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the 1 charlie chaplin died on christmas day 1977
1978: charlie chaplin's stolen body found

england have

the 2 containing the body of charlie chaplin - missing since his grave was robbed 11 weeks ago - has been found.

it was dug up from a field about a mile away from the chaplin home in corsier near lausanne, switzerland.

the legendary 3 died on christmas day last year, 4 88. he was buried two days later in the village of corsier in the hills above lake geneva.

"charlie would have thought it ridiculous." lady oona chaplin said.

swiss police have arrested two men - a pole aged 24 and a bulgarian aged 38 - and say they have confessed to stealing the coffin 10 weeks ago and reburying it.

names of the accused have not been released, but police say they are both motor mechanics.

they were traced after police kept a watch on 200 phone kiosks and tapped the chaplins' phone after the famiy received 5 demands of ?00,000 for return of the body after it went missing in march.

sir charles' 51-year-old widow, lady oona chaplin, refused to pay up saying: "charlie would have thought it ridiculous." in further calls the 6 made threats to harm her two youngest children.

hollywood 7

the family kept silent about the ransom demands and various rumours circulated about the missing coffin.

one hollywood report suggested it had been dug up because sir charles was a jew buried in a gentile 8.

lady chaplin, daughter of 9 eugene o'neill inherited about ?2m after the death of her husband.

the couple and their eight children have been living in lausanne since 1952.

a spokesman for the chaplins said: "the family is very happy and relieved that this 10 is over."

11 gabriel cettou, the head of the geneva police, said the two men would be charged with attempted extortion and disturbing the peace of the dead.

 
 
 
nikita khrushchev demanded an apology from the americans

1960: east-west summit in tatters after spy plane row

artificially 1969:
the
the much-heralded big four summit in paris has failed before it even started.

it follows three days of bitter recrimination over a us spy plane shot down two weeks ago by the russians.

any hope of east-west rapprochement was 12 from the start as heads of state - president eisenhower, 13 leader nikita khrushchev, general de gaulle and harold macmillan - never got beyond preliminary procedural meetings.

the u2 spy plane was shot down on 1 may by a russian missile after it lost height owing to engine trouble.

the 14 pilot, gary powers, was able to bale out of the aircraft and was arrested in sverdlovsk in the ussr.

state department denial

when the soviet union announced it had shot the plane down, the us state department at first denied it was a spy plane, saying it was simply an aircraft that had gone astray.

but when mr khrushchev produced photos taken by the pilot of military installations, president eisenhower was forced to admit he had authorised the flight because he needed to prevent another pearl harbor.

when leaders gathered in paris for the summit two days ago, after months of planning by soviet and french officials, mr khrushchev demanded an apology before discussions could begin.

he also said the usa should promise never to violate soviet airspace again and should punish all those responsible for the incident.

president eisenhower rejected the demands, leaving the hoped-for peace summit in tatters.

de gaulle's invitation

general de gaulle had tried to revive the talks by 15 all the delegates to another conference at the elysee palace to discuss the situation.

all agreed but president eisenhower insisted he would not discuss the spy plane incident.

when told of the invitation, mr khrushchev was on a trip outside paris. he returned to the french capital and told a press conference the soviet union was ready to take part only if the usa met his demands of a public 16 of the u2 incident.

so ended the summit that never was.

both sides are now blaming each other for the failure of the conference.

 
 
 
vocabulary:
 

ransom: 赎金

ordeal:a difficult or painful experience (痛苦的经验,折磨)

rapprochement: a reestablishing of cordial relationships,as between countries(和解,恢复友好关系)



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1 u1vxg     
adj.传奇(中)的,闻名遐迩的;n.传奇(文学)
参考例句:
  • legendary stories are passed down from parents to children.传奇故事是由父母传给孩子们的。
  • odysseus was a legendary greek hero.奥狄修斯是传说中的希腊英雄。
2 xwry7     
n.棺材,灵柩
参考例句:
  • when one's coffin is covered,all discussion about him can be settled.盖棺论定。
  • the coffin was placed in the grave.那口棺材已安放到坟墓里去了。
3 jwfyw     
n.喜剧演员;滑稽演员
参考例句:
  • the comedian tickled the crowd with his jokes.喜剧演员的笑话把人们逗乐了。
  • the comedian enjoyed great popularity during the 30's.那位喜剧演员在三十年代非常走红。
4 6zwzdi     
adj.年老的,陈年的
参考例句:
  • he had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了,也老点了。
  • he is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老,然而记忆力还好。
5 ttyx9     
n.赎金,赎身;v.赎回,解救
参考例句:
  • we'd better arrange the ransom right away.我们最好马上把索取赎金的事安排好。
  • the kidnappers exacted a ransom of 10000 from the family.绑架者向这家人家勒索10000英镑的赎金。
6 cce17449190af84dbf37efcfeaf5f600     
n.拐子,绑匪( kidnapper的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • they were freed yesterday by their kidnappers unharmed. 他们昨天被绑架者释放了,没有受到伤害。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • the kidnappers had threatened to behead all four unless their jailed comrades were released. 帮匪们曾经威胁说如果印度方面不释放他们的同伙,他们就要将这四名人质全部斩首。 来自《简明英汉词典》
7 ba6e2decd2e28dec9a80f28cb99e131d     
n.传闻( rumour的名词复数 );风闻;谣言;谣传
参考例句:
  • the rumours were completely baseless. 那些谣传毫无根据。
  • rumours of job losses were later confirmed. 裁员的传言后来得到了证实。
8 ur9z7     
n.坟墓,墓地,坟场
参考例句:
  • he was buried in the cemetery.他被葬在公墓。
  • his remains were interred in the cemetery.他的遗体葬在墓地。
9 8ouxo     
n.剧作家,编写剧本的人
参考例句:
  • gwyn thomas was a famous playwright.格温·托马斯是著名的剧作家。
  • the playwright was slaughtered by the press.这位剧作家受到新闻界的无情批判。
10 b4pzs     
n.苦难经历,(尤指对品格、耐力的)严峻考验
参考例句:
  • she managed to keep her sanity throughout the ordeal.在那场磨难中她始终保持神志正常。
  • being lost in the wilderness for a week was an ordeal for me.在荒野里迷路一星期对我来说真是一场磨难。
11 vstwv     
n.监督人,主管,总监;(英国)警务长
参考例句:
  • he was soon promoted to the post of superintendent of foreign trade.他很快就被擢升为对外贸易总监。
  • he decided to call the superintendent of the building.他决定给楼房管理员打电话。
12 euuzc1     
命定的
参考例句:
  • the court doomed the accused to a long term of imprisonment. 法庭判处被告长期监禁。
  • a country ruled by an iron hand is doomed to suffer. 被铁腕人物统治的国家定会遭受不幸的。
13 sw9wr     
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。
14 uqbzl     
adj.平民的,民用的,民众的
参考例句:
  • there is no reliable information about civilian casualties.关于平民的伤亡还没有确凿的信息。
  • he resigned his commission to take up a civilian job.他辞去军职而从事平民工作。
15 cqiznp     
adj.诱人的,引人注目的
参考例句:
  • an inviting smell of coffee wafted into the room.一股诱人的咖啡香味飘进了房间。
  • the kitchen smelled warm and inviting and blessedly familiar.这间厨房的味道温暖诱人,使人感到亲切温馨。
16 2pszp     
n.谴责; 定罪
参考例句:
  • there was widespread condemnation of the invasion. 那次侵略遭到了人们普遍的谴责。
  • the jury's condemnation was a shock to the suspect. 陪审团宣告有罪使嫌疑犯大为震惊。
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