英语听力精选进阶版 14708

 

Ray Dolby, Wing Cdr Kenneth Wallis, Lewis Morley, Frederik Pohl, Lydia Gridneff

Fri, 13 Sep 13

Radio 4's obituary¹ programme, telling the lives of significant figures who have died recently. Today Matthew marks the lives of inventor Ray Dolby, autogyro pilot Wing Commander Kenneth Wallis, photographer Lewis Morley, science fiction writer Frederick Pohl and circus performer Lydia Gridneff.

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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。