历史上的今天:2月1日

时间：2010-02-04 01:16:26

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Today's Highlight in History:
On February first, 1960, four black college students began a sit-in protest静坐抗议 at a lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, where they'd been refused service.

On this date:
In 1861, Texas voted to secede退出，脱离 from the Union.

In 1893, inventor Thomas A. Edison completed work on the world's first motion picture电影 studio, his "Black Maria囚车," in West Orange, New Jersey2.

In 1896, Puccini's opera "La Boheme" premiered初次公演 in Turin.

In 1920, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police came into existence成立，开始存在.

In 1943, one of America's most highly decorated military units of World War Two, the 442d Regimental Combat Team, made up almost entirely4 of Japanese-Americans, was authorized5.

In 1946, Norwegian statesman Trygve Lie was chosen to be the first secretary-general of the United Nations.

In 1968, during the Vietnam War, Saigon's police chief (Nguyen Ngoc Loan) executed a Viet Cong officer with a pistol shot to the head in a scene captured in a famous news photograph.

In 1979, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini received a tumultuous吵闹的，骚乱的 welcome in Tehran as he ended nearly 15 years of exile.

In 1979, newspaper heiress女继承人 Patricia Hearst, whose prison sentence for bank robbery had been commuted6减刑，交换 by President Jimmy Carter, left a federal prison near San Francisco.

In 1991, 35 people were killed when a USAir jetliner crashed atop a commuter7 plane at Los Angeles International Airport.

Ten years ago: East Germany's Communist premier3, Hans Modrow, appealed for negotiations9 with West Germany to forge a "united fatherland祖国."

Five years ago: The Federal Reserve boosted interest rates by one-half of a percent, the seventh rate hike上升，远足 in a year. House Republicans pushed through a bill restricting the federal government's ability to impose强加，征税 unfunded mandates命令，授权 on states.

One year ago: With the promise of huge federal surpluses, President Clinton proposed a $1.77 trillion budget for fiscal11国库的，会计的 2000. Former White House intern8 Monica Lewinsky gave a deposition12 that was videotaped for senators weighing impeachment弹劾，控告 charges against President Clinton.


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1 secede iEwyt     
v.退出，脱离
参考例句：
  • They plotted to make the whole Mississippi Valley secede from the United States.他们阴谋策划使整个密西西比流域脱离美国。
  • We won't allow Tibet to secede from China and become an independent nation.我们决不允许西藏脱离中国独立。
2 jersey Lp5zzo     
n.运动衫
参考例句：
  • He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
  • They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。
3 premier R19z3     
adj.首要的；n.总理，首相
参考例句：
  • The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。
  • He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。
4 entirely entirely     
ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地
参考例句：
  • The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
  • His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。
5 authorized jyLzgx     
a.委任的，许可的
参考例句：
  • An administrative order is valid if authorized by a statute.如果一个行政命令得到一个法规的认可那么这个命令就是有效的。
6 commuted 724892c1891ddce7d27d9b956147e7b4     
通勤( commute的过去式和过去分词 )； 减（刑）； 代偿
参考例句：
  • His sentence was commuted from death to life imprisonment. 他的判决由死刑减为无期徒刑。
  • The death sentence may be commuted to life imprisonment. 死刑可能減为无期徒刑。
7 commuter ZXCyi     
n.(尤指市郊之间)乘公交车辆上下班者
参考例句：
  • Police cordoned off the road and diverted commuter traffic. 警察封锁了道路并分流交通。
  • She accidentally stepped on his foot on a crowded commuter train. 她在拥挤的通勤列车上不小心踩到了他的脚。
8 intern 25BxJ     
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。
9 negotiations af4b5f3e98e178dd3c4bac64b625ecd0     
协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过
参考例句：
  • negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
  • Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。
10 mandates 2acac1276dba74275e1c7c1a20146ad9     
托管（mandate的第三人称单数形式）
参考例句：
  • Individual mandates would require all people to purchase health insurance. 个人托管要求所有人都要购买健康保险。
  • While I agree with those benefits, I'm not a supporter of mandates. 我同意上述好处，我不是授权软件的支持者。
11 fiscal agbzf     
adj.财政的，会计的，国库的，国库岁入的
参考例句：
  • The increase of taxation is an important fiscal policy.增税是一项重要的财政政策。
  • The government has two basic strategies of fiscal policy available.政府有两个可行的财政政策基本战略。
12 deposition MwOx4     
n.免职，罢官；作证；沉淀；沉淀物
参考例句：
  • It was this issue which led to the deposition of the king.正是这件事导致了国王被废黜。
  • This leads to calcium deposition in the blood-vessels.这导致钙在血管中沉积。
13 impeachment fqSzd5     
n.弹劾；控告；怀疑
参考例句：
  • Impeachment is considered a drastic measure in the United States.在美国，弹劾被视为一种非常激烈的措施。
  • The verdict resulting from his impeachment destroyed his political career.他遭弹劾后得到的判决毁了他的政治生涯。

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