历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-10-23

 October 23rd, 1983In Lebanon, a suicide truck bomb strikes U.S. Marine¹ Headquarters at Beirut International Airport.The blast kills 241 marines and American sailors, part of an international peace-keeping force. At about the same time, another attack kills 58 French paratroopers. President Ronald Reagan:”We must not allow international criminals and thugs such like these to undermine the peace in Lebanon.” Within weeks Regan starts withdrawing U.S. forces from the Middle East country.

1956In Eastern Europe a cold war uprising behind the Iron Curtain. Students in Hungary spark a spontaneous revolt against their communist rulers in the capital Budapest. As the revolution spreads Soviet² Forces enter the country crushing the uprising within weeks.

1973President Richard Nixon agrees to turn over White House tape recordings³ to Judge John J. Sirica. The tapes sought by the Watergate Special Prosecutor⁴ are flashpointin the scandal that automatically drives Nixon from office.

2006Former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling is sentenced to 24 months, 4 years in prison for his role in the company’s 2001 collapse⁵. Enron’s demise⁶ wiped out thousands of jobs, more than 60 billion dollars in market value and more than 2 billion dollars in pension plans and what has been the 7th largest company in the country.

And 1925Johnny Carson, TV’s king of Late Night for three decades as host of NBC’s “The Tonight Show”, is born in Corning Iowa.

Today in History, October 23rd, Carload Bradley, the Associate Press.

1 marine   

adj.海的；海生的；航海的；海事的；n.水兵

参考例句：

• Marine creatures are those which live in the sea. 海洋生物是生存在海里的生物。
• When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时，他自愿参加了海军陆战队。

2 Soviet   

adj.苏联的，苏维埃的；n.苏维埃

参考例句：

• 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。

3 recordings   

n.记录( recording的名词复数 )；录音；录像；唱片

参考例句：

• a boxed set of original recordings 一套盒装原声录音带
• old jazz recordings reissued on CD 以激光唱片重新发行的老爵士乐

4 prosecutor   

n.起诉人；检察官，公诉人

参考例句：

• The defender argued down the prosecutor at the court.辩护人在法庭上驳倒了起诉人。
• The prosecutor would tear your testimony to pieces.检查官会把你的证言驳得体无完肤。

5 collapse   

vi.累倒；昏倒；倒塌；塌陷

参考例句：

• 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。

6 demise   

n.死亡；v.让渡，遗赠，转让

参考例句：

• He praised the union's aims but predicted its early demise.他赞扬协会的目标，但预期这一协会很快会消亡。
• The war brought about the industry's sudden demise.战争道致这个行业就这么突然垮了。