Vocabulary work: It’s all about broadcasting a) Read the words from the green box. b) Use the words from above and write them next to their English definition. 1. Broadcasting House the headquarters of the BBC in London. People sometimes talk about Broadcasting House to speak of the BBC as an organisation 2. a television station and the programmes that it broadcasts, for example ORF 1 in Austria 3. radio stations that broadcast programmes to specific areas and regions, not to the whole of a country 4. a group of companies that broadcast the same television or radio programmes over a large area, or a company that produces or sells the rights to such broadcasts 5. the building where a radio or television company broadcasts from OR a company that broadcasts television or radio programmes c) Here are more words that have to do with broadcasting: Match the words from the left with the definitions on the right. 1. to buffer words written on a video screen to show what the speaker is saying (maybe in the same or different language as the sound). 2. subtitles broadcasting now 3. transcript 1 download audio/video in preparation for play 4. on air written version of what you hear on audio/video Facts, facts, facts: What do you remember? What have you heard/read on these two pages? Tick the statements that are true. 1. The letters “BBC” mean “British Broadcasting Corporation.” 2. The BBC was started in the 1930s. 3. The BBC’S first manager was John Reith, an engineer from Scotland. 4. The BBC was started in the city of Liverpool, United Kingdom. 5. The BBC’s headquarters are called “Broadcasting House”. 6. The BBC’s headquarters are located in London. 2 Info What does “to broadcast” mean? It means to send out sound or pictures that are carried over distances using radio waves. i Broadcasting House • channel • local radio • network • station 3 131 16 one hundred and thirty-one Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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