BBC环球慢速英语 第353期:听众来信(3)

voice 2: So, Mike closely studied this broadcasting method. In the beginning, Mike produced programs himself. He asked a few people he knew to read parts of the script with him. voices in the first program came from the United Kingdom, Malaysia, and the United States. Radio stations broadcast Mike's first program in October of 1999.
声音2：迈克开始仔细研究这种广播方式。一开始，迈克自己制作节目。他请一些认识的人和他一起念广播稿。首期节目中的声音来自英国、马来西亚和美国。1999年10月，广播电台播出了迈克制作的首期节目。

voice 1: This program was fifteen minutes long - just like Spotlight. It used a special English method of broadcasting - just like Spotlight. But the very first program sounds different than a Spotlight program you would hear today! The original structure of the first Specialized English programs was different. In the first programs, Mike combined three unrelated subjects into one program. But today, each Spotlight program concentrates on only one particular subject. This way, we can include more information and explore a subject more carefully.
声音1：这期节目时长15分钟，和现在重点报道节目的时长一样。该节目用慢速英语的方式进行播报，这也和重点报道节目一样！但是第一期节目听上去与大家现在听到的重点报道节目有所不同！首期慢速英语节目的初始架构与现在的节目不同。在第一期节目中，迈克将3个无关的主题汇总在一起进行播报。而现在，每期重点报道节目只聚焦一个特定主题。这样一来，我们可以涵盖更多信息，更仔细地对主题进行探讨。