英语听力精选进阶版 14627

Matthew Bannister on Nusrat Bhutto, Sir Jimmy Savile, George Daniels, Axel Axgil and Norrie Woodhall

Fri, 4 Nov 11

Radio 4's obituary¹ programme, telling the lives of significant figures who have recently died. This week Matthew Bannister marks the lives of Begum Nusrat Bhutto, matriarch of Pakistan's political dynasty. Sir Jimmy Savile, broadcaster, philanthropist and eccentric. We hear from his TV and radio producers. George Daniels, one of the world's greatest watchmakers whose creations can sell for up to one million pounds. Axel Axgil, the Danish gay rights campaigner who took part in the world's first same sex civil partnership². And Norrie Woodhall. At the age of 105, she was the last surviving person to have known Thomas Hardy³.

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 partnership   

n.合作关系，伙伴关系

参考例句：

• The company has gone into partnership with Swiss Bank Corporation.这家公司已经和瑞士银行公司建立合作关系。
• Martin has taken him into general partnership in his company.马丁已让他成为公司的普通合伙人。

3 hardy   

adj.勇敢的，果断的，吃苦的；耐寒的

参考例句：

• The kind of plant is a hardy annual.这种植物是耐寒的一年生植物。
• He is a hardy person.他是一个能吃苦耐劳的人。