英语听力精选进阶版 14713

 

Choje Akong Rinpoche, Marcella Hazan, Maxine Powell, Mark 'Chopper' Read and Charles Craig

Fri, 18 Oct 13

Radio 4's obituary¹ programme telling the lives of significant figures who have died recently. This week Aasmah Mir marks the lives of Buddhist² monk³ Choje Akong Rinpoche, Head of Artist Development at Motown Maxine Powell, food writer Marcella Hazan, Australian criminal and author Mark 'Chopper' Read and whisky distiller Charles Craig.

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 Buddhist   

adj./n.佛教的，佛教徒

参考例句：

• The old lady fell down in adoration before Buddhist images.那老太太在佛像面前顶礼膜拜。
• In the eye of the Buddhist,every worldly affair is vain.在佛教徒的眼里，人世上一切事情都是空的。

3 monk   

n.和尚，僧侣，修道士

参考例句：

• The man was a monk from Emei Mountain.那人是峨眉山下来的和尚。
• Buddhist monk sat with folded palms.和尚合掌打坐。