英语听力精选进阶版 14733

 

Dan Topolski, Lady Villiers, John Davies, Tim Lusty, Clark Terr

Fri, 27 Feb 15

Radio 4's obituary¹ programme, telling the lives of significant figures who have died recently. This week Andrea Catherwood marks the lives of rower Dan Topolski, Resistance fighter Lady Villiers, historian John Davies, humanitarian² Dr Tim Lusty and jazz musician Clark Terry.

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 humanitarian   

n.人道主义者，博爱者，基督凡人论者

参考例句：

• She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。
• The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。