英语导读1000句[22]:Radio

Section¹ 22
Radio

1 When television became popular, people thought the radio would not survive².
2 As we all know today, that was wrong.
3 In fact, most people in the west listen to radio more than they watch TV.
4 Do you believe that?
5 Well, they listen in the morning when they are getting ready to go to work.
6 They listen when they are driving their cars.
7 Some listen when they are walking in the street.
8 Sometimes we see people with walkmans.
9 But we don’t know if they are listening to radio or to their own music.
10 For many many years, we learned³ about new music only from the radio.
11 Today perhaps television programs like MTV are taking over.
12 Have you heard of the BBC⁴ and VOA?
13 Then you probably know these from learning⁵ English.
14 Many students in China use the radio to help them study language.
15 Although there are television stations like CCTV9 which can help, radios are cheap to buy and easy to carry around.
16 So radio still has some advantages over television.

1 section   

n.部分，章节，地段；断面，剖面；部门，科；阶层，界；vt.把…分成段

参考例句：

• There is one section of very long road to leave. 有一段很长的路要走。
• How many people work in your section?你部门有多少人？

2 survive   

vt.幸免于；从…中生还；vi.幸存

参考例句：

• I didn't know whether I could survive.我不知道我能否幸存下来。
• I cannot survive without you.没有你我不能幸存。

3 learned   

adj.有学问的，博学的；learn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
• In this little village,he passed for a learned man.在这个小村子里，他被视为有学问的人。

4 BBC   

abbr.（=British Broadcasting Corporation）英国广播公司

参考例句：

• She works for the BBC.她为英国广播公司工作。
• The BBC was founded in 1922.英国广播公司建于1922年。

5 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。