夏说英语新闻晨读 第119期:拳王阿里逝世
时间：2019-02-13 作者：英语课 分类：夏说英语新闻晨读
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本期内容：
Preparations started for Muhammad Ali’s funeral on Friday: an interfaith service, led by an imam, in his home town of Louisville, Kentucky, with Bill Clinton among those speaking. In one of many tributes 1 to the champion boxer 2, whose death was announced on Saturday morning, Barack Obama said: “Muhammad Ali shook up the world. And the world is better for it.”
词汇讲解：
Funeral: 葬礼
Interfaith：不同宗教信仰
Imam：伊玛目
Tribute：颂词
n.（尤指旧时一国向他国交纳的）贡品( tribute的名词复数 )；（良好效果或影响的）体现；（尤指对死者的）致敬；称赞
- He had the strength and power; he meant to bear rule over others and he expected tributes from them. 他有权有势，想支配人，要人们拜倒在他的脚下。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- His colleagues paid generous tributes to the outgoing president. 同事们纷纷向即将卸任的总裁致敬。 来自辞典例句
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