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Betty Maxwell, Mark Sutton, Karen Black, Kenneth Dancy and George Duke

Fri, 16 Aug 13

Radio 4's obituary¹ programme, telling the lives of significant figures who have died recently. This week Aasmah Mir marks the lives of the widow of Robert Maxwell - Betty Maxwell, Olympic stuntman² Mark Sutton, actor Karen Black, tugboat hero Kenneth Dancy and keyboardist George Duke.

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 stuntman   

n.特技演员

参考例句：

• The stuntman will double for the main actor during the action scenes.一些动作场景中，特技演员代替主演。
• The stuntman flew the aircraft upside-down within a hair's breadth of the rooftops.那位做电影演员替身的杂技演员驾驶着飞机翻过来又倒过去，差一点撞着平顶房的屋顶。