| 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. |
据英国广播公司报道，美国国家档案馆近日公开了前总统理查德•尼克松因水门事件被迫辞职后向大陪审团所做的证词。 |
| 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." |
被问及自己和办公厅主任之间的重要谈话怎么会有19分钟消失了，尼克松发誓说录音是不小心被抹掉的，“实际上我正大发脾气。” |
| The secret testimony was given in June 1975 and released by order of a US judge following a historian's request. |
以上秘密证词是尼克松在1975年6月做的。应历史学家请求，美国法官要求将其公开。 |
| 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名男子因潜入华盛顿水门大厦的民主党全国代表大会办公室而被捕，由此揭开了水门事件的序幕。 |
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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) |
该事件迫使尼克松在两年内离开白宫，并一度成为政治丑闻的代名词。 |
![Former US President Richard Nixon. [File photo]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20111114/000cf1a48b7f102ab45c01.jpg "Former US President Richard Nixon. [File photo]")
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