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历史上的今天:1月22日

2018-01-22来源:和谐英语

January 22nd, 1973. In one of its most controversial rulings, the US Supreme Court legalizes abortion in a landmark case of Roe versus Wade.

1973年1月22日。在其中一项最具争议的裁决中,美国最高法院将堕胎合法化,这是一个具有里程碑意义的案件。

Also that same year. “For in your time, we have the opportunity to move not only toward the rich society, and the powerful society, but upward to the Great Society.” Former President Lyndon Johnson dies in Texas at age 64. Johnson’s legacy includes Civil Rights laws, domestic programs such as medicare and the expansion of the Vietnam War that divided the nation.

同年。那位说过“在你们的时代,我们不仅有机会向富裕的社会和强大的社会前进,也有机会向伟大的社会迈进”的前总统林登.约翰逊在德克萨斯州去世,享年64岁。约翰逊的遗产包括民权法、国内医疗保险计划以及将越南一分为二的战争扩大话。

1998. Theodore Kaczynski pleads guilty to being the Unabomber. In return he gets life in prison without parole. Kaczynski’s brother David “ we are finally at a place where we can begin a process of healing.”

1998年,西奥多.卡钦斯基承认自己是炸弹杀手。作为惩罚他将终生监禁,不得假释。卡钦斯基的兄弟大卫“我们终于到达了一个可以开始疗养的地方。”

1901. Britain’s Queen Victoria whose more than fifty-year rule saw the British Empire reach its peak dies at age 82.

1901年,英国维多利亚女王在五十多年的统治下见证了大英帝国在82岁时的顶峰。

1953. Arthur Miller’s drama, The Crucible opens on Broadway, set during the Salem Witch Trials, the play takes in McCarthyism in the “Red Scare” of the 1950s.

1953年,阿瑟.米勒的戏剧《坩埚》在百老汇上映,在塞勒姆女巫审判期间上演,该剧呈现了20世纪50年代的“红色恐慌”中扮演了麦卡锡主义。