4U U7

9/17

Cloze

Left: BC

Right: DDA

1.      B (on the Internet/Net/web: online)

2.      C (at any time)

3.      (get going: 開始做)

第二段

4.      (widely: 普遍地; broadly 廣泛地)

5.      (display: show/reveal/ 顯示/unfold)

6.      (videos: 影片)

7.      (music: 音樂)

8.      (programs: 節目)

9.      (amateurs: 業餘人士)

10.  (recording: 錄製è to record)

11.  (audiences 聽眾)

12.  (took off: developed/grew/became popular 起飛; 走紅)

13.  D (took off… and started)

第三段

14.  D (began…in 2009; 過去式  begin/began/begun)

15.  (comedian 喜劇演員)

16.  (host: 主持)

17.  (attract: 吸引  appeal to) (direct one’s attention toward something)

18.  (President 總統)

19.  (appeared: 出現 turned up/showed up/came up)

20.  (felt encouraged V-pp 受到鼓勵的; felt inspired/felt excited)

 

CDB

9/18

Cloze

Left: BDAB

Right: BACD

 

1.      (available: 可取得的; 可流通的; 可獲得的)

2.      (sources: 來源; origin/root)

3.      B ( invites 三單動詞; 邀請)

4.      D (invites sb. to play…)

5.      (science 科學)

6.      (observations 見解)

7.      (gained 得到)

8.      (a large following 一大票群眾)

9.      A (…such a …following that… 如此…以至於)

10.  B (in + 大地方 台北市政府)

第二段

11.  顯然地 by far the + most + 少數二音節的形容詞 famous

12.  與聽眾空中相會; 但是與authors, actors and politicians面談使用talks with

13.  (authors: writers 作者)

14.  (actors: 演員 performers)

15.  (interview 訪談; 面談)

16.  (popular受人們歡迎的; 流行的)

17.  (get interrupted 被打斷的; get bothered; get disturbed)

18.  A (With: With the assistance of/With the help of/Because of)

19.  得以get to + V原形動詞

20.  (東西 they are free of charge; they are for free of nothing; they are for free)

 

BDA

 on the Internet

on the Net

on the web

on the pod

on the show

on the program

on TV

on the team

on the radio

Exercise: 

Podcasting 的概念很簡單：在網路上做廣播節目供大家下載。那樣一來，每個人都能隨時收聽廣播節目，不過 podcasting 歷經了一段時間才真正_______。 網路剛從1990年代開始普及時只能呈現文字和圖片，而之後網速變得夠快才能支援影片和音樂播放，人們就開始在線上製作自己的廣播節目。很多業餘者開始在家錄製 podcast ，之中也有些人找到了自己的一小群聽眾。不過 podcast 是到了前電視與廣播明星開始在網路上製作自己的節目之後才起飛(: 走紅)的。

第一位知名的 podcaster (播客主)是 Marc Maron ，他從2009年開始他的節目，Maron 當時早已是一位有名氣的喜劇演員和廣播主持人，所以他能吸引到一些有名的來賓上他的節目。美國前總統歐巴馬一現身他的節目之後，很多人都受到激勵而開始嘗試做 podcast。現今的 podcast 節目數量已超過八十萬，這些都能從 Apple和 Spotify 等來源取得。《Tiny Desk Concerts》會邀請有名的音樂家到主持人的小型辦公室表演歌曲，《How Stuff Works》則是教大家科學知識，而臺灣的呱吉會在他的節目還有 YouTube 頻道上發表一些他對社會的有趣見解 (:observations)。呱吉獲得了一大票追隨者 (: a large following)，而後變成了一名政治家，現在是臺北市議員 (a city councilor in the Taipei government)。

這些談話時間較長、內容較深刻的訪談讓 podcast 變得很受歡迎 (: massive or huge hits)。電視或電臺廣播上的來賓在說話時常會被打斷或者有時間上的限制 (: restrictions)。有了 podcast，人們得以(get to)用完全不一樣的方式聽到有趣的想法(: notions/concepts)，而且大部分都是免費的。《The Joe Rogan Experience》顯然是 (is by far + adj. 最高級)全世界最有名的 podcast 節目。Rogan 1990年代的時候是一名電視劇演員，現在他大約兩億名來自世界各地的聽眾。Rogan 會找一些作家、演員和政治人物上節目，而且每次訪談都長達兩到三個小時。

    (A) download   (B) upload   (C) took   (D) spent  (E) on   (AB) to   (AC)東山再起  (AD) 發展起來

      Podcasting is a simple idea: do a radio show ____ the Internet and let people _____ it. That way, anyone can listen _____ it at any time. But (: However, /Yet,/Still,) podcasting _____ a while (: period of time)  to get going(中譯).

(on)(download)(to)(took)發展起來

 (A) widely using  (B) be widely using   (C) being widely used   (D) be widely used  (E) show 

(AB) become enough fast  (AC) became fast enough (AD) becomes enough fast   

(AE) became enough fast  (BC) professionals   (BD) amateurs  (BE) most  (CD) a little        

(CE) a few    (DE) took off

     When the Internet started to _______ in the 1990s, it could only display¹ (同義字) words and pictures. Later (on), it ______ to play videos and music, and people started making their own online programs². Many ______ started recording³ podcasts in their homes, and _____(: some) of them found small audiences⁴. But podcasts _______when former TV and radio stars started their own shows online.

(be widely used) (became fast enough)(amateurs)(a few)(took off)

1. show=> performance=> program => pod => amateurs => podcast => podcasting   2. But=> However, / Yet, / Still, 

"took off: link":  "to suddenly start to be successful or popular"突然開始走紅

(A) Once (B) Upon  (C) seemed   (D) showed up   (E) but   (AB) so   (AC)  already  (AD) encouraged (CD) attract (AE) noted/noticed/celebrated/reputed/renowned   (BC) started   (BD) performance  (BE) subtract   (CE) encouraging  (DE) as

The first well-known podcaster was Marc Maron. He began his show in 2009. Maron was already famous ___ a comedian and radio host, ___he was able to ___ famous guests. As soon as President⁵ Obama ____⁶ on Maron’s show, many other people felt____ to start podcasts.

(AE) (BC)(BD)(DE)(AB)(CD)(D)(AD)

 (A) over   (B) under  (C) sources   (D) society  (E) invents  (AB) invites  (AC) computer science  (AD) science   (BC) on   (BD) in   (BE) follower  (CD) following  (CE) such   (DE) so

There are _____ 800,000 podcasts today. They are available¹ from _____² like Apple and Spotify. Tiny Desk Concerts _____³ famous musicians to play songs in the host’s small office. How Stuff Works teaches people about ______. In Taiwan, Froggy (呱吉) gives his own funny observations about _____ on his podcast and YouTube show. He gained _____ a large following that he became a politician. He now serves in the Taipei government, a city councilor now.)

(A)(C)(AB)(AD)(D)(CE)

 (A) so far   (B) by far  (C) billion  (D) million  (E) review  (AB) interview (AC) and   (AD) but

The Joe Rogan Experience is _____ the world’s most famous podcast. Rogan was a TV actor in the 1990s. Today, he has about 200 ______ listeners around the world. Rogan talks with authors, actors, and politicians, _____ each ＿＿＿＿＿⁴ lasts two or three hours.

(B)((D)(AC)(E)

 (A) free  (B) deeper or more profound  (C) populous  (D) popular   (E) in  (AB) on (AC) get going  

(AD) get encouraged   (AE) get interrupted (BC) ideas (BD) limits  (BE) charged (CD) With  

(CE) complete   (DE) completely

These longer, deeper interviews make podcasts _____⁵. Guests ____ TV or radio often _____⁶ or have short time ____. _____ (: Because of) podcasts, people get to hear interesting _____ ____ (用) a ______ different way. And (: Also, /Plus,/Besides,/Additionally,)  most of the time they’re ____ (of charge).

(D)(AB)(AE)(BD)(CD)(BC)(DE)

Original:

UNIT編輯精選

7     9/17-18 ★★

Podcasting: Putting Radio on the Internet

Note:

1. put/place/lay

2. on the Internet/Net/web

= online

隨選即聽──Podcast 

by Michael Riches

Sep. 17

Podcasting is a simple idea: do a radio show on the Internet and let people download it. That way, anyone can listen to it at any time. But (: However, /Yet,/Still,) podcasting took a while (: period of time)  to get going.

Podcasting 的概念很簡單：在網路上做廣播節目供大家下載。那樣一來，每個人都能隨時收聽廣播節目，不過 podcasting 歷經了一段時間才真正發展起來。

     When the Internet started to be widely used in the 1990s, it could only display¹ words and pictures. Later, it became fast enough to play videos and music, and people started making their own online programs². Many amateurs started recording³ podcasts in their homes, and a few of them found small audiences⁴. But podcasts took off when former TV and radio stars started their own shows online.

網路剛從1990年代開始普及時只能呈現文字和圖片，而之後網速變得夠快才能支援影片和音樂播放，人們就開始在線上製作自己的廣播節目。很多業餘者開始在家錄製 podcast ，之中也有些人找到了自己的一小群聽眾。不過 podcast 是到了前電視與廣播明星開始在網路上製作自己的節目之後才起飛的。

             第一位知名的 podcaster 是 Marc Maron ，他從2009年開始他的節目，Maron 當時早已是一位有名氣的喜劇演員和廣播主持人，所以他能吸引到一些有名的來賓上他的節目。美國前總統歐巴馬一現身他的節目之後，很多人都受到激勵而開始嘗試做 podcast。

The first well-known podcaster was Marc Maron. He began his show in 2009. Maron was already famous as a comedian and radio host, so he was able to attract famous guests. As soon as President⁵ Obama appeared⁶ on Maron’s show, many other people felt encouraged to start podcasts.

 

Sep. 18

現今的 podcast 節目數量已超過八十萬，這些都能從 Apple和 Spotify 等來源取得。《Tiny Desk Concerts》會邀請有名的音樂家到主持人的小型辦公室表演歌曲，《How Stuff Works》則是教大家科學知識，而臺灣的呱吉會在他的節目還有 YouTube 頻道上發表一些他對社會的有趣見解。呱吉獲得了一大票追隨者，而後變成了一名政治家，現在是臺北市議員。

There are over 800,000 podcasts today. They are available¹ from sources² like Apple and Spotify. Tiny Desk Concerts invites³ famous musicians to play songs in the host’s small office. How Stuff Works teaches people about science. In Taiwan, Froggy (呱吉) gives his own funny observations about society on his podcast and YouTube show. He gained such a large following that he became a politician. He now serves in the Taipei government.

《The Joe Rogan Experience》顯然是全世界最有名的 podcast 節目。Rogan 在1990年代的時候是一名電視劇演員，現在他大約有兩億名來自世界各地的聽眾。Rogan 會找一些作家、演員和政治家上節目，而且每次訪談都長達兩到三個小時。

The Joe Rogan Experience is by far the world’s most famous podcast. Rogan was a TV actor in the 1990s. Today, he has about 200 million listeners around the world. Rogan talks with authors, actors, and politicians, and each interview⁴ lasts two or three hours.

這些談話時間較長、內容較深刻的訪談讓 podcast 變得很受歡迎。電視或電臺廣播上的來賓在說話時常會被打斷或者有時間上的限制。有了 podcast，人們可以用完全不一樣的方式聽到有趣的內容，而且大部分都是免費的。

These longer, deeper interviews make podcasts popular⁵. Guests on TV or radio often get interrupted⁶ or have short time limits. With podcasts, people get to hear interesting ideas in a completely different way. And most of the time they’re free.

infamous: notorious

famous

noted

noticed

renowned

reputed

celebrated

well-known

 一…就…

As soon as 

(: Once)

(: The moment)

(: The instant)

(: The minute)

President⁵ Obama 

appeared⁶ (: showed up/came up/emerged)

on Maron’s show (: podcast),

many (: a great many) other people

felt (: feel 變) encouraged

to start (making or producing) podcasts.

 

一…就…

No sooner had

President⁵ Obama 

appeared⁶ (: showed up/came up/emerged)

on Maron’s show (: podcast) than

many (: a great many) other people

felt (: feel 變; 相當於Be-V用法)

encouraged (: inspired/excited)

to start (making or producing) podcasts.

ð  Hardly had …when…

ð  Scarcely had…before…

Upon (: On) President Obama’s

appearing⁶ 

on Maron’s show (: podcast),

his appearance encouraged

many (: a great many) other people

to start to produce podcasts.

to start (making or producing) podcasts.

        Podcasting 的概念很簡單：在網路上做廣播節目供大家下載。那樣一來，每個人都能隨時收聽廣播節目，不過 podcasting 歷經了一段時間才真正_______。

    (A) download   (B) upload   (C) took   (D) spent  (E) on   (AB) to

    (AC)東山再起  (AD) 發展起來

  Podcasting is a simple idea: do a radio show ____ the Internet and let people _____ it. That way, anyone can listen _____ it at any time. But (: However, /Yet,/Still,) podcasting _____ a while (: period of time)  to get going.

網路剛從1990年代開始普及時只能呈現文字和圖片，而之後網速變得夠快才能支援影片和音樂播放，人們就開始在線上製作自己的廣播節目。很多業餘者開始在家錄製 podcast ，之中也有些人找到了自己的一小群聽眾。不過 podcast 是到了前電視與廣播明星開始在網路上製作自己的節目之後才起飛(: 走紅)的。

(A) widely using  (B) be widely using   (C) being widely used   (D) be widely used  (E) show

(AB) become enough fast  (AC) became fast enough  (AD) becomes enough fast  

 (AE) became enough fast  (BC) professionals   (BD) amateurs  (BE) most  

(CD) a little        (CE) a few    (DE) took off

     When the Internet started to _______ in the 1990s, it could only display¹ (同義字) words and pictures. Later (on), it ______ to play videos and music, and people started making their own online programs². Many ______ started recording³ podcasts in their homes, and _____(: some) of them found small audiences⁴. But podcasts _______when former TV and radio stars started their own shows online.

Note:

1. show=> performance=> program => pod => amateurs => podcast => podcasting

2. But=> However, / Yet, / Still, 

"took off: link": 

"to suddenly start to be successful or popular"突然開始走紅

        第一位知名的 podcaster (播客主)是 Marc Maron ，他從2009年開始他的節目，Maron 當時早已是一位有名氣的喜劇演員和廣播主持人，所以他能吸引到一些有名的來賓上他的節目。美國前總統歐巴馬一現身他的節目之後，很多人都受到激勵而開始嘗試做 podcast。

(A) Once  (B) Upon  (C) seemed   (D) showed up   (E) but   (AB) so   (AC)  already  

(AD) encouraged (AE) noted/noticed/celebrated/reputed/renowned (BC) started  

(BD) appearance  (BE) substract  (CD) attract  (CE) encouraging    (DE) as

The first well-known podcaster was Marc Maron. He began his show in 2009. Maron was already famous _____ a comedian and radio host, so he was able to ______ famous guests. As soon as President⁵ Obama appeared⁶ on Maron’s show, many other people felt encouraged to start podcasts.

 

 

      現今的 podcast 節目數量已超過八十萬，這些都能從 Apple和 Spotify 等來源取得。《Tiny Desk Concerts》會邀請有名的音樂家到主持人的小型辦公室表演歌曲，《How Stuff Works》則是教大家科學知識，而臺灣的呱吉會在他的節目還有 YouTube 頻道上發表一些他對社會的有趣見解。呱吉獲得了一大票追隨者，而後變成了一名政治家，現在是臺北市議員。

(A) over   (B) under  (C) sources   (D) society  (E) invents  (AB) invites  (AC) computer science  (AD) science  (BC) on   (BD) in   (BE) follower   (CD) following  (CE) such   (DE) so

There are _____ 800,000 podcasts today. They are available¹ from _____² like Apple and Spotify. Tiny Desk Concerts _____³ famous musicians to play songs in the host’s small office. How Stuff Works teaches people about ______. In Taiwan, Froggy (呱吉) gives his own funny observations about _____ on his podcast and YouTube show. He gained _____ a large following that he became a politician. He now serves in the Taipei government.  (He is a city councilor now in the Taipei government.)

《The Joe Rogan Experience》顯然是全世界最有名的 podcast 節目。Rogan 在1990年代的時候是一名電視劇演員，現在他大約有兩億名來自世界各地的聽眾。Rogan 會找一些作家、演員和政治人物上節目，而且每次訪談都長達兩到三個小時。

(A) so far   (B) by far  (C) billion  (D) million  (E) review  (AB) interview

(AC) and   (AD) but

The Joe Rogan Experience is _____ the world’s most famous podcast. Rogan was a TV actor in the 1990s. Today, he has about 200 ______ listeners around the world. Rogan talks with authors, actors, and politicians, _____ each ＿＿＿＿＿⁴ lasts two or three hours.

這些談話時間較長、內容較深刻的訪談讓 podcast 變得很受歡迎 (: massive or huge hits)。電視或電臺廣播上的來賓在說話時常會被打斷或者有時間上的限制 (: restrictions)。有了 podcast，人們得以用完全不一樣的方式聽到有趣的想法(: notions/concepts)，而且大部分都是免費的。

(A) free  (B) deeper or more profound  (C) populous  (D) popular   (E) in  (AB) on

(AC) get going  (AD) get encouraged  (AE) get interrupted (BC) ideas  (BD) limits

(BE) charged (CD) With  (CE) complete   (DE) completely

These longer, deeper interviews make podcasts _____⁵. Guests ____ TV or radio often _____⁶ or have short time ____. _____ (: Because of) podcasts, people get to hear interesting _____ ____ (用) a ______ different way. And (: Also, /Plus,/Besides,/Additionally,)  most of the time they’re free.