英语听力精选进阶版 14616

Albertina Sisulu, Sir Patrick Leigh Fermor, MF Husein, John MacKenzie and Carl Gardner.

Fri, 17 Jun 11

Radio 4's obituary¹ programme, telling the lives of significant figures who have recently died. This week Jane Little marks the lives of Albertina Sisulu, whose contribution to the end of apartheid in South Africa led to her being called The Mother of the Nation. Adventurer, travel writer, and war hero Sir Patrick Leigh Fermor. TV and film director John MacKenzie, best known for The Long Good Friday. Carl Gardner, singer and founder² of the 1950s hitmakers, The Coasters. And the ‘Picasso of India’, prolific³ artist MF Husein.

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 Founder   

n.创始者，缔造者

参考例句：

• He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
• According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说，罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。

3 prolific   

adj.丰富的，大量的；多产的，富有创造力的

参考例句：

• She is a prolific writer of novels and short stories.她是一位多产的作家，写了很多小说和短篇故事。
• The last few pages of the document are prolific of mistakes.这个文件的最后几页错误很多。