1、On the RadioOn the RadioUnit 2 It seemed that they were speaking to me in person.1010Warm-up: Warm-up: Is there a radio station at your Is there a radio station at your school?school?What kind of programme do you like best?What kind of programme do you like best?1. 1. 美國之音美國之音(Voice of America)VOA是美

2、國政府的無線電廣播機構，也是美國對外宣傳的主要工具之一。VOA每天用38種語言向世界各地播放新聞、音樂和其他節目。VOA節目中有“標準英語”(Standard English)和“特別英語”(Special English)。“標準英語”廣播的語速快、句子長、詞匯量大，適合中級以上英語水平的人；“特別英語”廣播語音清晰、語速慢，適合初級英語水平的人。2. 2. 英國廣播公司英國廣播公司(British Broadcasting Corporation)BBC是提供廣播、電視服務的非商業性公立組織，BBC最早是作為私人企業成立的，1922年2月14日開始廣播，1927年改組為英國廣播公司，193

3、6年11月成為世界上第一個正式播送電視節目的電視廣播公司。Words Words and and expressionsexpressions1. Look at the photo and say what it shows.It probably shows that a newsreader or a presenter is on air. a) In a book about the history of radio. b) In the life story of a famous radio presenter. c) In a book on how radio works.2

4、. Read the passage and decide where you are likely to see the photo.2. Listen and read.3. Complete the sentences. The writer met _in a radio station.2. The manager asked why he wanted a job _.3. At the age of four, the writer _ _, listening to his favourite programmes.4. At the age of nine，he asked

5、for part-time jobs in _.5. As he grew older，he learnt about _.6. This was how the writers _ began.a radio managerin radiosat close to the radio inthe living roomsmall radio stationsInternet radiofirst real job in radio4. Complete the passage with the correct form of the words and expressions in the

6、box.article at the age of listener purpose seem studio Peter (1) _to be very happy with his new job. He works in the (2) _of a local radio station. He is lucky that (3) _ only twenty he is doing something he loves and has a real (4) _. Every morning when he starts work, he does a sound check and the

7、n he looks for interesting newspaper (5) _ to talk about on the show. The (6) _can phone in to talk to Peter or they can send emails to ask him to play their favourite songs. At the end of the show, he closes down all the equipment and goes home.seemsstudioat the age ofpurposearticleslisteners5. Loo

8、k at the sentences from the passage.Now find sentences in the passage in Activity 2 which show: important events in the past background informationImportant events in the past: One day I learnt about Internet radio. Soon my friends at school started to listen, and then they wanted to help.Possible a

9、nswersBackground information: Once a week. I played my favourite music from my fathers computer, talked about life at school, and hoped someone might be listening. We prepared a programme once a week, doing research on articles about music, sports news, jokes and the weather report (I did this by lo

10、oking out of the window). I first appeared on TV at the age of thirteen. A television presenter stopped me in the street, and started to interview me.6. Write a passage describing an important event in the past and giving background information.L a n g u a g e L a n g u a g e pointspointsThe radio m

11、anager looked down at me. 電臺經理低下頭看著我。look down at，“向下看”。Please look at me. Dont look down. 請看著我，不要向下看。look down on/upon “輕視，看不起”。look的常見短語look up查閱 look out小心 look through瀏覽look like看起來像 look at看 look for尋找look after照顧 look over檢查It seemed that they were speaking not to lots of listeners but to me i

12、n person. 感覺好像他們不是面向眾多聽眾播音，而是在面對面地和我說話。It seems/seemed that. “看起來好像.；似乎.”。seem后可接名詞、形容詞、不定式、介詞短語和that從句。It seems to be an interesting film.=It seems that it is an interesting film.=The film seems to be interesting.=It seems like an interesting film. 它看起來是一部有趣的電影。It seemed that they were speaking not

13、 to lots of listeners but to me in person. 感覺好像他們不是面向眾多聽眾播音，而是在面對面地和我說話。not.that. “不是.而是.”，用來連接兩個并列成分，強調后者，表示轉折。They need not money, but time.他們需要不是錢,而是時間。not.that.連接兩個主語時，謂語動詞和鄰近的主語保持一致。Not the twins but Jack has gone to American.不是那對雙胞胎，而是杰克去了美國。It seemed that they were speaking not to lots of lis

14、teners but to me in person. 感覺好像他們不是面向眾多聽眾播音，而是在面對面地和我說話。in person “親自，本人”，常做狀語。She wants to open her presents in person.她想親自打開她的禮物。At the age of nine, I asked for part-time jobs in small radio stations. 九歲時，我去小廣播電臺找過兼職。at the age of. = at age. “在.歲時”。 She wrote a book at the age of ten. = She wrote

15、 a book at age ten.她十歲時寫了本書。注意：age不能和old和young搭配：Her age is old.ask for “要.”，接物“要某物”，接人“找某人”。Ellen asked for my advice.埃倫征求我的意見。Some one is asking for Dad at the door.門口有人找爸爸。ask sb. for sth.向某人要某物 ask sb. to do sth.要求某人做某事。As I grew older, my interest in radio grew.隨著年齡的增長，我對廣播的興趣也日漸濃厚。grew 原形grow。

16、句中兩個grow，第一個是系動詞，“變得”，后面接形容詞比較級older作表語。第二個是不及物動詞，“增長”。中考鏈接中考鏈接1. Again and again the doctor_the crying baby girl, but he couldnt find out what was wrong with her. A. looked over B. looked after C. looked for D. looked out2. My cousin went abroad at_age of eighteen. A. a B. an C. the D. / 3. John often asks his t