英语听力精选进阶版 14705

 

Elmore Leonard, Rosalia Mera, Jacques Verges¹, John Coombs and Margaret Pellegrini

Fri, 23 Aug 13

Radio 4's obituary² programme, telling the lives of significant figures who have died recently. This week Aasmah Mir marks the lives of crime writer Elmore Leonard, co-founder of Zara - Rosalia Mera, international lawyer Jacques Verges, motor racing³ engineer John Coombs and actor Margaret Pellegrini.

1 verges   

边，边缘，界线( verge的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The small stream verges to the north. 这条小河向北延伸。
• The results ob-tained agree well with those given by Verges using random Bethe lattice model. 所得结果与Verges用非晶的Bethe晶格模型的计算结果相符。

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 racing   

n.竞赛，赛马；adj.竞赛用的，赛马用的

参考例句：

• I was watching the racing on television last night.昨晚我在电视上看赛马。
• The two racing drivers fenced for a chance to gain the lead.两个赛车手伺机竞相领先。