这是 一直夫妇 的第 925 篇文章
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著名音乐人刘欢于9 月 25 日在上海因病逝世,享年 63 岁。他不仅是街知巷闻的著名歌手、作曲家,也是对外经济贸易大学的音乐类副教授。年初的 Bilibili 跨年晚会上,刘欢还曾登台献唱了《千万次的问》和《我欲成仙》;没想到几个月后便因病离世,令人惋惜不已。
刘欢生前曾受到股骨头缺血性坏死的折磨。但我发现有些营销号,甚至有些知名的媒体在措辞上有误导之嫌,它们提到股骨头坏死被称为「不死的癌症」。骨坏死的疼痛确实令人难以忍受,但它的本质是血液供应不足而导致的骨细胞、骨髓组织死亡,因此病人在后期无法正常行走。但骨坏死并不是骨头上长了肿瘤,本身并不是癌症。这种疾病会致残,但本身不会直接致死。
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veteran/ˈvetərən/
四级 + 考研词汇
这个词在之前的「外刊精读训练营」有跟大家分享过。veteran 既可以作名词,表示「老兵,退伍军人」,也可以作形容词,表示「资深的,经验丰富的」,如 veteran journalists 「资深记者」。提到刘欢,我们首先想到了 famous 这个形容词,但作者却用了 veteran,从资历、经验和行业地位上肯定了他。
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Popular Chinese musician Liu Huan died at the age of 63 in Shanghai, in East China, on Friday morning (September 25, 2026). He passed away at around 9:52 am surrounded by family members, according to obituaries issued on Saturday (September 26, 2026) by the University of International Business and Economics and the Mango V Foundation, with which he established a charity supporting young original musicians, Chinese news outlets China Daily and Xinhua reported.
obituary/əˈbɪtʃuəri/
含义为「讣告,讣闻」,通常会介绍逝者的生平、成就及悼念信息。有时,人们也会用到其比喻义,表示对某事物、时代等衰亡、终结的「悼词,总结」。我们汉语中的「悼词」也有此义,比如我们形容一首歌如同「一篇写给青春的悼词」。
《经济学人》有个专栏,名字就是 Obituary,对已逝知名人物的生平作出总结与评价。负责该专栏的作者是 Ann Wroe,她文笔出色,细节丰富,仿佛让我们与逝者有了一次近距离接触的机会。这个专栏文学性较强,与此同时,阅读的难度也相对较高。
The company is not doing well, but it's too soon to write an obituary.
这家公司目前不景气,但是说它会倒闭还为时过早。
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According to Xinhua, he died of illness. However, the exact cause of death was not revealed at the time of filing of this report. Citing the obituaries, China Daily reported that Liu had requested that his funeral arrangements be kept simple. In light of that, there would be no funeral committee, and no farewell ceremony or memorial service will be held.
at the time of filing of this report
熟词生义
是不是有同学看成了 filling?如果是的话,我就没那么不好意思了。我们之前学过,file 可以表示「提起」诉讼等。但它又变了!这里的 file 用于新闻语境中, 表示记者把写好的报道正式提交给编辑部或通讯社。其中 at the time of ... 表示「在……的时候」,而 this report 指的是当前本篇报道。故整个表达的意思是「在记者发稿时」。
in light of
金牌写作短语
意思是「鉴于,考虑到」,如果我们想表达 after considering sth,那就可以换上新学的这个短语啦。文中的 In light of that 指「鉴于这一点」,也就是考虑到刘欢要求从简办理后事这一要求,因此不会成立治丧委员会,也不会举行遗体告别仪式、追悼会。2025 年英二新题型有考到。
Remember that in light of whatever the problem the old system solved一or maybe, has failed to solve in recent memory一it was a great idea at the time.
要记住,不管旧系统当初解决的究竟是什么问题——或者说,近来它也许已经没能解决这个问题——它在当时都曾是一个很棒的想法。
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Following his demise, the university remembered Liu as a musician who brought music education, composition, and singing together, stating that his passing was a major loss to both the university and China's music community.
demise/dɪˈmaɪz/
这个名词既可指一个人的「死亡,逝世」,也可指 the end of something that is thought of as being like a death,即组织、制度、事业等的「终结,消亡」,语气比 death 更正式。比如 the demise of the empire 是「这个帝国的覆亡」。《经济学人》这句话便是用到了第二条释义。
In 2018, in an effort to reverse the demise of Indian mobile-phone assembly at the hands of rivals, the government imposed a 20% levy on imported devices.
2018 年,为了扭转印度手机组装业被竞争对手压制的局面,印度政府对进口手机征收 20% 的关税。
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