英语听力精选进阶版 14606（在线收听）

Edward Stobart, Geraldine Ferraro, Diana Wynne Jones, Paul Baran and Robert Tear.

Fri, 1 Apr 11

Duration:

29 mins 

Available:

29 days remaining 

Radio 4's obituary programme, telling the lives of significant figures who have recently died. This week Matthew Bannister marks the lives of Edward Stobart who built up the family trucking firm to become a business success and a cult brand. Geraldine Ferraro, the first woman to stand as vice president of the USA. Childrens' fantasy writer Diana Wynne Jones who drew on her own troubled relationship with her parents in her books. Paul Baran, the American electrical engineer who developed some of the key building blocks of the internet. And the flamboyant tenor Robert Tear - we have a tribute from Sir Thomas Allen.