Describing sounds

Callum:  Hello, I'm Callum Robertson and this is entertainment. In the programme todayI'm going to be looking at sounds and talking about sounds we like.
　　Sounds and noises are all around us – from the sounds of nature such as thewind in the trees to man made sounds like traffic. Often we don't notice sounds,they are just there but we all have sounds we love to hear – like Carrie, whatsound does she like?
　　CarrieMy really really favourite sound is the sound of waves. I just love the sound of wavescrashing on the beach because it just reminds me of being on holiday, being at the seaside,relaxing. I just find waves really really relaxing and the sound of crashing waves is just reallysoothing.
　　Callum:  Carrie likes the sound of waves, she loves the sound of waves crashing on thebeach.
　　Describing sounds like this is very easy – you can say the phrase 'the sound of'
　　followed by a noun 1.
　　Carriethe sound of waves, the sound of wavesCallum:  Instead of using a single noun, like the word 'waves' you can also use a groupof words together which make what we call a noun phrase. With a single nounyou describe the sound of something. With a noun phrase you describe thesound of something happening, which is usually more descriptive. Thesephrases will often use -ing forms of verbs.
　　Carriethe sound of waves crashing on the beach, the sound of waves crashing on the beachCallum:  Here now are some other people describing the sounds they like, listencarefully and you will hear that they use the same structure.
　　FAVOURITE SOUNDSI've always liked the sound of champagne 3 corks 4 popping and the sound of laughter and alsovery recently the sound of my little baby boy cooing I find particularly nice.
　　A sound that I like is the sound of a cat purring.
　　My favourite sound at the moment is the sounds coming from my garden. There's a lot ofbirdsong out there and particularly in the mornings I find that a really peaceful and nice andpleasant way to wake up, birds singing and even children playing out there.
　　A sound that I really love is the sound of traditional Scottish or Irish music and the thing Ireally love is the sound of a really bass 5 drum beating away and you can feel it in your heart.
　　That's a sound that I love.
　　Callum:  The sounds we heard described using a noun phrase were: champagne corkspopping, a little baby cooing, a cat purring, birds singing, children playing anda bass drum beating. Listen againFAVOURITE SOUNDS REPEATI've always liked the sound of champagne corks popping and the sound of laughter and alsovery recently the sound of my little baby boy cooing I find particularly nice.
　　A sound that I like is the sound of a cat purring.
　　My favourite sound at the moment is the sounds coming from my garden. There's a lot ofbirdsong out there and particularly in the mornings I find that a really peaceful and nice andpleasant way to wake up, birds singing and even children playing out there.
　　A sound that I really love is the sound of traditional Scottish or Irish music and the thing Ireally love is the sound of a really bass drum beating away and you can feel it in your heart.
　　That's a sound that I love.
　　Callum:  That's all from this edition of entertainment, don't forget to try the quiz on thistopic on the web page where you can also download the script 2 and an audioversion of this programme.