英语听力精选进阶版 14712

 

Last Word: Maria de Villota, General Vo Nguyen Giap, Dr Ruth Patrick, Kathleen Watkins, Phil Chevron¹

Fri, 11 Oct 13

Radio 4's obituary² programme, telling the lives of significant figures who have died recently. Today Matthew Bannister marks the lives of Formula 1 test driver Maria de Villota, Vietnamese General Vo Nguyen Giap, natural scientist Dr Ruth Patrick, art gallery curator Kathleen Watkins and musician Phil Chevron.

1 chevron   

n.V形臂章；V形图案

参考例句：

• He wore shoulderstrap rank slides with sergeant's chevrons.他佩戴标示级别的肩章，上面有中士的V形标志。
• The chevron or arrow road sign indicates a sharp bend to the left or right.V形或箭头路标表示有向左或向右的急转弯。

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。