历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-03-02

 March 2nd, 1877. Republican Rutherford B. Hayes is declared winner of America’s disputed presidential election months earlier. Hayes moves into the White House instead of Democrat¹ Samuel J. Tilden who had won the popular vote. 1931. Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet² Union, is born in Stavropol, Russia. Gorbachev ended Soviet domination in Eastern Europe, as Communism their faith collapse³. But his political and economic reforms at home fail to prevent the Soviet Union’s disintegration⁴. 1933. The movie King Kong premieres in New York. The tale of a giant ape sponsors remake it in the 70s and most recently in 2005.

And 1965. “The hills are alive with the sound of music…” Another movie premieres in the Big Apple. This time it’s The Sound of Music based on the musical by Rodgers and Hammerstein. Today in History, March 2nd. Sandy Kozel, the Associated Press

1 democrat   

n.民主主义者，民主人士；民主党党员

参考例句：

• The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。
• About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后，他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。

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 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。

4 disintegration   

n.分散，解体

参考例句：

• This defeat led to the disintegration of the empire.这次战败道致了帝国的瓦解。
• The incident has hastened the disintegration of the club.这一事件加速了该俱乐部的解体。