历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-01-26

 “You have to find the answer to that riddle¹ somewhere else.”

January 26th 1998. President Bill Clinton denies having an affair with former White House intern² Monica Lewinsky. “I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky. I never told anybody to lie , not a single time, never. These allegations are false.”

Yet months later, Clinton finally does acknowledge that he did have a relationship with Lewinsky. The House Representatives impeaches³ Clinton for perjury⁴ and obstruction⁵ of justice over the scandal. Clinton is acquitted⁶ by the Senate the following year, and he finishes the rest of his term in office.

1788. The first European settlers in Australia, the British expedition including hundreds of convicts land in present-day Sydney.

1880. General Douglas Macarthur is born in Little Rock, Arkansas. Macarthur commanded US forces in the Pacific during World War II, and ran the postwar allied⁷ occupation of Japan. He also led American troops under the UN banner during the early months of the Korean War.

1961. Wayne Gretzky considered one of the greatest hockey-players of all time is born Ontario, Canada.

And 1988. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical “The Phantom⁸ of the Opera” opens in New York. In 2006, it leaps past “Cats”, another Lloyd Webber musical, to become the longest-running show in Broadway history.

Today in history, January 26th. Mike Gracia. The Associated Press.

1 riddle   

n.谜，谜语，粗筛；vt.解谜，给…出谜，筛，检查，鉴定，非难，充满于；vi.出谜

参考例句：

• The riddle couldn't be solved by the child.这个谜语孩子猜不出来。
• Her disappearance is a complete riddle.她的失踪完全是一个谜。

2 intern   

v.拘禁，软禁；n.实习生

参考例句：

• I worked as an intern in that firm last summer.去年夏天我在那家商行实习。
• The intern bandaged the cut as the nurse looked on.这位实习生在护士的照看下给病人包扎伤口。

3 impeaches   

v.控告（某人）犯罪( impeach的第三人称单数 )；弹劾；对（某事物）怀疑；提出异议

参考例句：

• The Illinois House impeaches Governor Rod Blagojevich. 伊利诺斯州议院弹劾州长罗德。布拉戈耶维奇。 来自互联网

4 perjury   

n.伪证；伪证罪

参考例句：

• You'll be punished if you procure the witness to commit perjury.如果你诱使证人作伪证，你要受罚的。
• She appeared in court on a perjury charge.她因被指控做了伪证而出庭受审。

5 obstruction   

n.阻塞，堵塞；障碍物

参考例句：

• She was charged with obstruction of a police officer in the execution of his duty.她被指控妨碍警察执行任务。
• The road was cleared from obstruction.那条路已被清除了障碍。

6 acquitted   

宣判…无罪( acquit的过去式和过去分词 )； 使（自己）作出某种表现

参考例句：

• The jury acquitted him of murder. 陪审团裁决他谋杀罪不成立。
• Five months ago she was acquitted on a shoplifting charge. 五个月前她被宣判未犯入店行窃罪。

7 allied   

adj.协约国的；同盟国的

参考例句：

• Britain was allied with the United States many times in history.历史上英国曾多次与美国结盟。
• Allied forces sustained heavy losses in the first few weeks of the campaign.同盟国在最初几周内遭受了巨大的损失。

8 phantom   

n.幻影，虚位，幽灵；adj.错觉的，幻影的，幽灵的

参考例句：

• I found myself staring at her as if she were a phantom.我发现自己瞪大眼睛看着她，好像她是一个幽灵。
• He is only a phantom of a king.他只是有名无实的国王。