PART 1 · LESSON 1 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES Free
Twenty to Seven
Twenty to seven at a Bangkok radio station, Jack's first morning on the river slot: good morning, listeners, seven o'clock; Jack, nervous; a little, what do I call the listeners; our listeners, on air say we; we take the boat, we're late; every sentence ends with the little word; and if I say a wrong word; we laugh, one minute and the red light: the words of the air, the formal word for the listeners, the host's we and the softener before the particle.
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THE STORY
A Bangkok radio station at twenty to seven on an October morning, the first day of the river slot: the Announcer reads the station call formally; Fah the presenter speaks as a woman with the woman's polite word; Jack keeps the polite word with her.
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