Every Day Is a Radio Day

Every Day Is a Radio Day

Long ago, people had no cellphones. There was no social media. There was no Internet! In Taiwan, there were no TV stations!
很久以前，人們沒有手機、網路跟社交媒體。那時候，台灣也沒有電視台。

How did news travel to people far away? There was radio then. And there's radio now!
那要怎麼讓在很遠地方的人知道新聞呢？當時就是用收音機，現在也是！

Radio is free! It's on every day, 24 hours a day. Radio stations broadcast news, talk shows, music, stories, and more.
廣播不僅免費而且每天24小時都有。廣播電台播送新聞、談話節目、音樂、故事等等。

We hear voices and sounds on the radio. We imagine how people, places, and things look or what people are doing. That's why radio is called the "theater of the mind."
我們聽收音機，想像人、事、物的畫面或者人們在做什麼。

Radio broadcasts big news because radios are reliable. No Internet? No electricity? No problem! Radios can still work! In emergencies, we hear about what's happening and learn what to do.
即使缺電、沒有網路，廣播還是可以運作，所以利用它播送重大新聞。緊急的時候，我們還是可以知道發生了什麼事以及該如何應對。

Radio brings us all kinds of music. Listening to many songs lets us find out what we like. Some songs become part of our memories!
我們也可以從收音機聽到各種音樂，找到自己喜歡的歌曲。有一些歌曲還會成為我們的回憶！

World Radio Day was this month. But every day is a radio day! Radio broadcasts all the news. Radio gives music to our daily lives. Radio is for all of us!

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Vocabulary
廣播曾經是生活重要的一部份。

1. music 音樂
What's that music? 那是什麼音樂?
"A Summer Place," from the 1970s.〈夏日地方〉，1970年代的。
It's very nice. 很好聽。
Yeah, we used to listen to music on the radio.對，我們以前都從收音機聽音樂。

2. song 歌曲
Not vinyl records? 不是黑膠唱片?
Those came later.那些以後才出現。
Radio was the thing for Western pop songs. 收音機才有西洋流行歌曲。

3. talk show 談話節目
Were there talk shows? 有談話節目嗎?
No, but there were radio dramas of ghost stories. 沒有，不過有鬼故事話劇。

4. every day 每天
I was glued to my radio every day. 我每天都黏著我的收音機。
For the ghost stories? 聽鬼故事?
For those and more.聽那些跟其他的。

Have you ever listened to music on the radio?
Music音樂
song歌曲
talk show談話節目
every day每天

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Quiz
1. What do radio stations broadcast?
a. Internet
b. News
c. Places

2. How much does it cost to listen to the radio?
a. It's free!
b. Four dollars
c. Twenty dollars

3. What is radio called?
a. Words in our minds
b. Songs in the wind
c. Theater of the mind

Answers:
1. b
2. a
3. c

Every Day Is a Radio Day

Long ago, people had no cellphones. There was no social media. There was no Internet! In Taiwan, there were no TV stations!

很久以前，人們沒有手機、網路跟社交媒體。那時候，台灣也沒有電視台。

How did news travel to people far away? There was radio then. And there's radio now!

那要怎麼讓在很遠地方的人知道新聞呢？當時就是用收音機，現在也是！

Radio is free! It's on every day, 24 hours a day. Radio stations broadcast news, talk shows, music, stories, and more.

廣播不僅免費而且每天24小時都有。廣播電台播送新聞、談話節目、音樂、故事等等。

We hear voices and sounds on the radio. We imagine how people, places, and things look or what people are doing. That's why radio is called the "theater of the mind."

我們聽收音機，想像人、事、物的畫面或者人們在做什麼。

Radio broadcasts big news because radios are reliable. No Internet? No electricity? No problem! Radios can still work! In emergencies, we hear about what's happening and learn what to do.

即使缺電、沒有網路，廣播還是可以運作，所以利用它播送重大新聞。緊急的時候，我們還是可以知道發生了什麼事以及該如何應對。

Radio brings us all kinds of music. Listening to many songs lets us find out what we like. Some songs become part of our memories!

我們也可以從收音機聽到各種音樂，找到自己喜歡的歌曲。有一些歌曲還會成為我們的回憶！

World Radio Day was this month. But every day is a radio day! Radio broadcasts all the news. Radio gives music to our daily lives. Radio is for all of us!

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Vocabulary

廣播曾經是生活重要的一部份。

1. music 音樂

What's that music? 那是什麼音樂?

"A Summer Place," from the 1970s.〈夏日地方〉，1970年代的。

It's very nice. 很好聽。

Yeah, we used to listen to music on the radio.對，我們以前都從收音機聽音樂。

2. song 歌曲

Not vinyl records? 不是黑膠唱片?

Those came later.那些以後才出現。

Radio was the thing for Western pop songs. 收音機才有西洋流行歌曲。

3. talk show 談話節目

Were there talk shows? 有談話節目嗎?

No, but there were radio dramas of ghost stories. 沒有，不過有鬼故事話劇。

4. every day 每天

I was glued to my radio every day. 我每天都黏著我的收音機。

For the ghost stories? 聽鬼故事?

For those and more.聽那些跟其他的。

Have you ever listened to music on the radio?

Music音樂

song歌曲

talk show談話節目

every day每天

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Quiz

1. What do radio stations broadcast?

a. Internet

b. News

c. Places

2. How much does it cost to listen to the radio?

a. It's free!

b. Four dollars

c. Twenty dollars

3. What is radio called?

a. Words in our minds

b. Songs in the wind

c. Theater of the mind

Answers:

1. b

2. a

3. c