Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States. He served from 1969 to 1974 and is the only president to resign the office. He was born in California in 1913 and grew up in a poor family. Nixonhad a brilliant record at college and law school before entering the legal profession. During World War II, Nixon served in the Navy in the Pacific, although he saw no actual combat.

理查德·米爾豪斯·尼克松是美國(guó)第37任總統(tǒng)。他的任期是從1969年到1974年，他也是唯一一位辭職的總統(tǒng)。1913年，尼克松出生于加利福尼亞州，家境貧寒。在成為律師之前，他在大學(xué)和法律學(xué)校的表現(xiàn)優(yōu)異。二戰(zhàn)期間，尼克松在太平洋的海軍服役，盡管他沒有參加戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)。

On leaving the service, he was elected to Congress and in 1950, he won a Senate seat. Two years later, General Eisenhower selected Nixon, age 39, to be his running mate. As Vice President, Nixon took on major duties and was nominated for President in 1960. He lost by a narrow margin to John F. Kennedy. In 1968, he again won his party's nomination and the presidential election.

退役之后，1950年他進(jìn)入國(guó)會(huì)，之后又贏得了參議院席位。兩年之后，艾森豪威爾將軍任命39歲的尼克松為他的競(jìng)選搭檔。作為副總統(tǒng)，尼克松身兼重任，并于1960年獲得了總統(tǒng)候選人的資格。他以微弱的優(yōu)勢(shì)輸給了約翰·費(fèi)茨杰拉德·肯尼迪。1968年，他再一次成功獲得了選舉資格，并贏得了這次的選舉。

His term in office saw many historic accomplishments. One of the most dramatic events occurred in 1969, when American astronauts made the first moon landing. During visits in 1972 to Beijing and Moscow, he reduced tensions with China and the U.S.S.R. which led to a treaty to limit strategic nuclear weapons. In January 1973, he ended American involvement in Vietnam.

在任期間，他完成了許多歷史性的壯舉。其中最著名的時(shí)間是在1969年，美國(guó)宇航員首次登月。1972年，他訪問了中國(guó)和俄羅斯，并緩解了與中國(guó)和蘇聯(lián)的緊張，并簽署了限制戰(zhàn)略核武器的條約。1973年1月，他結(jié)束了越南戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)。

In his 1972 bid for office, Nixon defeated Democratic candidate George McGovern by one of the widest margins on record. Within a few months the "Watergate" scandal broke. Reporters uncovered his associates breaking into his Democratic rival’s offices. Nixon denied any personal involvement and resigned on August 8, 1974. He died from a severe stroke in 1994, aged 81.

在1972年連任中，尼克松以歷史上最懸殊的選票戰(zhàn)勝了喬治·麥戈文。短短幾個(gè)月后，水門事件爆發(fā)。記者揭露了他的親信闖入了競(jìng)爭(zhēng)對(duì)手的辦公室。尼克松否認(rèn)與這次事件有關(guān)，并于1974年的8月8日辭職。由于中風(fēng)，他于1994年去世，享年81歲。