历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-05-22

 May 22nd, 1939, in Europe Nazi¹ Germany and fascist² Italy signs the "Pact³ of Steel" forming the military alliance just month before the start of WWII.

1972, Richard Nixon begins the first visit by an American President to what’s then the Soviet⁴ Union. He and Soviet leader sign Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, part of cold war détente between Washington and its communist rival Moscow in Beijing.

2002, a former Ku Klux Klansman becomes the third man convicted for one of the deadliest attacks during the America’s civil rights era. A jury finds Bobby Frank Cherry guilty of murder in the 1963 church bombing that killed four black girls in Birmingham, Alabama. Cherry receives life in prison and dies behind bars more than 2 years later. 1907, Laurence Olivier, actor director and producer of both stage and silver screen is born in Dorking, Surrey, England.

And 1992, “I bid you a very heartfelt good night.”

Johnny Carson hosts his last "Tonight Show" on NBC after nearly 30 years as TV’s king of late night.

Today In History, May 22nd Ed Donahue, the Associated Press.

1 Nazi   

n.纳粹分子，adj.纳粹党的，纳粹的

参考例句：

• They declare the Nazi regime overthrown and sue for peace.他们宣布纳粹政权已被推翻，并出面求和。
• Nazi closes those war criminals inside their concentration camp.纳粹把那些战犯关在他们的集中营里。

2 fascist   

adj.法西斯主义的；法西斯党的；n.法西斯主义者，法西斯分子

参考例句：

• The strikers were roughed up by the fascist cops.罢工工人遭到法西斯警察的殴打。
• They succeeded in overthrowing the fascist dictatorship.他们成功推翻了法西斯独裁统治。

3 pact   

n.合同，条约，公约，协定

参考例句：

• The two opposition parties made an electoral pact.那两个反对党订了一个有关选举的协定。
• The trade pact between those two countries came to an end.那两国的通商协定宣告结束。

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。