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September 26th, 1960“And I think in the final analysis, it depends upon what we do here.” Millions of Americans tune1 in to watch presidential candidates debate on television for the first time. Squaring off in Chicago: Massachusetts Senator John F. Kennedy, the Democratic candidate, “I think we are going to have to do a better job if we are going to meet the responsibilities which time in advance have placed upon us.” And the Republican candidate, Vice2 President Richard Nixon, “Because we are in a deadly competition, a competition not only with the men in the Kremlin, but the men in Peking.” Viewers give Kennedy tan, fit, rested, the edge over an exhausted3 Nixon, whose poor makeup4 job fails to ease his Five O'Clock shadow. Kennedy narrowly wins in November --- a sign of TV's growing influence on politics. 1980,Cuba's government abruptly5 closes Mariel harbor, ending a massive wave of refugees to the United States five months after it began. Known as the “freedom flotilla”, the refugees traveled in small boats from Fidel Castro's Cuba to Florida, overwhelming U.S. authorities. 1898,Composer George Gershwin, whose iconic tunes6 include “Rhapsody in Blue” and “I've Got Rhythm”, is born in Brooklyn, New York. 1888,T.S. Eliot, regarded as one of the great poets of the 20th century with his work “The Waste Land”, is born in Saint Louis. Eliot won renewed fame when composer Andrew Lloyd Webber used the poet's words as the basis for his hit musical, “'Cats”.
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n.调子;和谐,协调;v.调音,调节,调整 | |
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n.坏事;恶习;[pl.]台钳,老虎钳;adj.副的 | |
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adj.极其疲惫的,精疲力尽的 | |
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n.组织;性格;化装品 | |
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adv.突然地,出其不意地 | |
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n.曲调,曲子( tune的名词复数 )v.调音( tune的第三人称单数 );调整;(给收音机、电视等)调谐;使协调 | |
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