【英语趣味课堂】唱片播放师-The DJ

Todd: Alex, can you talk a little about working at a radio station?

 

Alex: Yeah, sure. The Radio station at my school is called WMKP. I'm actually a DJ. Well, not the turn table DJ per se, but a DJ that just plays music and talks on the air a lot, so I do that a lot and that's really fun because I can have guests over and I can play, I like all kinds of music, and where I am only people listen to certain types, so I like to sort of open their ears to many different kinds of music from, I don't know, electronic, to classical, to jazz, to whatever I feel like playing. And it's really a bunch of fun. You make a whole lot of friends and you meet bands too because we have, we hold concerts sometimes so, you know, maybe I'm working at the radio station. I'm part of the staff at the concerts and I meet a lot of bands. It's really a very, very, very, very, very fun.

 

学习内容：

 

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radio station

 

I work at our school's radio station.

 

A 'radio station' is an organization that broadcasts or presents musics and discussions¹ on the radio. Notice the following:

 

This is my favorite radio station because they play the best music.

He has an interview on a local radio station tonight.

turntable

 

I'm not the turntable DJ, but I play the music.

 

A 'turntable' is a disk that spins and rotates² records or discs³. Notice the following:

 

We bought an old turntable and a second hand store.

Do you have turntable in your house?

per se

 

I'm not the turntable DJ per se.

 

In this example 'per se' is very similar to exactly. Notice the following:

 

This isn't a mystery novel, per se, but there are some things that are only revealed⁴ at the end.

It's not a new car, per se, but it's new for me.

on the air

 

I just play music and talk on the air a lot.

 

When a radio station is 'on the air' they are recording⁵ live.  Notice the following:

 

We are on the air now with the current political candidate⁶.

Hello. You're on the air.  What is your question?

open (their) ears

 

I like to open people's ears to different kinds of music.

 

When you 'open someone's ears' you introduce them or make them aware of certain sounds, in this case types or music.  We also use the phrase 'open someone's mind' to introduce them to new ideas. Notice the following:

 

College really opened my mind to new ways of thinking.

You need to open your ears and listen to what I'm saying right now.

1 discussions   

n.讨论( discussion的名词复数 )；商讨；详述；论述

参考例句：

• Discussions are held on an informal basis within the department. 讨论限于在本部门内非正式地进行。
• Her specialist input to the discussions has been very useful. 她在这些讨论中提供的专家建议很有助益。

2 rotates   

（使某物）旋转[转动]( rotate的第三人称单数 )； （使某人或某物）轮流[按顺序循环]

参考例句：

• The post of chairman rotates among members of the committee. 主席一职由委员会的成员轮流担任。
• The earth rotates on its axis once every 24 hours. 地球每24小时依其轴心自转一次。

3 discs   

n.圆盘( disc的名词复数 )；唱片；磁盘；背脊骨间的软骨层

参考例句：

• Laser discs can store prodigious amounts of information. 激光磁盘能够贮存大量信息。
• From this master disc, plastic discs are stamped out cheaply. 从这个总盘很便宜地复制出塑料盘。 来自辞典例句

4 revealed   

v.显示( reveal的过去式和过去分词 )；揭示；泄露；[神学]启示

参考例句：

• They revealed to me that the experiment had failed. 他们向我透露试验失败了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• His insincerity is revealed by the quick goggle of his eyes. 他眼睛的快速转动泄露了他的不诚。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 recording   

n.录音，记录

参考例句：

• How long will the recording of the song take?录下这首歌得花多少时间？
• I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.我想给你放一下彩排的录像。

6 candidate   

n.候选人；候补者；投考者，申请求职者

参考例句：

• Voters like a candidate who has the common touch. 投票者喜欢那些平易近人的候选人。
• The local newspapers dressed up the candidate as a boxer.当地报纸把那个候选人描绘成一个拳击手。