The document discusses radio and its role in people's lives in the 1930s and 1940s. Families would gather around the radio to listen to news, music, comedies, and other entertainment programs together. The author recalls fond memories from their childhood of imagining the scenes described while listening to programs like The Aldrich Family. Radio helped develop children's imagination and was an important part of family life and entertainment at the time.
The document discusses radio and its role in people's lives in the 1930s and 1940s. Families would gather around the radio to listen to news, music, comedies, and other entertainment programs together. The author recalls fond memories from their childhood of imagining the scenes described while listening to programs like The Aldrich Family. Radio helped develop children's imagination and was an important part of family life and entertainment at the time.
The document discusses radio and its role in people's lives in the 1930s and 1940s. Families would gather around the radio to listen to news, music, comedies, and other entertainment programs together. The author recalls fond memories from their childhood of imagining the scenes described while listening to programs like The Aldrich Family. Radio helped develop children's imagination and was an important part of family life and entertainment at the time.
The document discusses radio and its role in people's lives in the 1930s and 1940s. Families would gather around the radio to listen to news, music, comedies, and other entertainment programs together. The author recalls fond memories from their childhood of imagining the scenes described while listening to programs like The Aldrich Family. Radio helped develop children's imagination and was an important part of family life and entertainment at the time.
B. Now read this text and match the words/expressions below to their synonyms.
Today we have mobile phones, computers,
Internet, but before all that, even before the advent of television, there was radio. Back in the 1930s and 1940s, families gathered together 5 around the radio and listened to their favourite programmes, just like they did some years later with TV. Radio broadcasts included not only news and music, but also variety shows, comedies, dramas, and many other forms of entertainment. 10 I still consider it a privilege to have lived during this time, especially as a kid. The radio developed our imagination and creativity: we just listened to words and sounds, to people talking, and we had to imagine their physical appearance and the scenes they were describing. I remember sitting on the floor listening to The Aldrich family, with the familiar catchphrases "Henry! Henry Aldrich!, followed by Henry's answer, "Coming, 15 Mother!". I also remember listening to superman stories and feeling so excited and sometimes even nervous, anxious to know what was going to happen next. In the evening, the whole family sat around the radio to listen to The Goldbergs, a soap opera and comedy about the home life of a Jewish family in New York City. We never missed an episode. The fact that we knew people were speaking at the precise moment we were 20 listening made us feel closer to them. Source: Cool Zone 8, Texto Editores (fully adapted)
10 1. advent (line 3) a. programmes 2. gathered (line 4) b. failed to listen to 3. broadcasts (line 7) c. appearance
4. catchphrases (line 14) d. joined
e. popular expressions 5. missed (line 18 3 C. Now choose the right option to complete each sentence, according to the text. 18
1. Radio was ____. 2. Families listened to 3. The radio highly
the radio ____. contributed to __. a) the first medium of wireless communication before TV a) a) put an end to family b) the first medium of wireless b) before dinner quarrels communication together with c) before 1930 TV b) bring people of all races c) the second medium of wire- together less communication after TV c) unite the family
4. The author ____ during the 5. The radio developed 6. The author and his family golden years of the radio. ____. ____ listened to their favourite soap opera. a) liked to listen to all a ) imagination as well as . programmes artistic skills b) not only imagination but a) never b) really enjoyed growing up c) didnt like the experience of also unity b) often c) imagination but not c) always living creativity
D. Give complete answers to these questions on the text.
1. What type of programmes could people listen to on the radio during the 1930s and 1940s?
3 II - A. Now read this American teenagers opinion about the radio.
Sarah from New York
Listening to the radio is a lot of fun for me. Whenever I can, I turn on my radio to listen to music. I usually also listen to the news, because I like to know what is going on. News on the radio is short and objective. I cannot say I prefer radio to TV, because I like both and I think both are important. One of the advantages of the radio is that you can listen to it anywhere: on the bus, when you walk to school, on the beach, etc. I also enjoy listening to music because it relaxes me and makes me feel good. I like listening to the DJs. They tell us interesting things about bands and singers, and sometimes they are funny. Cool Zone 8, Texto Editores
B. Say if these statements are True or False. Justify all your 30
answers by quoting from the text.
1. Sarah enjoys listening to music on the radio. ________________________________________
