英语听力精选进阶版 14619

Otto van Habsburg, Cy Twombly, Anna Massey, Robin¹ Nash and Robert Widmer

Fri, 8 Jul 11

Radio 4's obituary² programme, telling the lives of significant figures who have recently died. This week John Wilson marks the lives of the great American abstract expressionist painter Cy Twombly. Otto von Habsburg, the last heir to Austro-Hungarian empire who was exiled as a child and later became a campaigning MEP. Anna Massey, star of stage, screen - and Radio 4's This Sceptred Isle³. Robert Widmer - inventor of the supersonic bomber⁴. And Robin Nash, who directed some of BBC television's biggest hits - including Top of the Pops - is remembered by Tony Blackburn.

1 robin   

n.知更鸟，红襟鸟

参考例句：

• The robin is the messenger of spring.知更鸟是报春的使者。
• We knew spring was coming as we had seen a robin.我们看见了一只知更鸟，知道春天要到了。

2 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。

3 isle   

n.小岛，岛

参考例句：

• He is from the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea.他来自爱尔兰海的马恩岛。
• The boat left for the paradise isle of Bali.小船驶向天堂一般的巴厘岛。

4 bomber   

n.轰炸机，投弹手，投掷炸弹者

参考例句：

• He flew a bomber during the war.他在战时驾驶轰炸机。
• Detectives hunting the London bombers will be keen to interview him.追查伦敦爆炸案凶犯的侦探们急于对他进行讯问。