| The US National Archives has released the grand jury testimony of former President Richard Nixon, made after the Watergate scandal forced him to resign, BBC reported. |
據英國廣播公司報道，美國國家檔案館近日公開了前總統理查德?尼克松因水門事件被迫辭職后向大陪審團所做的證詞。? |
| Jurors asked about almost 19 missing minutes of a key conversation between Nixon and his chief of staff. The former president swore it was an accident that tapes had been erased, saying "I practically blew my stack." |
被問及自己和辦公廳主任之間的重要談話怎么會有19分鐘消失了，尼克松發誓說錄音是不小心被抹掉的，“實際上我正大發脾氣。” |
| The secret testimony was given in June 1975 and released by order of a US judge following a historian's request. |
以上秘密證詞是尼克松在1975年6月做的。應歷史學家請求，美國法官要求將其公開。 |
| Watergate began with the arrest in June 1972 of five men for breaking into the Democratic National Congress offices at the Watergate complex in Washington DC. |
1972年6月，5名男子因潛入華盛頓水門大廈的民主黨全國代表大會辦公室而被捕，由此揭開了水門事件的序幕。 |
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Within two years it had forced Nixon from the White House and become a byword for political scandal.
(China.org.cn November 14, 2011) |
該事件迫使尼克松在兩年內離開白宮，并一度成為政治丑聞的代名詞。 |
![Former US President Richard Nixon. [File photo]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20111114/000cf1a48b7f102ab45c01.jpg "Former US President Richard Nixon. [File photo]")
