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ALANDUAN 朗读灵格风英语第48课课文《收音机和电视机》

Lesson forty-eight  Forty-eighth (48) lesson: Part one

Radio and television

Of all the discoveries ever made by man, radio, or wireless, is one of the most wonderful. By means of wireless, you can speak to a man on the other side of the world. Seated comfortably in your own home, you can hear music or talks, broadcast thousands of miles away from you —— talks on national and international affairs, on science, history and other educational subjects. I listen to the wireless almost every evening. Mine is an eight-valve set with an outdoor aerial which gives splendid results. It has medium, long and short wave-lengths, and it’s quite simple to manipulate. All I have to do is to turn a knob or push a button to tune in to the station I require.

I use my set a good deal for keeping up my foreign languages. I find it a very useful addition to my Linguaphone Course. For English, I tune to England, for French to France, for Dutch to Holland, for German to Germany or Austria, for Russian to Russia, for Spanish to Spain, and for Italian to Italy.

More marvellous even than radio is television, which enables us not only to listen to talks, plays and concerts, but also to see what’s going on. Who knows what the future may bring? It’s possible that some clever scientist will invent an apparatus which will enable us to read other people’s thoughts. Should that happen, some people might feel quite uncomfortable.