英语听力精选进阶版 14660（在线收听）

Sid Watkins, Bill Moggridge, Stanley Long, George Hurst and Ken McManus

Fri, 21 Sep 12

Radio 4's obituary programme, telling the lives of significant figures who have died recently. This week Matthew Bannister marks the lives of Professor Sid Watkins, the neurosurgeon who transformed safety in Formua One Motor Racing; Bill Moggridge who designed the first lap top computer; Stanley Long - the British director of x-rated films; George Hurst, the conductor who transformed the fortunes of the BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra and inspired generations of British conductors and Ken McManus, leader of the Mohawks - one of Britian's last great circus horseriding acts.