英语听力精选进阶版 14684

 

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Henri Krug, Mabel Cooper, Moses Blah, Anthony Conran and Phil Ramone

Fri, 5 Apr 13

Radio 4's obituaries¹ programme, telling the lives of significant figures who have died recently. This week Matthew Bannister marks the lives of novelist and screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, champagne² maker³ Henri Krug, learning disabilities campaigner Mabel Cooper, Liberian President Moses Blah, Welsh poet and translator Anthony Conran and music producer Phil Ramone.

1 obituaries   

讣告，讣闻( obituary的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Next time I read about him, I want it in the obituaries. 希望下次读到他的消息的时候，是在仆告里。
• People's obituaries are written while they're still alive? 人们在世的时候就有人给他们写讣告？

2 champagne   

n.香槟酒；微黄色

参考例句：

• There were two glasses of champagne on the tray.托盘里有两杯香槟酒。
• They sat there swilling champagne.他们坐在那里大喝香槟酒。

3 maker   

n.制造者，制造商

参考例句：

• He is a trouble maker，You must be distant with him.他是个捣蛋鬼，你不要跟他在一起。
• A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。