环球英语 — 33： Listener Mail 73

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Hello. I’m Rachel Hobson.
Voice 2
And I’m Mike Procter. Welcome to Spotlight¹. This programme uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live.
Voice 1
Welcome to our listener mail programme! It is time to hear your comments and opinions about some of our programmes.
Voice 2
What radio stations do you listen to? What city do they operate from? What country? Do you ever listen to international stations? Some people love to listen to international shortwave stations. In fact, they spend much of their time trying to find stations that are very far away from them. We call these people ‘DX-ers’.
Voice 1
A DX-er is someone who writes DX reports to radio stations. The ‘D’ represents ‘Distance.’ The ‘X’ represents the unknown place. DX-ers spend their time listening to very distant radio stations. They fill in DX reports. These state the time, details and frequency² of the station. Then, they ask for confirmation³ from the radio station, in a ‘QSL’ card. We received this message from a DX-er in India! Neelakandan writes:
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‘Dear sir, I am happy to forward this to you. Here are the details: date: twenty ninth of July, two thousand and seven, Time: 1400 - 1415 UTC, Frequency 9500 KHz. Programme details: Spotlight by Rebecca with Hearing Cancer stories. Comments: It is very informative⁴ to know more about the truth of diseases⁵ and healing⁶.
Voice 1
Thanks for your report Neelakandan! We can confirm that these details are correct!
Voice 2
Where are you listening from? Write and tell us! We love to hear information about our listeners’ countries! Our next letter is from Rolando in Nicaragua. Nicaragua is the largest country in Central America. It is a beautiful country - with mountains and rainforests. It has two very large lakes - Lake Nicaragua and Lake Managua.
Voice 1
Rolando writes from Estali - the second largest city in northern Nicaragua:
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“Hello dear friends. I am a very frequent listener of your radio programme. I want to know how to get the material of the programmes - the audio⁷ and the text.”
Voice 1
Many people ask us this question. You can get the scripts⁹ and audio from our website. Just click ‘Listen and Read’ from the information bar. Then choose a subject that sounds interesting to you.
Voice 2
Listeners often find it helpful to listen and read at the same time. You can download the Spotlight programme to listen to. Then, you can follow the words in the script⁸. There is also a word list on our site. This describes the meaning of the words we use.
Voice 1
Rolando’s home country gives us our subject for today’s hodgepodge: Nicaraguan poetry! Nicaraguans are famous for their love of poems. The president of Nicaragua is Daniel Ortega. He has said that people in Nicaragua consider every Nicaraguan a poet, until that person has proved that he is not a poet. Nicaragua has produced some of the greatest poets in the Spanish language - Salmon¹⁰ de la Selva and Ruben Dario.
Voice 2
Ruben Dario was a poet in the late eighteen hundreds. He wrote poems in a new, fresh way. At this time, his poems were very different from other poems. He was the first modernist writer of Spanish poetry. Ruben started writing poems when he was very young. This is why people call him, ‘El Nino Poeta.’ This means, ‘The Child Poet.’ Here is a famous quote from Ruben Dario:
“Si la patria es peque?a, uno grande la sue¹¹?a.”
“If the homeland is small, one dreams it large.”
Voice 1
What do you think these words mean? Do they mean always have hope in a country - even if other people do not? Do they mean that it is dreams that bring change? Write and tell us your thoughts!
[email protected].
Voice 2
Our next letter comes from Mai Hung in Asia. She writes a question about our website:
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“I know that you remove seven programmes every week. Can I get these? Please tell me what I should do.”
Voice 2
You are right Mai Hung. Every week, we do remove seven programmes from our website. But there is a way for you to hear your favourite programmes again. Christy, our website coordinator¹² explains:
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“Every week we play three older programmes again. We suggest that you download your favourites to your computer. Then you can keep them. If you are interested in a particular programme, please let us know. And we will try to make it available.”
Voice 1
Our next letter is from Deng, in Canada. He invited us to join ‘Hi5.’ Hi5 is the name of a website. It is a social networking site. It has groups, pictures, videos and discussion¹³ rooms. People connect with friends from different places. Such websites have become very popular recently - in many places! Facebook and Myspace are two other popular social networking sites! These websites permit people to talk over the internet. They help people to share information. And, it is a way of connecting with old friends, and new friends too!
Voice 2
These websites are a lot of fun for many people. But right now, Spotlight is not on them. However, you can always talk to the Spotlight team over e-mail at radio @ english . net.
Voice 1
Next, a request from Estalin Arrobo:
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‘I am interested in learning¹⁴ English through this website. I want to know, what do I need for this?’
Voice 1
Thanks for writing Estalin. We do not teach English in our programmes! But many people do use Spotlight to improve their English skills. There are links to English teaching¹⁵ websites on our website, radio.english.net. In some countries, people meet together to listen to the programmes. They have listener clubs. They improve their English skills by talking together in English. They find many things to discuss from the programmes!
Voice 2
Would you like to start a listener club in your community? Write and tell us. We can help by providing extra material from our existing clubs!
Voice 1
That is all we have time for today. Thanks to Neelakandan, Rolando, Mai Hung, Deng, and Estalin for writing to us. And thank you for listening!
 

1 spotlight   

n.公众注意的中心，聚光灯，探照灯，视听，注意，醒目

参考例句：

• This week the spotlight is on the world of fashion.本周引人瞩目的是时装界。
• The spotlight followed her round the stage.聚光灯的光圈随着她在舞台上转。

2 frequency   

n.次数，频率；经常发生，频繁

参考例句：

• If we can know their frequency we will monitor their talking.如果我们知道他们的频率,我们就能监听他们的谈话。
• The tanks broke down with increasing frequency.坦克越来越频繁地熄火。

3 confirmation   

n.证实，确认，批准

参考例句：

• We are waiting for confirmation of the news.我们正在等待证实那个消息。
• We need confirmation in writing before we can send your order out.给你们发送订购的货物之前，我们需要书面确认。

4 informative   

adj.提供资料的，增进知识的

参考例句：

• The adverts are not very informative.这些广告并没有包含太多有用信息。
• This intriguing book is both thoughtful and informative.这本引人入胜的书既有思想性又富知识性。

5 diseases   

n.疾病( disease的名词复数 )；弊端；恶疾；痼疾

参考例句：

• Smoking is a causative factor in several major diseases. 抽烟是引起几种严重疾病的病因。
• The illness frequently coexists with other chronic diseases. 这种病往往与其他慢性病同时存在。

6 healing   

n.康复，复原adj.有治疗功用的v.（使）愈合( heal的现在分词 )；治愈；（使）结束；较容易忍受

参考例句：

• miraculous powers of healing 神奇的治病能力
• She seems to have a vocation for healing. 看来她具备治病救人的才能。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 audio   

n./adj.音频(响)(的)；声音(的)，听觉(的)

参考例句：

• Often,the meeting is recorded on audio or video media for later reference.通常这种会议会以视频或者音频形式记录下来，供以后查阅。
• You don't even have to pay for audio programs.你大可不必为自己听这些节目付费。

8 script   

n.剧本，广播稿；文字体系；笔迹，手迹

参考例句：

• It's easy to identify his script.他的笔迹容易辨认。
• The script is massaged into final form.这篇稿子经过修改已定稿。

9 scripts   

剧本( script的名词复数 )； 文字； 笔迹； （一种语言的）字母系统

参考例句：

• Many felt he was prostituting his talents by writing Hollywood scripts. 许多人觉得他给好莱坞写剧本是滥用自己的才华。
• The scripts had a rather tired plot. 这部陈旧的剧本的情节是非常俗套的。

10 salmon   

n.鲑，大马哈鱼，橙红色的

参考例句：

• We saw a salmon jumping in the waterfall there.我们看见一条大马哈鱼在那边瀑布中跳跃。
• Do you have any fresh salmon in at the moment?现在有新鲜大马哈鱼卖吗？

11 sue   

vt.控告，起诉；vi.请求，追求，起诉

参考例句：

• If you don't pay me the money,I'll sue you.如果你不付给我钱，我就告你。
• The war criminals sue for peace.战犯求和。

12 coordinator   

n.协调人

参考例句：

• The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, headed by the Emergency Relief Coordinator, coordinates all UN emergency relief. 联合国人道主义事务协调厅在紧急救济协调员领导下，负责协调联合国的所有紧急救济工作。
• How am I supposed to find the client-relations coordinator? 我怎么才能找到客户关系协调员的办公室？

13 discussion   

n.讨论，谈论；论述

参考例句：

• It is certain he will come to the discussion.他肯定会来参加讨论。
• After months of discussion,a peace agreement is gradually taking shape.经过几个月的商讨，和平协议渐渐有了眉目。

14 learning   

n.学问，学识，学习；动词learn的现在分词

参考例句：

• When you are learning to ride a bicycle,you often fall off.初学骑自行车时，常会从车上掉下来。
• Learning languages isn't just a matter of remembering words.学习语言不仅仅是记些单词的事。

15 teaching   

n.教学，执教，任教，讲授；(复数)教诲

参考例句：

• We all agree in adopting the new teaching method. 我们一致同意采取新的教学方法。
• He created a new system of teaching foreign languages.他创造了一种新的外语教学体系。