历史上的今天-Today in History 2011-05-17
时间：2019-01-19 作者：英语课 分类：历史上的今天-2011年
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May 17th, 1954In Washington, the U.S. Supreme 1 Court strikes down racially segregated 2 public schools as “separate and unequal”. The court's ruling in “Brown versus 3 Board of Education of Topeka” fuels America's civil rights movement and the eventual 4 end of legal segregation 5 in the United States.
1973,Also in Washington, a U.S. Senate committee begins public hearings to investigate the Watergate scandal. Senator Sam Ervin, Democrat 6 from North Carolina, is in the committee chair. “If the many allegations made to this date are true, then the burglars who broke into the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate were in effect breaking into the home of every citizen of the United States” The following year, the scandal forces Richard Nixon to become the first President to resign from office.
1792,Birth of the New York Stock Exchange as a group of brokers 7 meets under a tree located on what is now Wall Street.
And 1875,The horse Aristides wins the First Kentucky Derby, held at the track in Louisville, Kentucky that eventually becomes known as Churchill Downs.
Today in History, May 17th, Ross Simpson, the Associated Press
adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的
- It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
- He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。
分开的； 被隔离的
- a culture in which women are segregated from men 妇女受到隔离歧视的文化
- The doctor segregated the child sick with scarlet fever. 大夫把患猩红热的孩子隔离起来。
prep.以…为对手，对；与…相比之下
- The big match tonight is England versus Spain.今晚的大赛是英格兰对西班牙。
- The most exciting game was Harvard versus Yale.最富紧张刺激的球赛是哈佛队对耶鲁队。
adj.最后的，结局的，最终的
- Several schools face eventual closure.几所学校面临最终关闭。
- Both parties expressed optimism about an eventual solution.双方对问题的最终解决都表示乐观。
n.隔离，种族隔离
- Many school boards found segregation a hot potato in the early 1960s.在60年代初，许多学校部门都觉得按水平分班是一个棘手的问题。
- They were tired to death of segregation and of being kicked around.他们十分厌恶种族隔离和总是被人踢来踢去。
n.民主主义者，民主人士；民主党党员
- The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。
- About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后，他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。