历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-11-07
时间:2019-02-14 作者:英语课 分类:历史上的今天-2014年
November 7th, 1917The Bolshevik Revolution takes place in Russia. Forces led by Vladimir Lenin overthrow 1 the provisional government of Alexander Kerensky. What eventually emerges, the Soviet 2 Union, the world's first communist state. 2000,Americans vote in a presidential election whose outcome remains 3 in limbo 4 for more a month. The race between Republican George W. Bush and Democrat 5 Al Gore 6 hinges on Florida's disputed electoral votes. Bush becomes President after a legal fight that leads all the way to the U.S. Supreme 7 Court. Also that same year, Hillary Clinton becomes the first First Lady to win public office, when she's elected to a U.S. Senate seat from New York. This happens 74 years to the day that Republican Jeanette Rankin of Montana becomes the first woman elected to Congress.
1962,Former Vice 8 President Richard Nixon tells reporters after losing the California Governor's race. “But as I leave you, I want you to know, just think how much you’re going to be missing. You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore, because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference.” But Nixon makes a comeback just six years later, when he wins the White House.
1940,In Washington State, what's considered one of the most dramatic failures in bridge engineering. The middle section of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapses 10 during a windstorm, just four months after the suspension bridge opens. No lives are lost, because the bridge was already closed to traffic at the time of the collapse 9.
1918,“Those Ten Commandments stand, they are Gods more law when you broken you have sent.” Billy Graham, the evangelist known for his global preaching and his friendships with American presidents, is born in Charlotte, North Carolina.
1991,NBA star Magic Johnson says he's retiring from the Los Angeles Lakers, after testing positive for the AIDS virus.
And 1943,Joni Mitchell, singer and songwriter, is born in Fort McLeod, Alberta, Canada. Today in History, November 7th, Tim Maguire, the Associated Press.
- After the overthrow of the government,the country was in chaos.政府被推翻后,这个国家处于混乱中。
- The overthrow of his plans left him much discouraged.他的计划的失败使得他很气馁。
- Zhukov was a marshal of the former Soviet Union.朱可夫是前苏联的一位元帅。
- Germany began to attack the Soviet Union in 1941.德国在1941年开始进攻苏联。
- 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。
- His life seemed stuck in limbo and he could not go forward and he could not go back.他的生活好像陷入了不知所措的境地,进退两难。
- I didn't know whether my family was alive or dead.I felt as if I was in limbo.我不知道家人是生是死,感觉自己茫然无措。
- 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。
- The fox lay dying in a pool of gore.狐狸倒在血泊中奄奄一息。
- Carruthers had been gored by a rhinoceros.卡拉瑟斯被犀牛顶伤了。
- 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。
- He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
- They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
- The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
- The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。