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Hola Ludwing y muy buenas tardes.

Cmo te va? Espero que te encuentres bien.

Aqu estn los nuevos textos de Spotlight para la semana que viene.

Espero que

te gusten los temas porque son interesantes. Obviamente me encanta eltema del

unes porque se trata de la radio. El programa de jueves me parece un

programa

muy importante tambin. Como siempre, tenemos mucho para aprender de

ellos.

Que tengas un lindo fin de semana, Ludwing. Gracias por acompaarnos

en el

programa, Spotlight. Bendiciones.

Allen.

Spotlight - Ingls Especial

Lun 8 nov Inventing the Radio, 1181

Mar 9 nov Internet Museum, 1182/372

Mie 10 nov How Vaccines Work, 1183

Jue 11 nov Preparing for Natural Disasters, 1184

Vie 12 nov The Wrong End of the Stick, 1185

Sab 13 nov Badds, 1186/675

El horario de Spotlight se encuentra en la ltima pgina del

documento. Gracias.

Program 1181: Inventing the Radio (Inventando la Radio)

Voice 1 Hello. Im Marina Santee.

Voice 2 And Im Elizabeth Lickiss. Welcome to Spotlight. This

programme uses a

special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to

understand,

no matter where in the world they live.

Voice 1 Millions of people all over the world use their radios every

day. You

are probably listening to one at this very minute! But one hundred

years ago

there was no such thing as a radio. That is very hard to imagine!

In this programme we are looking at the life of Sir John Ambrose

Fleming. He was

one of the important people in the development of radio. He made it

possible for

you to listen to us today.

Voice 2 John Fleming was born in eighteen forty-nine [1849] in

England. He

loved to study science, even when he was a child. He began to study

science at

University College in London when he was only sixteen years old. Butit was very

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hard for him to complete his studies.

Johns father was the leader of a church in London. He did not have

enough money

to pay for Johns university education. So John had to earn his own

living while

he was studying.

Voice 1 When he left university, John became a teacher of science in

the north

of England. He enjoyed teaching children but he also wanted to study

science

more deeply himself. So he saved up his money and went back to London

to study.

This time he studied at the Royal College of Chemistry. When he had no

money

left, John returned once again to teaching. He taught in a school in

the south

of England for three years. But what he really wanted to do was to

work in

science and research.

Voice 2 Once he had saved up enough money John started his research

studies at

Cambridge University. He became well known for being able to solve

difficult

problems in science. He advised the companies that were beginning to

use the new

technology of electricity.

One hundred years ago scientists were still trying to understand fully

how

electricity works. Scientists from different countries shared their

ideas with

each other. Each scientist built on the work of other scientists.

Voice 1 Radio first became possible when Michael Faraday demonstrated

what an

electrical current could do. He showed that it could produce a

magnetic field.

But it was another scientist, James Clerk Maxwell, who took the next

step. He

proved that electrical currents could be felt at great distances. He

believed

that this, electromagnetic energy could move in waves. He believed

these radio

waves could travel at the speed of light.

Voice 2 Yet another scientist, Marconi, finally brought all these

ideas

together. He invented a system for sending sounds across a space. His

system did

not use wires to carry the sound. This is why the old name for a radio

was a

wireless.

In nineteen hundred and one, Marconi wanted to send a message across a

very

large distance - across the Atlantic Ocean. It was a distance of three

thousandtwo hundred kilometres.

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Marconi wanted to make sure his experiment would succeed. Many people

were

watching to see if his ideas would work. He asked Sir John Ambrose

Fleming to

advise him. Sir John could see immediately that the equipment Marconi

planned touse was too small for the job.

So Sir John designed a new, larger piece of radio equipment. He set it

up at

Poldhu Point in Cornwall, England. It was high on a hill by the sea.

The

equipment pointed towards Canada. In November nineteen hundred and

one, Marconi

left Fleming in England. Marconi then travelled across the Atlantic

Ocean. He

set up his receiving equipment in Newfoundland, Canada.

Voice 1 On December the twelfth, Marconi heard three short sounds

coming

through his receiver. It was the Morse code for the letter S. The

signal had

travelled through the air all the way from England to Canada. Sir John

had made

Marconis ideas work. But Marconis system could not carry the sound

of the

human voice. Radio, as we know it, was still a long way off.

Voice 2 It was at this point that Sir John Ambrose Fleming became the

hero of

the story. Sir John invented many things during his long life. But his

best-known invention was the radio valve.

Voice 1 By the way, an American inventor developed Sir Johns valve

further.

His name was Lee De Forest. De Forest called his device the vacuum

tube. Even

today, British engineers call these devices valves, and Americans

call them

tubes.

Voice 2 The valve, or tube, controlled the flow of electricity in the

equipment

sending the signals. It changed the electrical signals into radio

waves. These

could then travel long distances. The signals also became much

stronger than

before.

The invention of the valve was the greatest event in electronic

engineering of

the time. It was the first of hundreds of different kinds of valves.

These

valves made possible huge progress in radio and television technology.

Voice 1 Todays radios no longer use valves like these. But the

valves in much

specialised electronic equipment are still based on Sir Johns

invention.

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Sir John was not only good at research and at solving problems. He was

also a

very fine public speaker. He was very good at explaining difficult

scientific

ideas - even to children. Crowds of people gathered to hear him speak

on

scientific subjects. Sir John gave his last talk to an important groupof

scientists when he was ninety years old. He received many public

honours because

of his great service to science.

Voice 2 But Sir John was not just devoted to science. He was also a

Christian.

He loved to study the Bible as much as he loved to study science. He

often

taught about the Bible in public. Crowds of people gathered to hear

him speak

about this other great interest of his life.

John Fleming became a Christian when he was a young man. He treated

the Bible

with great respect. He felt it was a complex book and should be

studied

seriously.

The Christian Bible is one book, but it contains sixty-six books.

About forty

different people wrote them. These people lived during a period of

about

fourteen hundred years. They used three different languages. These

facts about

the Bible caused some people to think that it is just a lot of stories

made up

by the many writers.

Voice 1 But Sir John studied the Bible for many years. He believed it

to be a

communication to us from the Creator of the universe. He said,

Voice 3 "The Bible contains records of events completely different

from normal

human experience. Although it was written by men, I believe there is

much

evidence that it is not simply the product of the human mind."

Voice 1 The writer of todays programme was Joy Smith. The producer

was

Elizabeth Lickiss. The voices you heard were from the United Kingdom.

Computer

users can hear our programmes, read our scripts and see our wordbook

on our

website at www.radio.english.net. This programme is called Inventing

the

Radio. Thank you for joining us in todays Spotlight programme.

Goodbye.

Program 1182/372: Internet Museum (Museo en Internet)

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Thank you for joining us for todays Spotlight program. Im Dean

Kladder.

And Im Rebekah Schipper. Spotlight uses a special English method of

broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where

in the

world they live.

Skeletons of pre-historic animals. Famous paintings. Ancient tools

and

weapons. Pictures from World Wars. Jewels from kings. Books from

famous

writers. Telescopes and Computers. These are just a few things that

you can

find in museums.

Todays Spotlight looks at a new kind of museum.

There are famous museums all over the world. These buildings are

devoted to

protecting, studying, and showing special objects. These objects have

educational, historical, and artistic value. Here are a few famous

museums from

around the world. Do you recognize any of them?

The Louvre. The Louvre is a museum in France. It used to be a royal

palace for

the king of France. But now, the Louvre contains some of the most

important

objects in history- from famous drawings by artist Michelangelo to

Egyptian

Shabtis, used in ancient burials.

Olduvai Gorge is in Kenya. This is an archaeological museum. It is

an area

where some important fossils and bones were discovered. Scientists

believe that

they found the remains of a man there. But not just any man. This

man is

believed to have lived eight million years ago! This area is believed

to be

where some of the earliest humans lived.

The State Hermitage is an art museum. It is in St. Petersburg,

Russia. It

holds over three million works of art. The art shows the development

of culture

from the Stone Age to the twentieth century.

Auschwitz is in Poland. During World War Two Auschwitz was used as a

death camp

by the German Nazis. Millions of people, Jews, Gypsies, and

Christians, were

killed in Auschwitz for no good reason. Today, Auschwitz is used as a

museum.

You see, there are people that survived their stay in Auschwitz. They

want all

people everywhere to visit Auschwitz. They do not want people to

forget the

evil that happened there. They do not want history to repeat.

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Going to a museum is a wonderful way to learn more about a culture or

time

period. But, what if you are not able to visit a museum. What if you

cannot go

to Russia, to see their cultural works of art? What if you are not

able to go

to Poland to see Auschwitz?

Well, now there is a museum that is making it easy for anyone anywhere

to visit

it. People from all over the world will be able to see the objects

inside the

museum. They will be able to read the information and learn about

each object.

The American Museum of Natural History is going on-line. Thats

right, this

museum will be on the Internet for anyone to see.

So, how does a museum get to be on the Internet? Well, the American

Museum of

Natural History uses a process called digitisation. Digitisation

involves

taking pictures of each object in the museum. But these are not

ordinary

pictures. These pictures show up on computer screens. The pictures

can be put

onto the Internet. Then, the information about the object is added.

In time,

every object with its information will be free to look at.

Putting a museum on the Internet is a very big job. The American

Museum of

Natural History has thirty million objects! Two to three million of

those

objects are fossils, the remains of plants and animals left in rock.

The rest

of the objects are samples of different kinds of plants and animals,

rocks, and

tools. The goal is to have a picture of most every object. Sometimes

two or

three pictures are necessary to fully show the object.

Using the Internet is an easy way to find any object that is in the

museum. All

the objects can be searched for on the web-site. They are all placed

in

categories like place, culture, or sort of object. For example, a

computer user

may want to know about a particular animal. They can look up that

animal on the

museums website. There they could find field note information,

pictures, maps

of areas where the animal lives, and different species groups.

Scientists are getting involved with the Internet museum as well.

Many

scientists are adding their own specific information. They take

pictures of

their own findings and add links to the museums website. They also

add their

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own notes. This gives people who are searching for facts even more

information.

It is a great way to learn more about the natural world.

The American Museum of Natural History is not the only museum to go

onto the

Internet. Other museums are starting to go on-line too. Art museums,history

museums, a plant museum, even the State Hermitage museum in Russia are

becoming

Internet museums! All of their objects are being digitised and put

onto museum

websites. One worker at the American Museum of Natural History says,

We are

all heading toward a kind of digital world museum. Soon there will

be a record

of the world on the Internetcomplete, with pictures.

There are many good reasons to put a museum on the Internet. One

reason is for

conservation. Some day the objects may disappear. For natural

reasons some of

the objects may start to fall apart. But the picture will always

remain.

Having a real object to look at is always better. But, having a

picture is

better than having nothing at all!

Another good reason to put museums on the Internet is for research

purposes.

The information is easy to get at for anyone with a computer. So a

doctor in

India could look at the information. Or, a ten-year-old child in

Brazil could

use it for a school report. Everyone can learn from an Internet

Museum.

Finally, Internet Museums will make people want to visit a real

museum. Museum

directors believe that people will see interesting objects on the

Internet.

Then, they will become so interested that they will want to see the

real

objects. Or, people will want to see what is in their own local

museum.

Internet Museums are just another way to learn more about our world.

It is good

to learn more about the earth and the objects in it. And it is always

good to

learn more about other cultures from around the world. The more we

learn about

each other, our world, and other cultures the more we will be able to

help each

other.

The writer of todays Spotlight was Rebekah Schipper. The voices you

heard were

from the United States. Computer users can hear these programs, read

our

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scripts, and see our wordbook on our website at

www.radio.English.net. This

program is called 'Internet Museum.'

If you have comments or questions, please email us. Our email address

is

radio@english.net.

Program 1183: How Vaccines Work (Como Funcionan las Vacunas)

Voice 1 Thank you for joining us for todays Spotlight program. Im

Liz Waid.

Voice 2 And Im Marina Santee. Spotlight uses a special English

method of

broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where

in the

world they live.

Todays Spotlight program is about vaccines. These medicines are

changing lives

all over the world. But how exactly do they work? What are they? We

will explore

vaccines today on Spotlight.

Voice 1 You may have heard our program about the history of vaccines.

That

program talked about Doctor Edward Jenner. He wanted to stop a deadly

disease

called smallpox. Smallpox was an ancient and very serious disease. It

caused the

death of many people. Doctor Jenner experimented with smallpox and

cowpox.

Cowpox is a disease that mostly infects cows. But it can infect humans

too. It

is very similar to smallpox. But it is much less severe. Doctor Jenner

proved

that if people became infected with cowpox, they would be immune to

smallpox.

That is, they would not become infected with smallpox.

Voice 2 Doctor Jenners research led him to develop the first

vaccine.

Vaccination is the process of placing special infected material under

a persons

skin to help protect the body against diseases.

Voice 1 Vaccines led to the end of the horrible disease smallpox.

Vaccines have

also reduced the number of deaths from other diseases. Today, many

governments

require their people to have vaccinations. And some vaccines are

provided for

free. Vaccines protect many thousands of people every year in many

different

countries.

Voice 2 To understand what a vaccine does, we need to know a little

about the

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immune system. Everybody has an immune system. This system helps to

protect

people from diseases. It is a complex system of organs and fluids.

They work

together to find and destroy viruses and bacteria inside a persons

body.

Voice 1 A virus is a very small organism. A person cannot see it. But

this

small organism can cause a lot of trouble. A virus invades a cell

inside a

persons body. Then it uses parts of that cell to make copies of

itself. Soon,

there are many copies of the virus. Viruses can copy themselves

thousands of

times. So, infections can spread very quickly through a persons body.

Voice 2 The immune system tries to stop viruses with antibodies.

Antibodies are

very important. Under a powerful microscope, they look like the letter

Y. Each

end connects with a different substance or molecule. When an antibody

attaches

to a virus, the virus cannot harm the body. Antibodies stop the virus

from

spreading. Each antibody is made especially to attack a particular

virus.

Voice 1 Every antibody that a person needs for every different virus

is already

stored inside a persons immune system. It is stored as a kind of

design plan,

or blueprint. Think about how amazing that is! There are millions of

different

antibodies! And each antibody blueprint is already in your body! Your

immune

system just needs to find and copy it. But it can take a long time for

the

immune system to find and copy the antibodies.

Voice 2 So, the immune system tries to find the right antibody

blueprint. At

the same time, it tries to stop the infection through fever, pain and

sickness.

A person feels sick. They may have a fever. Their body tries to use

the heat

from the fever to kill the virus. And their body may try to get rid of

the virus

through diarrhea. The person may be unable to eat or drink. In these

ways the

immune system actually makes the person sick! But this sickness has a

purpose.

These reactions from the persons body try to slow the spread of the

virus. This

gives the person more time to produce the correct antibodies. When a

persons

body cannot find and produce enough antibodies to fight the virus,

they die.

Voice 1 So, then, how does a vaccine work? Well, a vaccine is a veryweak form

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of a virus. This weakened form of the virus is usually injected into a

persons

body. A vaccine encourages the immune system to create antibodies for

that

virus. So, if a virus threatens the immune system, the immune system

already has

the correct antibodies to fight it.

Voice 2 There are three different kinds of vaccines. The first is

called a

killed vaccine. Doctors use a special chemical to kill the virus.

Then they

inject the dead virus into a persons body. The immune system can

create

antibodies from the killed virus. Some typhoid and influenza vaccines

are

examples of killed vaccines.

Voice 1 The second kind of vaccine is called an acellular vaccine.

This

vaccine uses only part of a virus. It only uses the parts of the virus

that help

the body become more immune. The whooping cough vaccine is an example

of an

acellular vaccine.

Voice 2 Scientists and doctors consider these two kinds of vaccines

the safest.

These vaccines are also usually less painful than other vaccines. They

cannot

cause disease in people with weak immune systems. But sometimes these

vaccines

are not permanent. Sometimes a person must receive a vaccination every

few

years.

Voice 1 But there is another kind of vaccine called an attenuated

vaccine.

Doctors believe these vaccines are the most effective. This is because

they are

whole cells. Often people who receive attenuated vaccines never need

more

vaccinations for a particular virus.

Voice 2 But attenuated vaccines can be unpredictable. They can do

things that

doctors do not expect. In a very few special cases these live vaccines

can

change into the original virus. This means that the vaccine could

infect the

person instead of protecting him. This does not happen very often. And

doctors

make sure that the vaccines are as safe as possible. There are

attenuated

vaccines for mumps, measles, and rubella.

Voice 1 Human bodies are very complex. And they are also very

amazing! Science

helps doctors understand more about the human body every day. When

people

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understand more about their bodies, they can stay healthier. They can

make

better choices about medicines. And they value their bodies more. When

people

understand more about their bodies, they also have less fear of

medicines like

vaccines.

We hope that todays Spotlight has helped you learn more about

vaccines.

Voice 2 This program was written and produced by Liz Waid. The voices

you heard

were from the United States and the United Kingdom. This program is

part of a

group of programs about vaccines. To hear more programs, visit our

website at

www.radio.English.net. This program is called How Vaccines Work.

Voice 1 We love to hear comments and questions from our listeners. If

you have

a comment or question you can email us. Our email address is Radio @

English .

net. We hope you can join us again for the next Spotlight program.

Goodbye!

Program 1184: Preparing for Natural Disasters (Preparndose para

Desastres

Naturales)

Voice 1 Thank you for joining us for todays Spotlight. Im Liz Waid.

Voice 2 And Im Rebekah Schipper. Spotlight uses a special English

method of

broadcasting.

Voice 1 Disaster has filled the news in two thousand and four: Floods

in

Bangladesh and Haiti, hurricane after hurricane in the Caribbean,

drought, or

lack of rain in Kenya, earthquakes in Iran. Many people have lost

their homes,

their land, and even their lives. People have spent billions of

dollars trying

to rebuild their communities. Is there any way to save people, their

homes, and

their communities from natural disasters?

Voice 2 Todays Spotlight is on sustainable relief. That is,

preparing

communities for natural disasters before they hit.

Voice 1 According to the United Nations, natural events affected more

than two

hundred million people in the last ten years. Natural events become

disasters

when they affect people and the places where they live, including

their homes,

businesses, and land.

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Voice 2 Natural disasters can happen anywhere in the world. But sadly

natural

disaster damage is usually worse in poor areas of the world.

Developing nations

usually suffer the most.

Voice 1 Why is damage worse in poor nations? Well, there are manyreasons. Here

are just a few. First, often the land is not firm. People burn the

land to make

room to grow crops. They cut trees. This destroys the soil and makes

the earth

weak. The wind and rain of large storms and floods can break the earth

apart.

The earth can slide. The sliding earth can destroy homes and buildings

in its

path.

Voice 2 Second, the buildings are not strong. Often people in poor

communities

build their houses from weak materials. Wind and rain can easily

destroy these

materials. In a large natural disaster many people can lose their

homes.

Voice 1 Wind and rain can also destroy roads. Damaged roads can cut

people off

from any help they may need after a natural disaster.

Voice 2 Third, many people in the developing world do not know about

ways to

protect themselves. No one has taught them how to prepare for

disasters.

Voice 1 And finally, many developing nations are in areas where

natural

disasters often hit. Many developing nations are still developing

because they

are always rebuilding after some natural event.

Voice 2 It is common for people to try to get back to normal after

a natural

disaster. People rebuild their homes, communities, and lives. The

problem is

they behave in the exact same way as they have in the past. They build

weak

structures that a new disaster can easily destroy again. They continue

to burn

the land to grow their crops. And they do not learn new information

about how to

stay protected. So, when the next natural disaster hits, their homes,

land, and

lives are destroyed once again.

Voice 1 For example, in two thousand and two the country of Kenya

experienced a

drought. The lack of rain made it hard to grow any crops. Many people

suffered.

Development groups tried to help the Kenyans. The groups gave people

food and

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water. They kept many Kenyans alive. But, what they did not give the

Kenyans was

an education. The Kenyans did not learn to prepare for another

drought.

Voice 2 Well, in two thousand four another drought hit Kenya. Many

Kenyanssuffered once again.

Voice 1 Many people are asking themselves, what is the point? Why

help people

if they will only experience the same things again and again? Is there

any other

way?

Voice 2 Alfonso Calzadilla believes that there is. He believes in

something

called sustainable relief. Sustainable relief offers people help

that will

protect them in the future. Sustainable relief would educate people of

ways that

they could build stronger homes and how to protect their land.

Sustainable

relief means preparing people for natural disasters before they hit.

Voice 1 Alfonso is a member of the International Red Cross group. The

Red Cross

helps people after a natural disaster hits a country. Alfonso has been

to many

different places around the world.

Voice 2 Alfonso believes that sustainable relief means taking a pro-

poor

approach. That would mean putting poor peoples needs first. Poor

people are

the most likely to be affected by natural disasters. So, a pro-poor

approach

could help reduce the amount of damage from a natural disaster.

Alfonso thinks

that education is important. People need to be educated about how to

prevent

damage before natural disasters hit their countries.

Voice 1 For example, Alfonso tells of Manam Island in Papua New

Guinea. Many

people there do not know what to do about the active volcano on their

island.

The volcano could explode any day. It could destroy many peoples

homes. It

could kill people. Alfonso found that only eleven percent of the

people even

knew of the risk of the volcano. They did not know of the danger.

Alfonso also

found that only six percent of the people knew what to do to try to

save their

homes. And not one person knew of the governments plan of escape.

What will the

people do if the volcano explodes? Alfonso says the people should be

educated

now, not after the volcano explodes.

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Voice 2 Alfonso tells of another community in Honduras. This mountain

communitys name is Ciudad Espana. In nineteen ninety-eight hurricane

Mitch hit

Honduras. Fourteen thousand Honduran families lost their homes in

Ciudad Espana

alone! Hurricane Mitch destroyed many things. But, it did not destroy

the hopeof the people of Ciudad Espana.

Voice 1 Ciudad Espana began to rebuild with the help of development

groups. The

government was even able to give the community some supplies and

money. But the

people of Ciudad Espana did not build in the same way that they always

had.

Instead they looked for sustainable ways that they could rebuild.

Voice 2 The people of Ciudad Espana learned how to make stronger

bricks. They

used the strong bricks to build their houses. They also used the

bricks to build

retaining walls. Retaining walls can help prevent the earth from

sliding and

destroying homes. They also rebuilt their homes on steps down the

mountain.

Steps also prevent the soil from sliding and destroying homes. The

people of

Ciudad Espana felt prepared for the next hurricane. They knew the

damage would

not be as great should another hurricane hit.

Voice 1 Natural disasters will continue to happen. But people,

development

groups and governments can work together. They can be prepared. People

can be

educated. Planning for natural disasters before they happen is called

sustainable relief.

Voice 2 Where do you live? Is your community prepared for a natural

disaster?

Could sustainable relief help your community?

Voice 1 The writer and producer of todays Spotlight was Rebekah

Schipper.

Computer users can hear more Spotlight programs on our website at

www.radio.english.net. This program is called Preparing for Natural

Disasters.

If you have comments or questions about this program please email us.

Our email

address is radio@english.net.

Program 1185: The Wrong End of the Stick (Sale Mal Parado)

Voice 1 Hello. Im Elizabeth Lickiss

Voice 2 And Im Marina Santee. Welcome to Spotlight. This programme

uses a

special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people tounderstand,

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no matter where in the world they live.

Today we are looking at two stories. The first story comes from India.

It is

about six blind men who met an elephant. The second story comes from

the

Christian Bible. It is about a storm on a lake. Both stories show howeasy it is

to get the wrong idea about something. People sometimes call this

getting the

wrong end of the stick.

Voice 1 The elephant was standing right in front of the six blind

men. But they

could not see this very large animal. They had no idea what kind of

animal it

was. So they decided to feel it in order to find out what it looked

like. Each

of the six men touched different parts of the elephant.

Voice 2 The first blind man put out his hand and felt the side of the

elephant.

It was rough and hard and very big. He said, It seems to me that the

elephant

is like a wall.

Voice 1 The second blind man was near the elephants face. He touched

the tusk

of the elephant. It was strong, smooth and hard. It had a sharp point

on the

end. He said, I think that the elephant must be like a weapon - a

spear.

Voice 2 The third blind man took the trunk or nose of the elephant in

his

hands. It felt very long and rough. The trunk moved in his hands. It

turned this

way and that. The third man did not know it was the elephants long

nose. He

said, I believe that the elephant is very like a snake.

Voice 1 The fourth blind man felt the elephants huge leg. He said,

It is

clear to me that the elephant is very like a tree. A fifth man then

took hold

of the elephants wide, flat ear. The elephant was waving it about to

keep

himself cool. The fifth man then decided that the elephant must be

like a fan.

Voice 2 Then the last blind man went to the back of the elephant. He

took hold

of the animals little thin tail. He spent some time feeling the tail.

Then he

declared to the other men you are all wrong, I think the elephant

is very

like a rope.

Voice 1 The six blind men had six different opinions about what the

elephant

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looked like. They argued for a long time. All six of them believed

that they had

discovered the truth about the elephant. But they were all wrong. They

all got

the wrong end of the stick. Not one of them had felt the whole

elephant. Not

one of them had gathered enough information to know what the elephantreally

looked like.

Voice 2 Our second story is about another group of men. These men did

not have

any problems with their eyes. They could see very well. But they also

got the

wrong idea. What they looked at frightened them. They got the wrong

end of the

stick because they did not understand what they were looking at.

Voice 1 These twelve men were followers of the Lord Jesus Christ.

They were his

closest friends. One night Jesus climbed a hill near a large lake. He

wanted to

be alone to pray to God. He told his twelve friends to take their boat

and go

across the lake to the other side.

Voice 2 The night was dark and the lake was large. The boat got to

the middle

of the lake, about five kilometres from the land. Then suddenly, a

storm

developed. The wind became very strong. The waves were huge and the

twelve men

struggled to control the boat. Water flooded into the boat. The men

thought they

were going to drown.

But then they saw something coming towards them. It seemed to be

walking across

the waves. It looked like a man. But people do not walk on the water.

The men in

the boat were very frightened. They shouted, It is a spirit! There

was nowhere

to hide. The spirit kept coming towards them.

Voice 1 Then a voice shouted back to them above the noise of the wind

and the

waves. Have courage! It is I! Do not be afraid. The men recognised

the voice.

It was Jesus. They stopped being afraid because they knew Jesus. They

knew he

was their friend. He was coming to help them, not to harm them.

These men had never seen anyone walk on water before. It is not

possible for a

normal man to walk on water. So the twelve men got the wrong end of

the stick.

They believed that they must have been looking at a spirit.

Voice 2 One of these men was called Peter. He called out, Lord, if

that is

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really you, then tell me to come to you on the water. Jesus said,

Come.

Peter got out of the boat. He put his feet on the surface of the

water. Then he

started to walk towards Jesus. But then Peter looked around him. The

strong windand the wild waves frightened him. He began to sink. He shouted,

Lord, save

me!

Voice 1 Jesus reached out his hand and caught Peter. Jesus said,

your faith is

small. Why did you stop trusting me? He then helped Peter back into

the boat.

The water immediately became calm. The twelve followers of Jesus

worshipped him

right there, in the boat. They said, Truly you are the Son of God.

Voice 2 In the Indian story, suppose the six blind men had felt the

whole of

the elephant? Maybe then they would have found out the truth about it.

But each

of them was satisfied to touch just a small part.

And the twelve followers of Jesus also got the wrong idea. Everyone

knows a man

cannot walk on water. But when they discovered it really was Jesus,

they changed

their minds. They came to believe that Jesus was more than just a man.

Voice 1 Christians today would agree with those early followers of

Jesus.

Christians would say that the twelve men got the, right end of the

stick when

they called Jesus the Son of God.

You may have your own ideas about Jesus. Where did your ideas come

from? Do they

represent the whole picture? Are they the whole truth or just part of

it?

One way to find out more is to read about Jesus in the Bible. Another

way is to

talk to Christians who know him. Or you could call out to him

yourself, like

Peter did. The Bible teaches that Jesus always answers a person who

calls out

Lord, save me.

Voice 2 The writer of todays programme was Joy Smith. The producer

was

Elizabeth Lickiss. The voices you heard were from the United Kingdom.

Computer

users can hear our programmes, read our scripts and see our wordbook

at

www.radio.english.net. This programmes is called The Wrong End of the

Stick.

Voice 2 We love to hear comments and questions from our listeners.You can

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reach us by email. Our address is radio @ english . net. Thank you for

joining

us in todays Spotlight programme. Goodbye.

Program 1186/675: Badds

Thank you for listening to Spotlight, Im Rebekah Schipper.

And Im Sara DeKoster. Spotlight uses a special English method of

broadcasting.

It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world

they live.

Golf. It may be a sport that you do not know much about.

Or, it may be your most loved sport!

Golf is not a team sport. Each person plays for himself. The goal of

the game

is to hit a small white ball with a special club, or stick into a

small hole.

It may take many hits on a golf course to get the ball into the hole.

But the

goal is to get the ball in the hole with the least number of hits.

And the

person with the lowest number of hits for all the holes wins!

Golf is a very challenging sport. Many people say that golf is a game

of the

mind even more than the body.

Golf has become very popular in recent years. More people around the

world are

playing than ever before.

People used to consider golf a sport for older people. But now, there

are many

young people that play and watch golf!

Todays Spotlight is on one of these young golfers. His name is Aaron

Baddeley.

Aaron was born in nineteen eighty-one in Australia. He lives in the

United

States right now, but he plays golf for Australia. His fans call him

Badds!

Aaron started playing golf when he was very young. And he won his

first golf

competition in Australia when he was eighteen years old! He was the

youngest

person to ever win it that competition!

Many people consider Aaron one of the best young golfers in the

world. And he

has just started! It will be exciting to see what he can do.

Aaron is a very popular sports player. His website - w w w dot badds

dot com -

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is the most popular sports website in Australia. Lots of young people

like to

follow what Badds is doing.

On his website, Badds shares a lot of things about his life. He tells

people

about his most loved foods. He talks about his family and his dogBrutus. He

talks about the exercises he does to keep his body healthy. And he

talks about

how much he loves to play golf.

People can also write to Badds and ask him questions. One fan asks,

What are some of your favorite memories from when you were a child?

Badds answers,

I used to take weekend trips with my father. He took me fishing.

One time I

caught a ton of fish...and my dad only caught two! Playing tennis

with my

mother was always good. I won my dog Brutus when I beat her in a

tennis game.

I have many good memories from when I was a child. I am so lucky to

have the

best family!

Badds is in the spotlight a lot. News and sports magazines want to

take his

picture. And Badds likes to look his best. He loves fashion. He

loves to put

different kinds of clothes together. Many sports magazines have said

that Badds

wears the best clothes of anyone in golf!

Badds also loves music. He says that music helps get him ready for a

big golf

competition. He listens to many different kinds of music. And, on

his website,

he tells his fans about his most loved music groups and CDs.

There are many things that make Badds different from other golfers.

He is

young. He loves clothes and popular music. He likes to share his

life with his

fans. These things make Badds special. They are some of the reasons

why so

many people love him. But there is something else that makes Badds

different

from other golfers. Badds is a Christian.

Aaron believes that God gave him a love for golf. He believes that

God gives

him the skill to compete and win. He is thankful for the many gifts

that God

gives him every day. And he likes to share his love for God with his

fans.

On his website, Aaron shares some of his faith stories. In one storyhe

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remembers a time when he was not feeling very close with God. Aaron

says,

The year two thousand was probably the worst time in my life. I was

struggling

with golf. My walk with Christ was not real strong. I was not

spending enoughtime alone which you need to have with him. I even considered

quitting golf.

That is right. You heard correctly.

Aaron says that the reason he thought about quitting was because he

had taken

his eyes off of God. He forgot that it was God who gave him the love

for golf

in his heart. So Aaron decided to change. He decided to recommit his

life to

Christ. And very soon after, he won a major golf competition!

But Aaron also knows that his relationship with God is about more than

just

golf. He says,

Everything else will die away. But Christ will stand forever. There

are times

when you drift from God. But then you understand how much you miss

him. When

you come back to God it is so good. And you understand that life is

just no

good without him. Seriously, I do not know what I would do if I had

to live

without Jesus.

Aarons website also lists daily Bible readings. Aaron encourages his

fans to

read the Bible every day. Aaron has a special email address for

people to ask

him questions about the bible or his faith. His fans can share their

thoughts

about the Bible readings.

If you are interested in learning more about Aaron Baddeley, you can

visit his

website. It is www.badds.com That is w w w dot b-a-d-d-s dot com.

Now, here

is one of Badds most loved Bible passages.

Give thanks in all situations, for this is Gods will for you in

Christ Jesus.

Aaron believes that God has a plan for every person. And God gives

every person

special gifts and skills. What do you think is Gods plan for your

life? What

gifts and skills has he given you? Aaron believes that Gods plan for

him

includes golf. Watch for Aaron in the next few years. See how he

develops the

skills that God gave him.

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This program was written by Sara DeKoster. The voices you heard were

from The

United States. Computer users can hear these programs, read our

scripts, and

see our wordbook on our website at www.radio.english.net. This

program is

called 'Badds.'

We love to hear comments and questions from our listeners. You can

email us at

radio@english.net We hope you can join us again next time for Spotlight.

Good-bye!

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