Unit 2 Activity 2 Read the passage and decide where you are likely to see the photo.

Radio times

播音时光

“How old are you?”The radio manager looked down at me．

“你多大了？”电台经理低头看着我。

“Fifteen，”I said.

“15岁，”我说。

“And you want a job in radio? Shouldn't you be at school?”he asked．

“你想在电台找一份工作？难道你不应该上学吗？”他问。

How could I explain? 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. 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.

我该怎么解释呢？我一直喜欢广播。我仍然记得在我4岁时，我紧挨着客厅的收音机坐着，听我最喜欢的节目和最喜欢的主持人的声音。感觉好像他们不是在和广大听众说话，而是在亲自和我说话。9岁时，我去小电台找过兼职工作。

As I grew older, my interest in radio grew. 0ne 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.

隧着年龄的增长，我对广播的兴趣与日俱增。有一天我了解了网络电台。一周一次，我用父亲的电脑播放我最喜欢的音乐，谈论学校的生活，并且希望有人能听（我的节目）。

Soon my friends at school started to listen, and then they wanted to help. We prepared a programme once a week, doing research my reading articles about music and sports news. We also did research for jokes and the weather report (I did this by looking out of the window) .

不久我学校的朋友们开始收听（这个节目），后来他们想帮忙。我们每周一次准备一期节目。通过阅读音乐文献和体育新闻进行研究。我们也研究笑话和天气预报（我通过观察窗外的情况做这个）。

“OK, come with me," the manager said. I sat down in the studio. He was in another room behind a glass wall.

“好吧，跟我来，”经理说。我坐在录音室里。他在玻璃墙后的另一个房间里。

“OK，let's do a sound check．Just tell me what you had for breakfast．”

“好，我们做一个音质测试吧。你就告诉我你早餐吃了什么。”

All radio presenters need to answer the same question before they begin work. The purpose is to check the sound level.

所有电台主持人在开始工作前都需要回答同样的问题。其目的是测试音质水平。

“I had eggs，fruit and some milk.”

“我吃了鸡蛋、水果，喝了牛奶。”

“OK，that's great!”the man behind the glass said.

“好，很棒！”玻璃后面的男人说道。

This was how my first real job in radio began.

这就是我在电台第一份真正的工作是如何开始的。