历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-03-10

 March 10th 1876In Boston, Alexander Graham Bell successfully tests his invention—the telephone. Bell's assistant hears him say through the device, "Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you."1969In Memphis, Tennessee, James Earl Ray pleads guilty to assassinating¹ civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. Ray later recants his plea, insisting he is innocent and alleging² a conspiracy³ until he dies behind bars decades later.

"Put me on where you stand in front of that real world, will you? What a place."1985Konstantin Chernenko, leader of the Soviet⁴ Union for just 13 months dies in Moscow at age 73. Mikhail Gorbachev succeeds Chernenko in the Kremlin.

1980Doctor Herman Tarnower, author of the Scarsdale Diet is shot to death at his home in Purchase, New York. Tarnower's former lover Jean Harris is convicted of murder. She serves nearly a dozen years behind the bars.

And 1965The Odd Couple opens on Broadway. Neil Simon's play about two mismatched roommates is later a hit on TV and silver screen.

Today in History, March 10th, Sandy Kozel, the Associated Press.

1 assassinating   

v.暗杀( assassinate的现在分词 )；中伤；诋毁；破坏

参考例句：

• They struck a blow for freedom by assassinating the colonial governor. 他们为了自由而奋力一博，暗杀了那位殖民地总督。 来自互联网

2 alleging   

断言，宣称，辩解( allege的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• His reputation was blemished by a newspaper article alleging he'd evaded his taxes. 由于报上一篇文章声称他曾逃税，他的名誉受到损害。
• This our Peeress declined as unnecessary, alleging that her cousin Thornhill's recommendation would be sufficient. 那位贵人不肯，还说不必，只要有她老表唐希尔保荐就够了。

3 conspiracy   

n.阴谋，密谋，共谋

参考例句：

• The men were found guilty of conspiracy to murder.这些人被裁决犯有阴谋杀人罪。
• He claimed that it was all a conspiracy against him.他声称这一切都是一场针对他的阴谋。

4 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。