英语听力精选进阶版 14722

 

Peter O'Toole, Lord Roberts of Conwy, Colin Wilson, Joan Fontaine and Ronnie Briggs

Fri, 20 Dec 13

Radio 4's obituary¹ programme, telling the lives of significant figures who have died recently. This week Matthew Bannister marks the lives of actor Peter O'Toole, Welsh Office Minister Lord Roberts of Conwy, author Colin Wilson, actress Joan Fontaine and Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs.

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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。