英语听力精选进阶版 14651

Matthew Bannister on Sir Alastair Burnet, Jon Lord, Yaakov Meidad and Mike Westmacott.

Fri, 20 Jul 12

Matthew Bannister on the ITN newsreader and journalist Sir Alastair Burnet, who presented News At Ten over nearly twenty five years. Jon Lord - keyboard player with Deep Purple. We have tributes from the band's guitarist Ritchie Blackmore and from Rick Wakeman. Yaakov Meidad - a Mossad agent involved in the kidnapping of the Nazi¹ war criminal Adolf Eichmann and the murder of the so called Butcher of Riga, Herberts Cukurs. And Mike Westmacott the mountaineer who played a crucial role in the first ascent² of Everest in 1953.

1 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。

2 ascent   

n.(声望或地位)提高；上升，升高；登高

参考例句：

• His rapid ascent in the social scale was surprising.他的社会地位提高之迅速令人吃惊。
• Burke pushed the button and the elevator began its slow ascent.伯克按动电钮，电梯开始缓慢上升。