英语听力精选进阶版 14631

Matthew Bannister on Sir Robert Horton, Alexis Weissenberger, Clive Robbins, Sir Roger Jowell and Harry¹ Fowler.

Fri, 13 Jan 12

Radio 4's obituary² programme, telling the lives of significant figures who have recently died. This week Matthew Bannister marks the lives of the former BP chairman and chief executive Sir Robert Horton who was ousted³ in a boardroom coup⁴ and went on to run Railtrack. The Bulgarian born pianist Alexis Weissenberg - whose musical talent saved his life in a Nazi⁵ concentration camp. Sir Roger Jowell - the statistician who measured changing attitudes in British society. Clive Robbins, who teamed up with Paul Nordoff to create a powerful type of music therapy. The cockney actor Harry Fowler, who appeared in The Army Game and many Ealing comedies.

1 harry   

vt.掠夺，蹂躏，使苦恼

参考例句：

• Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天，人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
• Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。

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 ousted   

驱逐( oust的过去式和过去分词 )； 革职； 罢黜； 剥夺

参考例句：

• He was ousted as chairman. 他的主席职务被革除了。
• He may be ousted by a military takeover. 他可能在一场军事接管中被赶下台。

4 coup   

n.政变；突然而成功的行动

参考例句：

• The monarch was ousted by a military coup.那君主被军事政变者废黜了。
• That government was overthrown in a military coup three years ago.那个政府在3年前的军事政变中被推翻。

5 Nazi   

n.纳粹分子，adj.纳粹党的，纳粹的

参考例句：

• They declare the Nazi regime overthrown and sue for peace.他们宣布纳粹政权已被推翻，并出面求和。
• Nazi closes those war criminals inside their concentration camp.纳粹把那些战犯关在他们的集中营里。