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Home Front Omnibus 1-5 September 1914

Fri, 5 Sep 14

BBC Radio 4's new drama series set in Great War Britain a hundred years ago this week, as the country entered its second month at war, and the White Feather Movement began in earnest¹. With Claire Rushbrook as Florrie Wilson, Nicholas Murchie as Ralph Winwood, Olivia Ross as Marieke Dupont, Sean Baker² as Norman Harris and Deborah Findlay as Sylvia Graham. Written by Sean McKenna and directed by the Editor, Jessica Dromgoole.

1 earnest   

n.定金，诚挚，认真；adj.认真的，热心的，重要的

参考例句：

• The words were earnest but they fell on deaf ears.言者谆谆，听者藐藐。
• Her earnest manner arrested me.她那种热忱的态度引起了我的注意。

2 baker   

n.面包师

参考例句：

• The baker bakes his bread in the bakery.面包师在面包房内烤面包。
• The baker frosted the cake with a mixture of sugar and whites of eggs.面包师在蛋糕上撒了一层白糖和蛋清的混合料。