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历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-10-10

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 October 10th, 1973Vice President Spiro Agnew, accused of taking bribes2, pleads no contest to federal income tax evasion3. Agnew then becomes only the second vice1 president in US history to resign. “Because I believe we will be against the national interest have a brutalizing effect on my family to go through a long two years’ struggle concerning this matter.” President Richard Nixon appoints and Congress confirms Gerald Ford4 as Vice President. Ford becomes President when the Watergate Scandal forced Nixon to resign the following year.

1911End of imperial rule in China, as revolutionaries under Sun Yat-sen overthrow5 the country's Manchu Dynasty. 1985US fighter jets force an Egyptian plane carrying the Achille Lauro hijackers to land in Italy. That's where the gunmen who seized the cruise ship on the Mediterranean6 are taken into custody7. Also in 1985Orson Welles, the actor, director, and producer whose works include the movie masterpiece Citizen Kane, dies in Los Angeles. He was 70.
1813Giuseppe Verdi, considered one of the greatest opera composers of all time, is born in Italy.
And 2004"I’m here to fight for truth, and justice and the American life."Actor Christopher Reeve, who plays Superman in the movies, dies in Mount Kisco, New York at age 52. Reeve spends the last years of his life in a wheelchair, after he was paralyzed in a horse riding accident.
Today in History, October 10th, Tim Maguire, the Associated Press.

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1 vice NU0zQ     
n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的
参考例句：
  • 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。
2 bribes f3132f875c572eefabf4271b3ea7b2ca     
n.贿赂( bribe的名词复数 )；向（某人）行贿，贿赂v.贿赂( bribe的第三人称单数 )；向（某人）行贿，贿赂
参考例句：
  • It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
  • corrupt officials accepting bribes 接受贿赂的贪官污吏
3 evasion 9nbxb     
n.逃避，偷漏(税)
参考例句：
  • The movie star is in prison for tax evasion.那位影星因为逃税而坐牢。
  • The act was passed as a safeguard against tax evasion.这项法案旨在防止逃税行为。
4 Ford KiIxx     
n.浅滩，水浅可涉处；v.涉水，涉过
参考例句：
  • They were guarding the bridge,so we forded the river.他们驻守在那座桥上，所以我们只能涉水过河。
  • If you decide to ford a stream,be extremely careful.如果已决定要涉过小溪，必须极度小心。
5 overthrow PKDxo     
v.推翻，打倒，颠覆；n.推翻，瓦解，颠覆
参考例句：
  • 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。
6 Mediterranean ezuzT     
adj.地中海的；地中海沿岸的
参考例句：
  • 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。
7 custody Qntzd     
n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留
参考例句：
  • He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
  • He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。

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