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