历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-11-17
时间：2019-02-14 作者：英语课 分类：历史上的今天-2010年
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November 17th, 1973An embattled President Richard Nixon defends himself during the Watergate scandal. He tells the Associated Press managing editors’ meeting in Orlando, Florida. “People have got to know, whether or not their president is a crook 1. Well I am not a crook. I’ve earned everything I’ve got.” But Nixon resigns the following year when the Watergate scandal forces him from office.
1558Elizabeth I begins a four and a half decade reign 2 as Queen of England, ascending 3 the throne after her half-sister Queen Mary dies. Under what’s known as the Elizabethan Age, England flourishes on the world stage, from military might to exploration and trade to the works of William Shakespeare.
1869In Egypt, the Suez Canal opens, a vital waterway connecting the Mediterranean 4 and Red Seas.
1800The US Congress holds its first session in Washington D.C. in the partially 5 completed Capitol building.
1917Sculptor Auguste Rodin, whose best-known works include The Thinker and The Kiss, dies in France. He was 77 years old.
And 1942“Whether I like it or not, I actually end the movies I’ve made, for better for worse; however, people understand them that who I am, that’s all I really can be.”
Movie director Martin Scorsese is born in New York City. Among his films, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Goodfellas, Gangs of New York, and The Departed . Today in History, November 17th, Camille Bohannon, the Associated Press.
v.使弯曲；n.小偷，骗子，贼；弯曲(处)
- He demanded an apology from me for calling him a crook.我骂他骗子，他要我向他认错。
- She was cradling a small parcel in the crook of her elbow.她用手臂挎着一个小包裹。
n.统治时期，统治，支配，盛行；v.占优势
- The reign of Queen Elizabeth lapped over into the seventeenth century.伊丽莎白王朝延至17世纪。
- The reign of Zhu Yuanzhang lasted about 31 years.朱元璋统治了大约三十一年。
adj.上升的，向上的
- Now draw or trace ten dinosaurs in ascending order of size.现在按照体型由小到大的顺序画出或是临摹出10只恐龙。
adj.地中海的；地中海沿岸的
- The houses are Mediterranean in character.这些房子都属地中海风格。
- Gibraltar is the key to the Mediterranean.直布罗陀是地中海的要冲。