时间:2019-01-25 作者:英语课 分类:英语听力精选进阶版


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It has been ten years since Diana, Princess of Wales, was killed in a car crash with Dodi Al Fayed in Paris, yet she remains 1 an iconic figure in the UK, whose image continues to dominate magazine covers and newspaper headlines.


Diana’s death triggered an outpouring of national grief and a decade of conspiracy 2 theories, linking her death to the British security forces and even the royal family.


And she remains a media phenomenon with thousands of articles and stories appearing about her in the British press each year.


Interest in the princess is rising again as her sons, Princes William and Harry 3, prepare to mark the tenth anniversary of her death with a memorial service at Guard’s Chapel 4 in London’s Wellington Barracks on Friday.


The princes are to give readings at the service, which will be attended by 500 guests, including more than 30 royals headed by the Queen, and celebrities 5 such as Sir Elton John and UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown.


One person who won’t be attending is Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, who Princess Diana famously described as “the third person” in her marriage to Prince Charles.


Camilla, who married Prince Charles in 2005, said she feared her presence at the service “could divert attention from the purpose of the occasion”.


As well as the memorial service, Diana is being remembered with a photographic exhibition documenting her life at the National Portrait Gallery in London.


Even ten years on it seems Britain is unwilling 6 to let go of “the people’s princess”, and that her enduring legacy 7 is to maintain the fascination 8 of the British people, and indeed the world.


GLOSSARY 词汇表


iconic figure 偶像人物


dominate 垄断;统治


headlines 头条


triggered 触发


outpouring 倾泻


grief 悲痛


conspiracy theories 阴谋论


media phenomenon 媒体现象


press 报纸


memorial service 悼念仪式 


chapel 小教堂


barracks 军营 


give readings 诵读(经)文


duchess 女公爵 


divert attention 转移视线


purpose of the occasion 活动的目的 


photographic exhibition 摄影展


enduring legacy 持久的遗产 


maintain 保持


fascination 吸引力;魅力



n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹
  • He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
  • The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
n.阴谋,密谋,共谋
  • The men were found guilty of conspiracy to murder.这些人被裁决犯有阴谋杀人罪。
  • He claimed that it was all a conspiracy against him.他声称这一切都是一场针对他的阴谋。
vt.掠夺,蹂躏,使苦恼
  • Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天,人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
  • Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。
n.小教堂,殡仪馆
  • The nimble hero,skipped into a chapel that stood near.敏捷的英雄跳进近旁的一座小教堂里。
  • She was on the peak that Sunday afternoon when she played in chapel.那个星期天的下午,她在小教堂的演出,可以说是登峰造极。
n.(尤指娱乐界的)名人( celebrity的名词复数 );名流;名声;名誉
  • He only invited A-list celebrities to his parties. 他只邀请头等名流参加他的聚会。
  • a TV chat show full of B-list celebrities 由众多二流人物参加的电视访谈节目
adj.不情愿的
  • The natives were unwilling to be bent by colonial power.土著居民不愿受殖民势力的摆布。
  • His tightfisted employer was unwilling to give him a raise.他那吝啬的雇主不肯给他加薪。
n.遗产,遗赠;先人(或过去)留下的东西
  • They are the most precious cultural legacy our forefathers left.它们是我们祖先留下来的最宝贵的文化遗产。
  • He thinks the legacy is a gift from the Gods.他认为这笔遗产是天赐之物。
n.令人着迷的事物,魅力,迷恋
  • He had a deep fascination with all forms of transport.他对所有的运输工具都很着迷。
  • His letters have been a source of fascination to a wide audience.广大观众一直迷恋于他的来信。
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accuracy limit
adenomatous polyposis coli
automatic egg breaking and separating machine
autorefractive
Bacillus diphtheriae columbarum
ball-and-socket hinge
barsimmon
berkshiress
bird-leg
boom towns
broadside on berthing
bucket arm pivot
child-sex-tourism
chlroacetophenone
cisacting element
clinical neurophysiology
coal-mining machinery
compound compression
Daussois
detection of neutrons
di(p-chlorophenyl)-methylcarbinol
dipleura
diploid heterozygote
disk golf
dispersed-powder magnetic tape
Dyscural
edge feature
electrokinetic ultrafiltration analysis
enimicitious
enridged
erythruloses
Ex-drinker
face reinforcement
financial category
flow cooler
foredoing
forhows
fuel low heating value
full-wave bridges
glycine methyl ester
grandmother-in-law
gullified
Guthriesville
Hippophae rhamnoides
house-breakers
i-conned
integrated network architecture
isoeugenol acetate
it's all relative
Jatiluhur, Waduk
L. O. A.
lower atmosphere layer
machining robot
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membrane cisterna
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needle point spark gap
Niflheim
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parapales sturmioides
performance variable
portable foam applicator
power spectrum
power supply module
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preisser
program reader
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relubrication
robot application
scaringly
semi-transparent cover
Shawell
shearing rupture
Simili
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space division multiplexing (sdm)
speed/attitude control system
spring return button
squareflipper
steel puller
sumi-gaeshi
super-ascoloy
Theropogon pallidus
tnk-bp
unattempting
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usage time
Velyka Bahachka
Vevey
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wedge spring
witbank
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working ocular
yellow stunt of rice
yester-day
Zambales Mountains