溪，必须极度小心。