历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-10-10

 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 U.S. 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 period struggle concerning this matter.” President Richard Nixon appoints and Congress confirms Gerald Ford⁴ as Vice President. Ford becomes President when the Watergate scandal forces Nixon to resign the following year.

1911,End of imperial rule in China, as revolutionaries under Sun Yat-sen overthrow⁵ the country's Manchu dynasty. 1985,U.S. 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 1985,Orson 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,Actor Christopher Reeve, who played “Superman” in the movies, dies in Mount Kisco, New York at age 52. Reeve spent 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.

1 vice   

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   

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   

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   

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   

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   

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   

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。