英语听力精选进阶版 14730

 

Colleen McCullough, Richard von Weizs?cker, Carl Djerassi, Geraldine McEwan and Lotte Hass

Fri, 6 Feb 15

Radio 4's obituary¹ programme, telling the lives of significant figures who have died recently. This week Matthew Bannister marks the lives of author Colleen McCullough, German President Richard von Weizsaecker, chemist Carl Djerassi, actress Geraldine McEwan and diver Lotte Hass.

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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。