Module 10

Unit 1 I hope that you can join us one day. 80 3 Listen and read.

Chen Huan: Hi, everybody. I’m the news director at Radio Beijing.gGcgumU2v9 Lingling: Thank you for showing us around.

Chen Huan: No problem! Now, come this way. Look at the red light. When it’s on, it means we’re on air. And we should avoid making any noise in the background!uCco06o3JP Tony: OK.

Chen Huan: This is the newsroom. We collect the latest national and international news and write reports here. It gets crazy in here just before the programme begins.IybwwQS4Yw Lingling: How can I become a presenter?

Chen Huan: I think you need to speak English really well. So keep studying, and I hope that you can join us one day.VubF2zm5dd Tony: What about the sports news?

Chen Huan: That’s over there. And it is where we do interviews with big stars of sports. Let’s watch the presenter. Remember, I said you need to keep quiet if the red light is on.9paNyjP6rT Presenter: Finally, we’ve just heard that Germany has won the football match, 2-1 against England.nl9V43j7GA Lingling: Hey! That’s great news! Tony: No, it’s awful news! All: Ssh!

Presenter:…And that’s the end of the six o’clock news.Bh94ANN8Vh Unit 2 It seemed that they were speaking to me in person. p82Pd8c6xh9aX 2 Read the passage and decide where you are likely to see the photo.397kCgKaoE Radio times

“How old are you? The radio manager looked down at me.h57t70ebDk “Fifteen,” I said.

“And you want a job in radio? Shouldn’t you be at school?” he asked.v16BDKIcS1 How could I explain? I have always loved the radio. I still remember, when I was four years old, I sat close to the radio in the living room, listening to my favourite programmes and to the voices of my favourite presenters. It seemed that they were speaking not to lots of listeners but to me in person. At the age of nine, I asked for part-time jobs in small radio stations.JX6J9ucd6I As I grew older, my interest in radio grew. One day I learnt about Internet radio. Once a week, I played my favourite music from my father’s computer, talked about life at school, and hoped someone might be listening.XT5SFeGelo Soon my friends at school started to listen, and then they wanted to help. We prepared a programme once a week, doing research on articles about music, sports news, jokes and the weather report (I did this by looking out of the window).aP40bY9fA5 “OK, come with me,” the manager said. I sat down in the studio. He was in another room, behind a glass wall.oL48HHDgOM “OK, let’s do a sound check. Just tell me what you had for breakfast.”CH3hdr7h3s All radio presenters need to answer the same question before they begin work. The purpose is to check the sound level.QC2pJbBii9 “I had eggs, fruit and some milk.”

“OK, that’s great!” the man behind the glass said. This was how my first real job in radio began.

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