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    In today's On Message, I'm joined by Harry Cameron, who has worked as a reporter for<br />about 60 years.<br />Harry, welcome.<br />Thank you.<br />It's a pleasure to be here.<br />Harry, please tell us what being a reporter was like when you started your first job.<br />Didn't you feel tired because you had to travel a lot?<br />Not at all.<br />My main memory of those days is the sense of pride I felt at writing for a famous national newspaper.<br />In those days, almost everyone read a paper every day.<br />Reporters like me traveled the world and reported everything important.<br />I remember once in the early 1950s, reporting from a war area in East Asia.<br />I wrote my report sitting on the bed in my hotel and then phoned it through to my editor for publication a day or two later.<br />But people still read newspapers today, don't they?<br />Yes, but the purpose of newspapers changed.<br />If you want to know what's going on in the world, you turn on the television and spend time on CNN or News 24,<br />which broadcasts the latest news 24 hours a day.<br />And on top of all that, there's the internet.<br />In today's On Message, I'm joined by Harry Cameron, who has worked as a reporter for about 60 years.<br />Harry, welcome.<br />Thank you, it's a pleasure to be here.<br />Harry, please tell us what being a reporter was like when you started your first job.<br />Didn't you feel tired because you had to travel a lot?<br />Not at all.<br />My main memory of those days is the sense of pride I felt at writing for a famous national newspaper.<br />In those days, almost everyone read a paper every day.<br />Reporters like me traveled the world and reported everything important.<br />I remember once in the early 1950s, reporting from a war area in East Asia.<br />I wrote my report sitting on the bed in my hotel and then phoned it through to my editor for publication a day or two later.<br />But people still read newspapers today, don't they?<br />Yes, but the purpose of newspapers changed.<br />If you want to know what's going on in the world, you turn on the television and spend time on CNN or News 24,<br />which broadcasts the latest news 24 hours a day.<br />And on top of all that, there's the internet.

    1. (1) What are the speakers mainly talking about?
      A . The man's experience in East Asia. B . The advantages of newspapers. C . The man's work as a reporter.
    2. (2) How did the man feel when he started working as a reporter?
      A . Tired. B . Proud. C . Stressed.
    3. (3) Why did the man go to East Asia in the early 1950s?
      A . To serve in the army. B . To take a trip. C . To report a war.
    4. (4) What made the purpose of newspapers change according to the man?
      A . People can get news for free. B . There are other ways to get information. C . People don't have time to read newspapers.

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