Radio, part II

Aulas particulares em Sorocaba, com professor Fúvio 

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1.                  STEVE EMBER: William S. Paley developed another radio network. In nineteen twenty-eight, Paley left his family's business. He spent several hundred thousand dollars on several radio stations. These stations became known as the Columbia Broadcasting System.

2. Paley's friends and advisers told him that he had made a huge mistake. They said his dream of building a large and important radio network would never come true. Paley did not listen to them. Instead, he went to see the heads of some of the largest American companies to get their financial support for his network.

3. Then, Paley searched for the best people he could find to produce the radio shows and news programming he wanted. He paid them well. William Paley was always looking for people with special skills. One night, he attended a show by the popular Tommy Dorsey Band. A young man with the group sang during the performance. His name was Frank Sinatra. Sinatra soon had his own program with CBS, Paley's radio network.

4. BARBARA KLEIN:  Radio was extremely popular in the United States between the late nineteen twenties and the early nineteen fifties. This period is known as theGolden Age of Broadcasting.

5. During this period, families gathered in their living rooms every night to listen to radio shows. Children hurried from school to hear shows created for them. In the daytime, millions of women listened to radio plays called soap operas. They were called soap operas because companies that make soap paid for the shows.

6. STEVE EMBER: Radio influenced the way many people felt about their community and the world. It permitted them to sit at home and hear what was happening in other areas. During World War Two, people could hear the voices of world leaders, such as American President Franklin Roosevelt.

7. FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT: “When the dictators -- if the dictators -- are ready to make war upon us, they will not wait for an act of war on our part. They did not wait forNorway or Belgium or the Netherlands to commit an act of war.”

8. BARBARA KLEIN:  Listeners also could hear the voices of reporters covering World War Two. Edward R. Murrow became famous for reporting about the war. People sometimes could hear guns and bombs exploding during his report.

9. EDWARD R. MURROW: “The plane is still very high and it’s quite clear that he’s not coming in for his bombing run…Earlier this evening we could hear occasional—again, those were explosions overhead. Earlier this evening, we heard a number of bombs go sliding and slithering across, to fall several blocks away.”

10. STEVE EMBER: In nineteen thirty-seven, Edward R. Murrow was the only representative of CBS in Europe. Murrow built a team of news reporters whose names would become well known to listeners. Murrow and reporter William Shirer made broadcasting history in nineteen thirty-eight. They organized a special broadcast with European reaction to the seizure of Austria by Nazi Germany. The show had reports from London, Berlin, Paris and Rome. It was a huge success.

11. BARBARA KLEIN: In the United States, the rise of television in the nineteen fifties ended the Golden Age of Radio Broadcasting. More and more people started to watch television. Most of the popular shows disappeared from radio.

12. Many people believed television would cause radio broadcasting to become unimportant. However, the number of radio listeners continues to grow. Most experts say radio will continue to be important during this century.

STEVE EMBER: This program was written by George Grow. It was produced by Caty Weaver. I'm Steve Ember.
BARBARA KLEIN: And I'm Barbara Klein. Join us again next week for PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English.

Vocabulary

1. advisers = conselheiros
2. attended = assistiu
3. became known as = tornaram-se conhecidos como
4. Belgium = Bélgica
5. bombing run = série de bombardeio
6. broadcast = transmissão
7. come true = realizar-se
8. covering = cobrindo
9. Developed = desenvolveu
10. dictators = ditadores
11. Earlier this evening = no início desta noite
12. fall = cair
13. felt = sentiam-se
14. find = encontrar
15. gathered = reuniam-se
16. get = obter
17. Golden Age = época de ouro
18. grow = crescer
19. guns = armas
20. happening = acontecendo
21. heads = líderes
22. However = contudo
23. huge mistake = enorme erro
24. hurried = vinham correndo
25. Instead = ao invest disso
26. left = deixou
27. Listeners = ouvintes

28. living rooms = salas de estar
29. looking for = procurando
30. More and more = cada vez mais
31. Netherlands = Holanda
32. Norway = Noruega
33. overhead = acima
34. paid = pagou
35. quite clear = bem claro
36. ready = prontos
37. rise = ascensão
38. sang = cantou
39. searched for = procurou por
40. seizure = tomada
41. several = vários(as)
42. sit = sentar-se
43. skills = habilidades
44. sliding = deslizando
45. slithering = escorregando
46. soap operas = novellas
47. sometimes = às vezes
48. spent = gastou
49. such as = tais como
50. support = apoio
51. the early = o início
52. the late  = o final de
53. voices = vozes
54. way = maneira
55. whose = cujos