英语听力精选进阶版 14706

 

Seamus Heaney, Muriel Siebert, Florin Cioaba, Cliff Morgan

Fri, 30 Aug 13

Radio 4's obituary¹ programme, telling the lives of significant figures who have died recently. Today Matthew Bannister marks the lives of the Irish poet Seamus Heaney, the New York stockbroker² Muriel Siebert, the Roma King Florin Cioaba and the Welsh rugby player and commentator³ Cliff Morgan.

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 stockbroker   

n.股票（或证券），经纪人（或机构）

参考例句：

• The main business of stockbroker is to help clients buy and sell shares.股票经纪人的主要业务是帮客户买卖股票。
• My stockbroker manages my portfolio for me.我的证券经纪人替我管理投资组合。

3 commentator   

n.注释者，解说者；实况广播评论员

参考例句：

• He is a good commentator because he can get across the game.他能简单地解说这场比赛，是个好的解说者。
• The commentator made a big mistake during the live broadcast.在直播节目中评论员犯了个大错误。