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历史上的今天(Nov 3):第一次鸦片战争爆发

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Today in History: Saturday, November 03, 2012

历史上的今天:2012年11月3日,周六

On Nov. 3, 1868, Republican Ulysses S. Grant won the presidential election over Democrat Horatio Seymour.

1868年11月3日,共和党尤利西斯S.格兰特击败霍雷肖西摩赢得总统选举。

1839 The first Opium War between China and Britain broke out.

1839年,中英第一次鸦片战争爆发。

1903 Panama proclaimed its independence from Colombia.

1903年,巴拿马宣布从哥伦比亚独立。

1908 Republican William Howard Taft was elected president, outpolling William Jennings Bryan.

1908年,共和党威廉霍华德塔夫选票超过威廉·詹宁斯·布赖恩当选美国总统。

1911 The Chevrolet Motor Car Co. was founded in Detroit by Louis Chevrolet and William C. Durant.

1911年,路易斯雪佛兰和威廉C.杜兰特在底特律创立雪佛兰汽车公司。

1936 President Franklin D. Roosevelt was re-elected in a landslide over Republican Alfred M. "Alf" Landon.

1936年,美国总统富兰克林·罗斯福压倒性击败共和党人艾尔弗雷德·阿尔夫·兰登再次当选美国总统。

1957 The Soviet Union launched into orbit Sputnik 2, the second manmade satellite; a dog on board named Laika was sacrificed in the experiment.

1957年,苏联发射人造卫星2号进入轨道,董事会一只名叫Laika的狗在实验中牺牲。

1964 President Lyndon B. Johnson soundly defeated Republican challenger Barry Goldwater to win a White House term in his own right.

1964年,林登·约翰逊总统凭借自己的努力彻底打败的共和党挑战者巴里·戈德华特赢得白宫任期。

1970 Salvador Allende was inaugurated as president of Chile.

1970年,萨尔瓦多·阿连德就职智利总统。

1986 A Lebanese magazine broke the story of U.S. arms sales to Iran, a revelation that escalated into the Iran-Contra affair.

1986年,一黎巴嫩杂志爆料了美国向伊朗销售军火,揭露升级为伊朗军售事件。

1992 Democrat Bill Clinton was elected the 42nd president of the United States, defeating President George H.W. Bush.

1992年,民主党人比尔·克林顿击败老布什当选美国第42任总统。

1992 Illinois Democrat Carol Moseley-Braun became the first African-American woman elected to the U.S. Senate.

1992年,伊利诺伊州民主党人卡罗·摩斯里·布朗成为第一位当选美国参议院的非裔妇女。

2004 Hamid Karzai was declared the winner of Afghanistan's first-ever presidential election.

2004年,卡尔扎伊宣布赢得阿富汗首次总统选举。

2005 Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, pleaded not guilty to a five-count felony indictment in the CIA leak case. (Libby was convicted, but President George W. Bush commuted his 30-month prison sentence.)

2005年,美国副总统切尼的前办公室主任I. Lewis“Scooter”Libby不承认五项涉及中情局泄密案的重罪指控。

2009 Maine residents narrowly voted down a same-sex marriage law.

2009年,缅甸人民以微弱的优势投票否决了一项同性婚姻法律。

2010 The Federal Reserve announced a plan to buy $600 billion in Treasury bonds over the next eight months in an attempt to boost lending and stimulate economy.

2010年,美国联邦储备委员会宣布了一项计划,在接下来的八个月里购买6000亿美元的国债试图推动贷款并刺激经济。

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announced [ə'naunst]

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宣布的

 
election [i'lekʃən]

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n. 选举

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opium ['əupjəm]

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n. 鸦片,麻醉剂

 
indictment [in'daitmənt]

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n. 控告;起诉书

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leak [li:k]

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n. 漏洞
v. 漏,渗

 
treasury ['treʒəri]

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n. 国库,宝库 (大写)财政部,国债

 
challenger

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n. 挑战者

 
reserve [ri'zə:v]

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n. 预备品,贮存,候补
n. 克制,含蓄

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boost [bu:st]

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vt. 推进,提高,增加
n. 推进,增加

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stimulate ['stimjuleit]

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vt. 刺激,激励,鼓舞
vi. 起刺激作用

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