英语听力精选进阶版 14609

Tim Hetherington, TP Flanagan, Barbara Harmer, David Bowen and Elisabeth Sladen.

Fri, 22 Apr 11

Radio 4's obituary¹ programme, telling the lives of significant figures who have recently died. This week Jane Little discusses the lives of the award-winning photographer and filmmaker, Tim Hetherington, who was killed this week in Libya. Barbara Harmer, the only woman pilot to fly Concorde. Seamus Heaney pays tribute to his friend, Irish landscape painter, TP Flanagan. Professor David Bowen, forensic² pathologist, who worked on some of the most notorious crimes in recent British history. And actress Elisabeth Sladen, whose role as Sarah Jane Smith endeared her to generations of Dr Who fans.

1 obituary   

n.讣告，死亡公告；adj.死亡的

参考例句：

• The obituary records the whole life of the deceased.讣文记述了这位死者的生平。
• Five days after the letter came,he found Andersen s obituary in the morning paper.收到那封信五天后，他在早报上发现了安德森的讣告。

2 forensic   

adj.法庭的，雄辩的

参考例句：

• The report included his interpretation of the forensic evidence.该报告包括他对法庭证据的诠释。
• The judge concluded the proceeding on 10:30 Am after one hour of forensic debate.经过近一个小时的法庭辩论后，法官于10时30分宣布休庭。