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Unit 2 It seemed that they were speaking to me in person.
Do you listen to the programmes of the radio in your free time
Can you list out some radio programmes
a radio studio manager
on the radio
One of my favorite presenters is …
Not only…sports news, but also … jokes, articles about pop stars.
New words
Do you like the voice of your favorite presenter
microphone
earphone
Internet radio
1.What is the boy
2.Where is he
3.What’s he doing
Look at the photo and say what it shows.
He is a radio presenter.
He is in the studio.
He is reading the news.
Read the passage and decide where you are likely to see the photo.
In a book about the history of radio.
In the life story of a famous radio presenter.
In a book on how radio works.
A radio studio manager interviews the writer.
The writer liked to listen to the radio when he was four.
When the writer grew older, he lost his interest in radio.
The writer started making radio programmes with his friends at junior high school.
The writer began his work in radio when he was fifteen.
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Listen to the passage quickly and decide true or false.
Read and complete the sentences.
The writer met _________________ in a radio station.
The manager asked why he wanted a job _______________.
At the age of four, the writer ___________ __________________________, listening to his favourite programs.
a radio manger
in radio
sat close to
the radio in the living room
4. At the age of nine, he asked for part-time jobs in ________________________.
5. As he grow older, he learnt about _______________________.
6. This was how the writer’s ________________________ began.
small radio station
Internet radio
first real job in radio
Read again and fill in the table.
Time What happened
He was
four or five.
He was nine.
As he grew older.
He was fifteen.
Sitting close to the radio, listening to his favourite programmes and to the voices of my favourite presenters.
Ask for part-time jobs in small radio stations.
Learnt about Internet radio.
Try to work on the it.
Did a sound check./Got his first real job.
look down at sb. 低头看某人
The boss of the company looked down at me.
这家公司的老板低头看着我。
1. The radio manager looked down at me.
look down向下看
Look down the valley, what a magnificent view!
往山谷下看看吧, 景色那么壮丽 啊!
look down on / upon sb.含义是“看不起，轻视某人”。
Don't look down on people!
别小看人!
Don't look down upon him; he's no mug.
不要小看他, 他不是个笨蛋.
Those who look down upon others are looked down upon by others.
瞧不起别人的人也被别人瞧不起.
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explain v. 解释; 说明
Can you explain why you were late
你能解释一下你为什么迟到吗？
I didn't quite follow. Could you explain it again
我并不是十分明白，你能再解释一遍吗
Could you explain how to fill this out
请你说明一下怎样填这吗
2. How could I explain
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短语explain sth. to sb.“向某人解释……”。
explanation n. 解释；讲解；说明
She explained her conduct to her boss.
她向老板说明了自己那种表现的原因。
The lawyer explained the new law to us.
律师向我们解释了新法律。
His explanations are always difficult to believe.
他说的总是令人难以相信。
3. When I was four years old, I sat close to the radio in my living room, listening to my favourite programmes, and to the voices of my favorite presenters.
本句中when引导的是时间状语从句，listening to my favourite programmes, and to the voices of my favorite presenters在句中作状语，表示伴随状况。
my favourite programmes和the voice of my favorite presenters是listening to后面两个并列的宾语。and后面省略了listening。
4. It seemed that they were speaking …
seem表示“似乎”，后面可接不定式，如不定式是to be加形容词，则to be有时可省去。如：
He seems (to be) quite happy.
他似乎很开心。
如用于否定句，可否定seem，也可否定不定式。如：
She didn’t seem to enjoy herself at the party.
= She seemed not to enjoy herself at the party.
她似乎在聚会上玩得不愉快。
It seemed that ... 表示“看起来似乎……”。如：
It seems that there will be heavy rain soon.
好像马上要下大雨了。
It seemed that our teacher was pleased with me about it.
关于这件事我的老师似乎对我很满意。
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[拓展]
seem, look这两个词一般用作半系动词，都可以译作“似乎”或“看上去”。
seem所表示的“似乎”或“看来”是以客观的迹象为依据的。
look所表示的“看来”是以视觉所接受的印象为依据的。
in person 亲身，亲自
I’ll go to the meeting in person.
我将亲自赴会。
You may apply for tickets in person or by letter.
需要票者可亲自来申请亦可来信索取.
He will be present at the meeting in person.
他将亲自参加会议.
sound n. 声音
I hear the sound of the birds every night.
每天晚上我都听到鸟叫声。
I hope I never hear that sound again.
我希望我再也不会听到那种声音。
5. Let’s do a sound check.
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sound v. “听起来”, 相当于系动词be, 后面接形容词作它的表语。
That sounds good.
那听起来不错。
[辨析] sound, voice, noise
sound 泛指一切声响，指一切可以听到的声音。sound还可以用作动词，表示“听起来”，后面跟形容词作表语。sound like表示“听起来像……”，后面跟名词。
voice 表示“嗓音”，指人的说话声或唱歌声。
noise 噪音，吵闹声，常具有贬义，表示令人心烦的不和谐的“嘈杂声，噪音，响声”。可以用a, some, any, much等词修饰，但不用many修饰。
1. Don’t make any ________, children.
2. _________ travels slower than light.
3. There’s so much ______ in this room that I can’t hear you talking.
4. They were shouting at the top of their ___________.
5. He spoke in a very loud _________.
noise
Sound
noise
voices
voice
Practice
6. Don’t make a _________. The baby’s asleep.
7. Does this sentence _________ right
8. The little girl has a very beautiful and sweet _________.
9. I can hear the _________ of the bells outside.
10. The music _________ too loud.
noise
sound
voice
sound
sounds
6. … purpose is to check the sound level.
purpose用作名词，主要意思为“目的，意图”。用法注意：
(1) 表示做某事的目的，通常用 the purpose of 的结构。如：
What was the purpose of his visit
他来访的目的是什么
He came here with [for] the purpose of seeing his family. 他来这里的目的是探亲。
若 purpose 前用了物主代词，则通常连用介词 in。如：
What is your purpose in being here
你在这儿干什么
Her purpose in going to Japan is to look for her uncle.
她去日本的目的是找她叔叔。
以下结构也用介词 in。如：
I have a purpose in making this trip to Europe.
我这次欧洲之行是有目的的。
(2) 表示为了某种目的，通常用 for … purposes (其中的 purpose通常用复数)。如：
He keeps a horse for pleasure purposes.
他为消遣而养马。
He learns Japanese for business purposes.
他学习日语是为做生意。
类似的例子有：for medical purposes (为了医学的目的)，for scientific purposes (为了科学的目的)，English for commercial purposes (商业英语)等。
(3) 用于 on purpose, 意为“有意地；故意地”。如：
I came here on purpose to see you.
我是特意来看你的。
She broke the dish on purpose just to show her anger.
她故意打破碟子以表示她的愤怒。
I’ve always loved _________. When I was ___ years old, I sat _______________, listening to my _____________________and the voices of my ___________________. At the age of nine, I ________________________in small radio stations. As I grew older, my interest in radio _______. I learned about______________.
Retell the passage. Fill in the blanks with proper words or phrases in the passage.
the radio
4
close to the radio
favourite programmes
favourite presenters
asked for part-time jobs
grew
Internet radio
Once a week, I played my favourite music from my father’s computer and ______________ life at school, and hoped someone might be listening. Soon my friends at school __________ _______, and then they wanted to ________. At the age of _____________, I asked for a job at the radio studio. The manager let me ______________________. He asked me to say _______________________.
In the end, he agreed me to work there. This was how my first real job in radio __________.
talked about
started to
help
fifteen
do a sound check
what I had for breakfast
began
listen
“How old are you ” the radio manager looked down at me.
“Fifteen,” I said.
And you want a job in radio Shouldn’t you be at school He asked. Describing an important event in the past
I’ve 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. giving background information
Look at these sentences from the passage.
Now find sentences in the passage which show:
important event in the past
background information
① One day I learnt about Internet radio.
② Once a week, I played my favourite music …
③ Soon my friends at school started to listen …
④ We prepared the weekly programmes …
Now find sentences which show:
Write a passage describing an important event in the past and giving background information.
Writing
I was appeared on TV at the age of thirteen. A television presenter stopped me in the street, and started to interview me …
I. 根据句意和提示完成单词,使句子语法正确,意义通顺。 1. We p__________ (准备) a programme once a week.
2. I want you to ________ (解释) the reason to me.
3. He ________ (看起来) to be very old.
4. Dr Brown has written an ________ (文章) for the newspaper.
repared
explain
seems
article
II. 根据下列句子的汉语意思和英文提示, 完成句子。
1. 我从山顶上看下面的城市。
______________________ from the top of the mountain.
2. 他向老师寻求帮助。
He _______________ from his teacher.
3. 似乎他们不喜欢这部电影。
_______________ they didn’t like the film.
I look down at the city
asks for help
It seemed that
4. 上课时, 她时不时往窗外看。
When she is having classes, she ___________ the window from time to time.
5. 所有的播音员在开始前都要回答同样的问题，目的是检查音质水平。
___________________ need to answer the same question before they begin work；the _________ is to check the sound level.
looks out of
All radio presenters
purpose
