Summary
7 June 2013
The British Queen, Queen Elizabeth II, has officially opened the 大象传媒's new headquarters. The Queen, who is commemorating sixty years since her coronation, took a tour of the newsroom and met journalists from the World Service. She also made an announcement live on air to declare Broadcasting House open.
Reporter:
Tom Esslemont
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The Queen first visited Broadcasting House in 1939. Back then she was a young princess, accompanying her father King George VI and her mother, Queen Elizabeth. Fourteen years later she was crowned.
In her six decades as Queen, the 大象传媒's headquarters have seen many changes and challenges. During the Second World War the iconic art deco facade was damaged in the Blitz. Producers and announcers regularly took cover in a special air raid bunker. Since then, some of the building's wood panelled offices have been made famous by those who worked in them. Room 101 gave George Orwell inspiration for his novel 1984.
In recent years, Broadcasting House has had a one-and-a-half billion dollar revamp. The Queen will see the state-of-the-art glass fronted extension and inspect the 大象传媒's multi-media newsroom.
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Vocabulary
- crowned
made king or queen at a special ceremony
- iconic
well known and representing an idea
- facade
front of the building
- bunker
underground shelter with strong walls to protect the people inside it from bullets or bombs
- inspiration
the idea (for doing something)
- revamp
change or improvement
- state-of-the-art
modern, using the latest technology
- multi-media
using different types of media, such at television, radio and computers
