02

Now get ready to listen to a conversation between classmates. They are talking about
a lecture.
Man: Terisa, where have you been? I didnt see you in 2th century history this
morning.
!oman: I had a doctors a""ointment. #o I had to ski" class.
Man: Nothing serious I ho"e.
!oman: No, not serious, $ust "ain%ul. I %ell in "hysic class yesterday and twisted my
shoulder. The doctor said it will be %ine in a week or two.
Man: !ell you missed one o% "ro%essor Mores better lectures. &e talked about early
radio.
!oman: That does sound interesting. 'an you %ill me in?
Man: (""arently in the days be%ore T) radio %ul%illed the entertainment %unction that
was much wider than it is today.
!oman: I will get %rom the radio now as a little news and some music.
Man: Thats right. *ut according to "ro%essor More, it wasnt always this way. *ack
in the +th and ,th they had radio dramas.
!oman: -ou mean story telling over the radio? I am not sure I %ollow you.
Man: These dramas had whole casts o% "ro%essional actors reading the di%%erent roles,
live orchestras to "rovide the music, and even their own "rimitive version o% s"ecial
e%%ects. (ll in audio o% course.
!oman: It sounds like they went to an aw%ul lot o% trouble to make these shows
listed.
Man: (nd they succeeded. &ave you ever heard o% The !ar o% the !orlds?
!oman: Isnt that an old science %iction movie about an invasion %rom Mars?
Man: -es, but be%ore it was made into a movie it was a radio drama. It was %irst
broadcast in the +s and was made it sound like a news re"ort. The listeners werent
told that it wasnt real and it created a "ublic "anic.
!oman: I can hardly imagine something like that ha""ening today.
Man: .eo"le are "robably a bit more ske"tical now than they were / years ago. *ut
still i% T) in modern s"ecial e%%ects were used I bet the same thing would ha""en.
!oman: Its a little scary to imagine how easily we can be deceived by the media.
Man: Thats e0actly what .ro%essor More said.
1uestion number 23. !hy wasnt the woman able to attend her history class?
1uestion number 2/. (ccording to the conversation what is the main di%%erence
between radio today and radio in the +s and ,s?
1uestion number 24. !hat did the man use the e0am"le o% The !ar o% the !orlds to
illustrate?