时间:2019-01-19 作者:英语课 分类:历史上的今天-2012年


英语课

 July 27th, 1953. In Asia, the Korean War ends after more than three years of fighting, with an armistice 1 signed at Panmunjom. President Dwight Eisenhower tells Americans.


“We think of those who were called upon to lay down their lives in that far-off land to prove once again that only courage and sacrifice can keep freedom alive upon the earth.”
To this day, the Korean Peninsula remains 2 divided between the communist North and the non-communist South.
1974. In Washington, the House Judiciary Committee votes to recommend the impeachment 3 of President Richard Nixon. The panel charges Nixon with personally engaging in a 'course of conduct' to obstruct 4 justice in the Watergate scandal. Congressman 5 Joshua Eilberg, Democrat 6 of Pennsylvania.
“Not only is Richard Nixon guilty of bribery 7, high crime, misdemeanors, but he must be impeached 8 and convicted by the Senate. We are to remain a free, courageous 9 and independent people.”
More than a dozen days later, Nixon becomes the first American President to resign.
1996. Terror strikes the Atlanta Olympics, as a pipe bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park, killing 10 one person and injuring 111 others. Eric Rudolph, an anti-government extremist, later pleads guilty to that bombing and others in the South. He receives life behind bars.
1980. The deposed 11 Shah of Iran dies at a military hospital outside Cairo, Egypt at age 60.It happens during the Iranian hostage crisis, when dozens of Americans are held captive for 444 days by the Islamic fundamentalist regime that replaced the Shah. And 2003. “Time for the memory, of sentimental 12 verse…”
Comedian 13 Bob Hope, who entertained Americans and U.S. troops worldwide for decades, dies in Toluca Lake, California. He was 100 years old.
Today in History, July 27. Tim Maguire, the Associated Press.

n.休战,停战协定
  • The two nations signed an armistice.两国签署了停火协议。
  • The Italian armistice is nothing but a clumsy trap.意大利的停战不过是一个笨拙的陷阱。
n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹
  • He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
  • The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
n.弹劾;控告;怀疑
  • Impeachment is considered a drastic measure in the United States.在美国,弹劾被视为一种非常激烈的措施。
  • The verdict resulting from his impeachment destroyed his political career.他遭弹劾后得到的判决毁了他的政治生涯。
v.阻隔,阻塞(道路、通道等);n.阻碍物,障碍物
  • He became still more dissatisfied with it and secretly did everything in his power to obstruct it.他对此更不满意,尽在暗里使绊子。
  • The fallen trees obstruct the road.倒下的树将路堵住了。
n.(美)国会议员
  • He related several anecdotes about his first years as a congressman.他讲述自己初任议员那几年的几则轶事。
  • The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics.这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。
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。
n.贿络行为,行贿,受贿
  • FBI found out that the senator committed bribery.美国联邦调查局查明这个参议员有受贿行为。
  • He was charged with bribery.他被指控受贿。
v.控告(某人)犯罪( impeach的过去式和过去分词 );弹劾;对(某事物)怀疑;提出异议
  • Elected officials can be impeached. 经过选举产生的官员可以被弹劾。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The judge was impeached for taking a bribe. 这个法官被检举接受贿赂。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
adj.勇敢的,有胆量的
  • We all honour courageous people.我们都尊重勇敢的人。
  • He was roused to action by courageous words.豪言壮语促使他奋起行动。
n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财
  • Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
  • Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
v.罢免( depose的过去式和过去分词 );(在法庭上)宣誓作证
  • The president was deposed in a military coup. 总统在军事政变中被废黜。
  • The head of state was deposed by the army. 国家元首被军队罢免了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
adj.多愁善感的,感伤的
  • She's a sentimental woman who believes marriage comes by destiny.她是多愁善感的人,她相信姻缘命中注定。
  • We were deeply touched by the sentimental movie.我们深深被那感伤的电影所感动。
n.喜剧演员;滑稽演员
  • The comedian tickled the crowd with his jokes.喜剧演员的笑话把人们逗乐了。
  • The comedian enjoyed great popularity during the 30's.那位喜剧演员在三十年代非常走红。
学英语单词
advanced medium stol transport (amst)
an estimated
atomic fluorescence
avus
band forming pliers
BEMF (back electromotive force)
Benāpol
black dose,black draught
blimpin
breathe deeply
Buddinge
bull eye lamp
chambered ovary
clavus candens
coalesced filament
cussedness
cut-and-paste transposition
damaskin
decktube
delta-front sheet sand
designer apartment
digestant
discriminant of number field
disneyworld
distance between seats
dostoevskis
drove home
dumptor
elastic after-effect
embushment
erythrocyte-antibody rosette
experimental psychiatry
fast hardening concrete
FAT (Factory Acceptance Test)
fibre-optic nuclear hardening
flow contact length
Fuegian
gentleman's measure
glycophyte glykiphyte
gotshal
hair pincers
hair worm
heavyheartedness
hedratresia
hettner
high-dosest
hissie fits
home industries
homogenic incompatibility
Hydrocotyle keelungensis
illiberalize
incomplete symbol
inkling
International Securities Exchange
inventory date
ionospheric radar
jacquins
kabardino-balkaria
Khama III
lieth
macroglossum mitchelli imperator
Mangles, Is.de
Martins B.
methyl transfer
midhinge
monilia albicanss
mosaicism
name of vessel
nanodimers
nitrogen blanketing
object expression
Olethreutidae
parasitic worm
piezoresistive proportionality constant
preexcitation wave
Rinn R.
rural location
scratch disk
sensornet
smoking stand
snap action
sodium-sulphur battery
soil microflora
source program editing
square planar structure
strick on
strike suits
sun-browned
super-metal-rich star
suppression pool spray
Synopsis of Treating Women's Diseases
tachyglossid
tackmeter
thanklewe
tingeth
traffic demand
unpolarized radiation
venae glutaeae inferiores
vertical landing
whole worm antigen
winter cropping
Wintrich's sign