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July 15th,2000,an Air France Concorde bound for New York crashes shortly after takeoff outside Paris. All 109 people on board the supersonic airliner are killed along four people on the ground. Christopher Korenke is vice president of Air France USA "for the moment the fleet will be grounded.Sorry,well,still five remaining sensors will be rounded ", just years later the Concorde is grounded for good because passenger numbers fail to rebound after the crash.
1956 one of the world’s most famous maritime disasters takes place off the New England coast. The Italian liner Andrea Doria collides with the Swedish ship Stockholm claiming 51 lives. Most on board the Andrea Doria survive. They are evacuated before the liner capsizes and sinks the next morning.
1995 an UN Tribunal indicts Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic and General Ratko Mladic for genocide and other war crimes in the Balkans. Both men remain at large.
1978,Louise Joy Brown,the first baby conceived by in vitro fertilization in born in Oldham,England.
And 1975, “One singular sensation,Every little step she takes”,in New York the musical A chorus Line opens on Broadway.
重点词汇注释：
Concorde
n.协和式飞机
be bound for
开往..., 以...为目的地
takeoff
n.起飞
supersonic
adj.超音波的；n.超声波, 超声频
supersonic airliner
超音速客机
for good
永久地；永远地
claim
vt.夺走，索取
capsize
v.(特指船)倾覆
tribunal
n.法庭
indict
vt.起诉, 控告, 指控
genocide
n.种族屠杀
at large
逍遥法外，未被捕
in vitro
adj.&adv.在试管中，在体外
fertilization
n.受精（卵）；施肥
in vitro fertilization
人工受精
musical
n.音乐剧；歌舞喜剧
A chorus Line
平步青云（又名歌舞线上）
本剧在百老汇音乐剧的发展史上，具有划时代的意义，是音乐剧历史上一颗璀璨的明珠，是近代音乐剧的代表作之一。
