1.On June 19th 1953, just minutes after the execution of her husband, Julius, for espionage, 37-year-old Ethel Rosenberg was strapped into the electric chair in Sing Sing prison in New York.
espionage 间谍;间谍活动
eg.The authorities have arrested several people suspected of espionage.
当局已经逮捕了几个涉嫌从事间谍活动的人
。be strapped into 被绑在...
eg.They are now strapped into their seats in the shuttle's cockpit, in preparation for launch.
他们现在已在机舱里就位,为发射做准备
。2.For many on the left, the execution of the Rosenbergs on charges of spying for the Soviet Union — and passing on atomic secrets — was analogous to the Dreyfus affair in France half a century earlier.
on charges of 因...指控
eg.He was imprisoned for 18 months on charges of theft.
他因盗窃指控而被监禁了18个月
。be analogous to 与...相似
eg.The gills of fishes are analogous to the lungs in terrestrial animals.
鱼类的鳃与陆上动物的肺类似
。