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GRE寫作補充講義
一、人物
Michelangelo米開朗琪羅
Euclid歐機裡德
Archimedes阿基米德
Aristotle
Galileo
Kepler
Copernicus
Bruno
Ptolemy
IsaacNewton
Columbus
ThomasEdison
Einstein(Zurich蘇黎世)
Mariecurie(Pierre)
Radioactivityisthestartingpointforcancertreatment,forthedatingtechniquesusedonancientobjects,rocksandtheuniverse,andformolecularbiologyandmoderngenetics;itisalsothesourceofnuclearenergyandtheatomicbomb.
FrankBorman
In1970,ApolloastronautFrankBormanembarkedona12-nationfact-findingmissiontodeterminethefateofAmericanservicemenmissinginVietnam.Thoughhissearchprovedfruitless,hetoldCongress,"Ibegyounottoforsakeyourcountrymenwhohavegivensomuchforyou."
Stephenhawking(ABriefHistoryofTime;sufferfromALS)
Descartes笛卡爾
Kant--kantianism康得
Hegelian--Hegelianism
Schopenhauer叔本華(Germanphilosopher)
Socrates
Plato
以下選自英國文學史:
GeoffreyChaucer
WilliamShakespeare----Hamlet,Sonnet,
FrancisBacon------OfTruth,OfStudies,
JohnMilton------ParadiseLst
JohnBunyan-----ThePilgrim'sProgress
DanielDefoe-----RobinsonCrusoe
JonathanSwift----Gulliver'sTravels
RobertBurns----ARed,RedRose
WilliamWordsworth
GeorgeGordon,LordByron
Shelley
JohnKeats
WalterScott
JaneAusten----PrideandPrejudice
CharlesDickens
CharlotteBronte----JaneEyre
EmilyBronte----WutheringHeights
ThamosHardy
BernardShaw
Lawrence-----SonsandLovers
以下選自美國文學史:
BenjaminFranklin
ThomasJefferson---TheDeclarationofIndependence
WashingtonIrving----TheLegendofSleepyHollow
Emerson
HenryDavidThoreau
HenryWadsworthLongman
WaltWhitman
EmilyDickson
HarrietBeecherStowe
MarkTwain----TheadventuresofTomSawyer
OHenry---TheCopandtheAnthem
HenryJames-----ThePortraitofaLady
JackLondon----TheSeaWolf,MartinEden
ErnestHeminway-----AFarewelltoArms
JohnSteinbeck------TheGrapesofWrath
LeonardodaVinci
Bach巴赫
Beethoven
Mozart
Time-Warner
RollingStones
Rock-and-Roll
Beetles
Dali
Picasso
AndyWarhol
Rodin's"TheThinker"
GeorgeBush
OnJanuary16,1991,PresidentBushorderedthecommencementofOperationDesertStorm,amassiveU.S.-ledmilitaryoffensiveagainstIraqinthePersianGulf.
Inlate1992,BushorderedU.S.troopsintoSomalia,anationdevastatedbydroughtandcivilwar.ThepeacekeepingmissionwouldprovethemostdisastroussinceLebanon,andPresidentClintonabruptlycalleditoffin1993.
JimmyCarter
PresidentCarter'spolicyofplacinghumanrightsrecordsattheforefrontofAmerica'srelationshipswithothernationscontributedtoacoolingofColdWarrelationsinthelate1970s.
In1980,forthefirsttimeinsevenyears,FidelCastroauthorizedemigrationoutofCubabythecountry'scitizens.TheUnitedStateswelcomedtheCubans,butlatertookstepstoslowthetidewhenevidencesuggestedthatCastrowasusingtherefugeeflighttoemptyhisprisons.
NevilleChamberlain
In1938,BritishPrimeMinisterChamberlainsignedtheMunichPactwithAdolfHitler,anagreementthatgaveCzechoslovakiaawaytoNaziconquestwhilebringing,asChamberlainpromised,"peaceinourtime."
ElevenmonthsafterthesigningoftheMunichPact,GermanybrokethepeaceinEuropebyinvadingPoland.AsolemnChamberlainhadnochoicebuttodeclarewar,andWorldWarIIbeganinEurope.
WinstonChurchill
Intheearly1930s,ConservativeM.P.WinstonChurchillissuedunheededwarningsofthethreatofNaziaggressionfromhisseatonaHouseofCommonsbackbench.
WithGermantanksracingacrossFrance,ChurchillspoketotheBritishpeopleforthefirsttimeasprimeminister,andpledgedastruggletothelastbreathagainstNaziconquestandoppression.
Inthesummerof1940,thedemocraciesofcontinentalEuropefelltoGermanyonebyone,leavingGreatBritainaloneinitsresistancetoAdolfHitler.TheNazileaderwasconfidentthatvictoryagainstBritainwouldcomesoon,butChurchillprophesiedotherwise,tellinghiscountrymenthattheBattleofBritainwouldbe"theirfinesthour."
BillClinton
In1994,PresidentClintonauthorizedamilitaryoperationtooverthrowHaiti'smilitarydictatorsandrestoreitsdemocraticallyelectedleader.Ontheeveofinvasion,bloodshedwaspreventedwhenformerpresidentJimmyCarterbrokeredanagreementwithHaiti'sleadersinwhichtheypledgedtogiveuppower.
DwightD.Eisenhower
OnJune5,1944,thesupremeAlliedcommanderorderedcommencementoftheD-Dayinvasion,thelargestcombinedsea,air,andlandmilitaryoperationinhistory.Eisenhowertoldthe3millionmenoftheAlliedExpeditionaryForce,"Theeyesoftheworldareuponyou!
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In1956,Israel,Britain,andFranceinvadedEgyptinprotestofitsnationalizationoftheSuezCanal.TheU.S.S.R.andtheUnitedStates,bothvyingforgreaterinfluenceintheMiddleEast,forcedthethreenationstoendtheiroccupationofthestrategiccanal.
PrincessesElizabethandMargaret
DuringtheBattleofBritain,thechildrenofKingGeorgeVIdeliveredaradioaddresstoBritishchildrenwhohadbeenevacuatedabroad.PrincessesElizabethandMargaret,liketheirparents,weatheredthedarkdaysofWorldWarIIinBritain.
GeraldFord
NinedaysbeforethefallofSaigon,PresidentFordspokeontheresignationofSouthVietnamesePresidentThieu.Soonafter,theUnitedStateslaunchedamassivehelicopterevacuationoftensofthousandsofanticommunistSouthVietnameseandthelastfewAmericansremaininginthecountry.
MohandasGandhi
In1931,Gandhi,thepoliticalandspiritualleaderoftheIndianindependencemovement,wasreleasedfromprisontoattendtheLondonRoundTableConferenceonIndiaasthesolerepresentativeoftheIndianNationalCongress.
MikhailGorbachev
AsleaderoftheU.S.S.R.,MikhailGorbachevwasagreatforceforpeace,evenatthecostoftheSovietgovernment'sdownfallafter74yearsinpower.
AdolfHitler
AfewdaysbeforehisoccupationoftheSudetenland,aconfidentHitleraddressedaNazirallyatBerlin'sSportpalaststadium,andreassuredthecrowdthatifwarcamewithBritainandFrancetheGermanWehrmachtwouldbevictorious.
PopeJohnPaulII
In1995,thepopeaddressedtheUnitedNationsontheoccasionofits50thanniversary.ReaffirminghissupportoftheidealsandgoalsoftheU.N.,hepraisedtheUniversalDeclarationofHumanRightsandcalledfortheU.N.tobecomethemoralcenterofafamilyofnations.
JohnF.Kennedy
Attheir1961summitmeeting,SovietleaderKhrushchevgreatlyunderestimatedPresidentKennedy,whowasnotabouttobreakhisinauguralvowto"payanyprice,bearanyburden"toprotectdemocracyintheworld.
NikitaKhrushchevandRichardNixon
InadefiningmomentoftheColdWar,VicePresidentNixonandSovietleaderKhrushchevengagedinanimpromptudebateaboutthemeritsanddisadvantagesofcapitalismandcommunism.Theexchange,whichtookplaceinMoscowinfrontofareplicaofasuburbanAmericankitchen,wasknownasthe"KitchenDebate."
DouglasMacArthur
OnSeptember2,1945,aboardtheUSSMissouriinTokyoBay,themostdestructivewarinhumanhistoryofficiallycametoanendasrepresentativesoftheJapanesegovernmentandmilitarysignedtheircountry'sunconditionalsurrender.
AfterclashingwithPresidentTrumanoverwarpolicy,MacArthurwasrelievedofhiscommandofU.N.forcesinKoreaandreturnedtotheU.S.forthefirsttimesincebeforeWorldWarII.Givenahero'swelcome,headdressedajointmeetingofCongress,wherehedeclared,"Oldsoldiersneverdie,theyjustfadeaway."
RichardNixon
In1973,afterfiveyearsoftalks,theUnitedStatesandNorthVietnamreachedapeaceagreementtoendU.S.involvementinVietnam.Twoyearslater,SaigonfelltoNorthVietnameseforcesandVietnamwasunifiedunderCommunistrule.
RonaldReagan
In1984,Reagancalledforaninternationalbanonchemicalweapons.Sixyearslater,PresidentBushandSovietleaderGorbachevwouldsignahistoricagreementtoceaseproductionandbegindestructionofbothnations'sizablereserves.
In1987,duringavisittoBerlin,thepresidentmadeadramaticpleatoSovietleaderMikhailGorbachevto"teardown"theBerlinWall.Twoyearslater,Berlinerswoulddosoontheirownaccord.
FranklinD.Roosevelt
ThedayafterJapan'sattackonPearlHarbor,PresidentRooseveltaddressedajointsessionofCongress,andproclaimedDecember7"adatewhichwillliveininfamy."Withonlyonedissent,CongressgrantedhisrequestforanofficialdeclarationofwaragainstJapan.
Twomonthsbeforehisdeath,RooseveltmetWinstonChurchillandJosephStalinforthelasttimeatYaltaintheU.S.S.R.The"BigThree"leadersdiscussedmilitaryconsiderationsinthewaragainstGermanyandJapan,andcompromisedontheirvisionsofthepostwarworldorder.
Tito
In1963,Tito,theindependent-mindedcommunistleaderofYugoslaviasince1945,visitedtheUnitedStatesduringatouroftheAmericas.
HarryTruman
ThreedaysafterthebombingofHiroshima,PresidentTrumanwarnedJapanoffurtheratomicattacksuntilitsurrendered.Whennoanswercame,heauthorizedthedroppingofasecondatomicbombonNagasaki.Sixdayslater,Japansurrendered.
In1949,TrumansignedtheNorthAtlanticTreatywith10EuropeannationsandCanada--establishingtheNATOmilitaryalliance.
二、Events
1.Medicineandbiology
1348:
BlackPlague
ThebubonicplaguekilledonethirdofEurope'spopulationbetween1348and1350,makingitthemostdeadlyepidemicsincethesixthcentury.Withnocureavailable,andnoclueastowhatcausedthedisease,manybelieveditwasGod'spunishmentforsinfulbehavior.Theplaguehadamassiveeffectoneveryaspectofsoci
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