Take Away English-40 years of Radio 1 40年的广播一台
时间：2019-01-02 作者：英语课 分类：Take Away English
Tony Blackburn prepares for his first broadcast on Radio 1
Radio 1, the BBC pop music radio station is celebrating its 40th anniversary this month. Before its launch in 1967, there was no commercial radio, and the existing BBC stations broadcast a mixture of speech and music, but very little pop music. Pirate radio stations such as Radio Caroline were very popular, but were made illegal.
Radio 1 was a new sound for the BBC. In its first show, hosted by Tony Blackburn, radio jingles 1 were used for the first time on the BBC. The radio station has been very influential 2 over the years, and has attracted huge audiences.
The format 3 is mainly recent pop records played by DJs, the station also broadcasts interviews with pop stars, and short news bulletins. Radio 1 broadcasts a variety of music, including rock, pop, dance, hip 4 hop 5, and rap.
The station has always been dedicated 6 to encouraging new musical talent in the UK. John Peel, a DJ who broadcast on Radio 1 from 1967 until his death in 2004, was particularly well known for giving airplay to unsigned bands and artists who sent him demos.
Radio 1 has also been very involved in live music over the years. The station regularly organises concerts and live music events, and frequently records exclusive live performances at their studios. In 1985, Radio 1 broadcast the whole of the LiveAid event, a hugely important charity concert.
Up to the early 1990s Radio 1 was Britain’s most listened to radio station. However, as commercial radio was introduced and became very widespread in the UK, Radio 1 lost some of its audience. Radio 1 has always broadcast the UK singles chart, but in recent years, the independent radio chart has outstripped 7 the Radio 1 Chart Show’s listener figures.
These days the target audience is specifically young people – between 13 and 25. The new breakfast show host, Chris Moyles has been hailed as the ‘Saviour of Radio 1’, and has hugely increased audience figures.
The station is celebrating the anniversary with a series of shows hosted by legendary 8 pop stars, cover versions of classic songs by modern bands, and a nostalgic ‘golden hour’ of older music including songs from 1967 to today.
GLOSSARY 词汇表
launch
推出
pirate radio stations
海盗电台
influential
有影响力的
bulletins
新闻提要
airplay
播出时间
demos
样带
singles chart
单曲榜
target audience
受众；目标听众
hailed as
被称誉为
cover versions
翻唱歌曲
commercial radio
商业电台
hosted by
由…主持的
jingles
片头；片花
dedicated
致力于
unsigned
未签约的
exclusive
独家的
outstripped
超过
breakfast show
早餐时段节目
saviour
救星
nostalgic
怀旧的
- Can I give Del and Mr. Jingles some? 我可以分一点给戴尔和金格先生吗？
- This story jingles bells for many of my clients. 这个故事对我许多客户来说都耳熟能详。
- He always tries to get in with the most influential people.他总是试图巴结最有影响的人物。
- He is a very influential man in the government.他在政府中是个很有影响的人物。
- Please format this floppy disc.请将这张软盘格式化。
- The format of the figure is very tasteful.该图表的格式很雅致。
- The thigh bone is connected to the hip bone.股骨连着髋骨。
- The new coats blouse gracefully above the hip line.新外套在臀围线上优美地打着褶皱。
- The children had a competition to see who could hop the fastest.孩子们举行比赛，看谁单足跳跃最快。
- How long can you hop on your right foot?你用右脚能跳多远？
- He dedicated his life to the cause of education.他献身于教育事业。
- His whole energies are dedicated to improve the design.他的全部精力都放在改进这项设计上了。
- That manufacturer outstripped all his competitors in sales last year. 那个制造商家去年的销售量超过了所有竞争对手。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The imagination of her mother and herself had outstripped the truth. 母亲和她自己的想象力远远超过了事实。 来自辞典例句