Part 1
Presenter: ... and now if you're a regular listener to this programme, you’ll know
that it’s time for our weekly competition. Last week’s prize of two theatre tickets was won by Bill
Martins. Congratulations, Bill. I hope you’ve received your tickets by now.
This week we’re offering a classical CD to the first listener who can name the piece of music and
the person who wrote it. I’m going to play the piece in a few minutes, but before I do, you need to
get a pencil and a piece of paper, as I’m going to give you some help which should make your job a
little easier. Are you ready? Right. Now, listen carefully, as you might be this week’s lucky winner.
Although the person who wrote this piece of classical music was born in Italy, his parents were
French and he spent most of his life in Spain. Flave you got that? On to the second point: there is
also a famous play which has the same title as this music and which is usually performed in the
open air - in the summer. Any idea yet? I should warn you that it’s not that easy. Anyway for the
next point. When this piece of music was first performed, many people in the audience got up and
walked out. At the end they say there was complete silence, which I’m sure wasn’t very pleasant
for the writer. People thought the music was terrible and complained about wasting their money.
It’s amazing really, when you think how popular it Is today.And now for the last point. Part of this
music has been used for an advertisement which you can see on television. I’m sure when you
hear the music, you’ll know what the advertisement is for. I’m not going to tell you what product it
advertises, as that would almost certainly give you the answer! You can also see the advert in a lot
of magazines and I think from next month this advert will also be on your cinema screens. So that’s
four things to remember. And the phone number to ring if you can give us the title of the music
and the name of the man who wrote it is 0018 937 224. And the piece of music is coming up
now ...
Part 2
Man: Hello and welcome to our series about young people living in different parts of the country.
Today you’ll hear Mike Davis, who lives in Hereford, telling you something about his life.
Boy: Hello. I’m 13 years old and I go to Stanley School. I’m in Form 3, and I’m really interested in
science but I find maths and especially English a bit hard. I’m good at running and I’ve run for the
school team in the 800 metres. My dad sells farm machinery. We live in the country about four
miles from school, so I get to school by bicycle. My uncle has a farm and I spend most of my free
time helping out there. He’s got 50 cows and I like to help him with them. I help to do the milking
every Saturday and sometimes I have to clean the cowshed. It’s hard work, but it’s good to see
everything looking clean. I painted it white last summer - I’m good at painting. My
uncle's got a tractor and he says I can drive it when I’m 15. I'm looking forward to that. On
Mondays I go to the Young Farmers’ Group which I’ve belonged to since I was 10. It’s mostly fun
but we also learn things, like how to look after animals properly. I definitely want to work in the
countryside when I leave school. I wouldn’t like to live in a town or sit in an office all day. My
father thinks I should work in his business, but I want to be like my uncle and have my own farm
one day. My mother says I’ll have to go to agricultural college first, so I'm going to work hard to
pass all my exams.
Man: Thank you, Mike, ...
