future tourism is here! From Seoul to Catalonia experience

AFTER10 arirang playlist. 

Ep130

Heated discussion with a strong impact! ‘After 10‘ covers major issues of Korean society, inviting specialists from a variety of fields.
Published on Dec 31, 2013

C01 Overview of Korea's Tourism Industry in 2013

Overview of Korea's Tourism Industry in 2013
More than 12 million foreign tourists visited Korea this year.
The dynamic economy, attractive society, and the proliferation of the "Korean Wave" (한류) seems to be the reason for this. 
With the number of Chinese tourists on the rise, the business experts on tourism expect more than a 10% increase in the number of foreign touristsin the upcoming year. 
On today's After 10, we will be taking a peak into what's to come of the tourism business in the future.

BIT2.- C02 Chinese tourist profile in Korea

BIT3.- C03 Impact of Korean wave on tourism

other tv programmes:my selections

136		2013-12-31	Overview of Korea`s Tourism Industry in 2013 #130
137		2014-01-01	A Long-term Perspective of Korea's Future #131
149		2014-02-14	Advancing the Quality of University Education #144
	163	2014-04-21	Promoting Korean Studies Throughout the World #149
	157	2014-03-27	Growing Political Influence of Overses Koreans #155
	169	2014-05-16	Significance of Volunteer Works in International Community #164
	182	2014-08-15	Pope Francis' Visit to Korea #177

Michael Chabon -writers and reviewers

 Our USA writer today is.... Michael Chabon. 

              Over 90 books with average rating 3.88 out of 5  

              his sheer numbers: 306,057 ratings · 26,633 reviews 

TASK 1. For reviews on my favourite American writer,  read the following link at theculturetrip.

Michael Chabon is a Jewish American author born in 1963, awarded with the Pulitzer Price forThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, while many of his books are best sellers world- wide. His first book, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, was published in 1988 and was a great success and the same happened with his following works. Here is a list of some of the top works of this ‘magical prose stylist’.

TASK 2. For one video review, visit The Bookchemist  on Chabonon Michael Chabon. 

                   Take notes on this review. Observe the language 
               he uses to recommend books! ...then



         ROUNDING OFF

TASK 3. Write a summary (200 words) of what he says, 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfGy-JV_ZNE

 BONUS  TASK 4.  

Write a summary (200 words) of what he says, check with the text below.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xukcFGk1gq8

Round it off with which of the 5 discussed books would you read first :)

• Gentleman on the road /
• Telegraph avenue
• Wonder Boys
• The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
• The Yiddish policeman Union

Days of bygone futures: Barack Husein talks books journalist

 Husein talks books:  from a answers (1995) to questions (2015). 

How to become a reviewer (1:12).

 TASK 1. Take notes on this reelnews, then check with the text below.

Published on Oct 13, 2015

TEXT: 

The American president interviewed the Pulitzer-winning novelist Marilynne Robinson in a lengthy piece which has just been published by the literary magazine, taking the author of Gilead through topics from Christianity to democracy. 

He told Robinson, who he has known since 2012 when he presented her with the National Humanities Medal, that “one of the things that I don’t get a chance to do as often as I’d like is just to have a conversation with somebody who I enjoy and I’m interested in … and so we had this idea that why don’t I just have a conversation with somebody I really like and see how it turns out. And you were first in the queue.”

Informing Robinson that her creation John Ames, a pastor from Iowa, is “one of my favourite characters in fiction”, Obama asked her “how your interest in Christianity converges with your concerns about democracy”. 

He also inquired how, given the importance of faith to Robinson, “at least in our democracy and our civic discourse, it seems as if folks who take religion the most seriously sometimes are also those who are suspicious of those not like them”?

http://www.wochit.com

Gilead  (from The Guardian) 

Gilead is a small American town in Iowa in 1956. John Ames, a preacher in his mid-70s whose heart is failing him, is writing letters to his only child, now aged six, so that when the boy reaches an adulthood his father won't see, he'll at least have this posthumous one-sided conversation: "While you read this, I am imperishable, somehow more alive than I have ever been."The book describes an era when unthinkable things were happening but were themselves about to change unimaginably, for the better. It takes issue with the status quo by being a message, across generations, from a now outdated status quo. "What have I to leave you but the ruins of old courage, and the lore of old gallantry and hope?" Things can and will change; they have before, and they will again.

TASK 2. For a real review, 

visit The Bookchemist view (05:17).

TASK 3. A young Barack Obama discusses his memoir 

"Dreams from My Father" in this 1995 interview (26:16).

ROUNDING OFF.  Read the two links below.

•  NYTimes of books:

The President: Well, as you know—I’ve told you this—I love your books. Some listeners may not have read your work before, which is good, because hopefully they’ll go out and buy your books after this conversation. 

(Read the rest of the interview and listen to the audio podcast on i-Tunes there)

• VOGUE

BIT 1_ Precious few are the moments when brilliant, cult-y fiction writers ascend to the all-important status of Trending Topic.

“This is an experiment,” the president says at the outset. Typically when he travels to a place like Des Moines, Iowa, where Robinson lives, he must immediately make a speech, attend a town hall, visit a factory, or do some other similarly scripted thing, Obama explains. “One of the things I don’t get a chance to do as often as I’d like,” he says, “is just to have a conversation with somebody who I enjoy and I’m interested in.” 

BIT 2_ Robert Silvers, editor of The New York Review of Books, explains to VOGUE how exactly he got the President of the United States to assume the role of book critic.

It’s very simple. The White House rang me and said that President Obama had been interested in the work of Marilynne Robinson. (...) And so it emerged that he was thinking of having a conversation with her when he next gets to Iowa, and would we be interested in this conversation? And I said yes!

films and movies - Michael Caine. Speech acts

Michael Caine – 1999 / Best Supporting Actor / “The Cider House Rules”

Many Kudos to the classiest Oscar acceptance of all time (03:05-05:40).
  (Text below)

You’d think, with all the speeches delivered every year at the Oscars, there’d be a formula to delivering a great one. There isn’t. A great Oscar speech is an enigma. Or perhaps it’s best summed up with the same language that the Supreme Court used to define pornography: “We know it when we see it.”

            link:  BEST  acceptance speches

TimesTalks:
Five Favorite Films | The New York Times

Caine reminisces about making five of his most popular movies:

• Dirty Rotten Scoundrels  (1988)
• The Man Who Would Be King  (1975)
• Alfie  (1999) , 
• Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)  
• Sleuth (1972)

 An Accent That Broke Class Barriers 

LINK: Maurice Micklewhite is... Michael Caine
MICHAEL CAINE's  speech -1999:   Length 2'40"

Thank you, thank you. I was looking [gesturing to the monitor], watching all the others, and thinking back when I saw the performances and I was thinking of how the Academy changed "The winner is..." to "The Oscar goes to...". And if ever there was a category where the Oscar goes to someone without there being a winner, it's this one. Because I do not feel like being the winner. You have Michael, who I'd never heard of quite frankly, who is astonishing. You have Jude, who is going to be a big star no matter what happens. You have Tom, who if you had won this your pot price would have gone down so fast. Have you any idea what supporting actors get paid? And we only get one motorhome, a small one. And Haley Osment, what an astonishing... where is he? There he is. Haley, when I saw you I thought, well that's me out of it. So really, I'm basically up here, guys, to represent you as what I hope you will all be, a survivor.

I want to -- I've got to hurry up or they... Dick [Zanuck], I wasn't here last time, so give me a bit with my speech, the last time I won, so give me a bit extra time, okay? I want to thank Harvey and Bob Weinstein and Meryl Poster at Miramax. Lasse Hallström, an extraordinary director, and Richard Gladstein. The wonderful actors I worked with: Tobey Maguire, Charlize Theron, Jane Alexander, Kathy Baker -- all people who inhabit rather than act. And the wonderful children that I acted with there. And last of all, I want to thank my two daughters, Dominique and Natasha, and my wife. Thank you.

RADIO WAYS -formal language and John Cena -the formality of pranks

According to a number of radio listeners, this particular Z Morning Zoo prank call has been around for awhile. So while it isn't new-new, it's new to us, and definitely worth a listen.
https://soundcloud.com/mosin84/john-cena-prank-call

Register and formality.  

              The grammar of profanity:  

How to express myself ... according to my situation

*ringing* 

[RADIO:] Hello. I have just one question for you. Are you ready? 

[Woman:] Am I ready for what, who’s this? 

[RADIO:] Are you ready for this Sunday night when WWE champ John Cena defends his title in the WWE Super Slam? Right now you can order this awesome pay-per-view event for just $59.99!  

I’m sorry. No, there is not any chance in hell that we’re ever going to have wrestling in this house again. But thank you, but no. Have a good day. 

*ringing phone*  So you guys just called me and as I mentioned before, we’re not ordering this. So please stop calling my house. Thank you and goodbye. 

*ringing phone* Who is that, hey? Hey sir, can you just quit calling my house. and Quit calling me. 

*ringing phone* Listen, hello? Hello! Can you stop screaming and your little sirens or whatever that is? Can you knock it off for five seconds, not interested, stop calling my f*** house. 

*ringing phone* 

> Excuse me? 

> For the love of all that it’s [beep] stop calling my house…
Before I get your number, I will track you down, and absolutely tear you to [beep] pieces. Do you understand me? I know you are John Cena, the crazy mother f***r.
> No wrestling, no super mother fucking slam is happening in this house. 

> I swear to Jesus, if this is those wrestling f*** again. 

+ *ringing phone* Oh! My God! I apologize. We’ve been getting calls all morning. I apologize and yes, yes, I’m… ... 

> You, are you kidding me right now? 

Are you kidding me right now, I can’t even handle that, I cannot handle this. 

I can’t believe if you’re calling me. I’m about to lose my (slamming the phone) [beep] 

*ringing* [Woman:] I swear I’m about to call the police.   

Go [f***] your mother. 

*ringing*  Listen, stop calling. There – Is listening not your strong suit because I’m pretty sure it’s [beep] not, but you are not hearing me, shut your [beep] beat down brain from Super Slam and listen – listen I don’t care if they are $59, $99, $39, .39 fuckin cents, I don’t want it, it won’t happen, it’s not running on my TV again, it won’t be allowed in this house, do you understand me, never – I don’t want to be wrestling here in this house, please going through closets and taking you out t-shirts and blurting them, I’m calling the police and telling that you’re harassing me. Stop it now. I’m calling the police. Good luck to you. Have a nice day. [Beep] yourself.  

>  God damn what? 

SHOW: (the soothsayer:) We’ve been phone scamming you. Your husband – your husband Donny told us to phone scam you.

            Video contains some NSFW language.  

                      = Not Suitable/safe For Work

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1983367-hilarious-wwe-prank-phone-call-drives-mans-wife-insane

Looking to spice up your relationship? Try having a morning radio show repeatedly crank call your spouse about an upcoming cage match.

Sure, it won’t help anything, but you’ll rupture a few internal organs laughing.

This is the scenario that recently played out over the airwaves on Z104.5’s Z Morning Zoo radio show. Wielding a versatile soundboard of wrestling intro music, the show’s hosts repeatedly prank called a listener’s wife, offering a bogus pay-per-view package for an upcoming WWE wrestling match. 

Things began civil, but quickly ran off the rails into complete ridiculousness. 

The woman had zero interest in wrestling and no plans to pay $60 to watch John Cena and company do strange things to each other in a steel cage. 

FULL SCRIPT

*ringing phone-1*  

[Woman:] Hello. 

Prankster's voice: I have just one question for you. Are you ready?  

[Woman:] Am I ready for what, who’s this? 

RADIO-off; Are you ready for this Sunday night when WWE champ John Cena defends his title in the WWE Super Slam? Right now you can order this awesome pay-per-view event for just $59.99! 

[Woman:]  I’m sorry. No, there is not any chance in hell that we’re ever going to have wrestling in this house again. But thank you, but no. Have a good day.

*ringing phone-2* 

[Woman:] Hello? 

RADIO-off; And goodbye to anyone standing in John Cena’s way when he takes on six men in a steel cage “chutes and ladders” match at WWE Super Slam. Order now and save $10 with the low, low price of just $49.99! 

[Woman:] So you guys just called me and as I mentioned before, we’re not ordering this. So please stop calling my house. Thank you and goodbye. 

*ringing phone-3* 

[Woman:] Hello. 

Prankster's voice: Hi, can I speak to champ? 

[Woman:] Who?  

Prankster's voice: Champ, is champ there?

[Woman:] Who is champ?  

RADIO-off; That question will be answered this Sunday night when…  

[Woman:] Who is that, hey?  

RADIO-off; John Cena defends the belt at WWE Super Slam. 

[Woman:] Who is that, hey? Hey sir, can you just quit calling my house.  

RADIO-off; Taking on Sheamus, The Undertaker…  

[Woman:] Quit calling me.  

RADIO-off; CM Punk and even Triple H and the Big Show in a spit-swapping makeout match…  

[Woman:] Holy cow.  

RADIO-off; WWE Super Slam.  

[Woman:] Listen, hello? Hello! Can you stop screaming and your little sirens or whatever that is? Can you knock it off for five seconds, and NOT interested, STOOOP calling my fucking house. 

*ringing phone-4* *ringing phone-5*  

[Woman:] Hello.  

RADIO-off; I’m watching you.  

[Woman:] Excuse me?  

RADIO-off; That’s exactly what The Undertaker told John Cena, but will he be able to take the belt from the mightiest champion in WWE history at this weekend’s WWE Super Slam. 

[Woman:] For the love of all that it’s [beep] stop calling my house…  Before I get your number, I will track you down, and absolutely tear you to [beep] pieces. Do you understand me? I know you are John Cena, the crazy mother fucker.  

RADIO-off; Chainsaws! Explosions! Popcorn!  

[Woman:] No wrestling, no super mother fucking slam is happening in this house.

       *ringing_6*  

[Woman:] I swear to Jesus, if this is those wrestling fuck again. 

Prankster's voice: Okay, good morning. Hi, I’m just calling this morning to ask if you’re a supporter of the United States Military.

[Woman:] Oh! My God! I apologize. We’ve been getting calls all morning. I apologize and yes, yes, I’m… 

Prankster's voice: Fantastic, great. Are you a supporter of the Marine Corp?   

[Woman:]  Yes, absolutely, absolutely. 

Prankster's voice:  Good, great because a former decorated member of the United States Marine Corps needs your support.  

RADIO-off; And his name is John Cena. He’s going to get in the ring and put boots to asses.  

[Woman:] You, are you kidding me right now?  

RADIO-off; This weekend! WWE Super Slam!  

[Woman:] Are you kidding me right now, I can’t even handle that, I cannot handle this. 

RADIO-off; Available right now at a low price of only $39.99! 

[Woman:] I can’t believe if you’re calling me. I’m about to lose my [beep] 

*ringing_7* 

[Woman:] I swear I’m about to call the police. 

Prankster's voice: Hello, you have a collect call from. 

RADIO-off;  John Cena… Will you accept the charges?  

[Woman:] Go [fuck] your mother. 

*ringing_8*  

[Woman:] Listen, stop calling. There – Is listening not your strong suit because I’m pretty sure it’s [beep] not, but you are not hearing me, shut your [beep] beat down brain from Super Slam and listen – listen I don’t care if they are $59, $99, $39, .39 fuckin cents, I don’t want it, it won’t happen, it’s not running on my TV again, it won’t be allowed in this house, do you understand me, never – I don’t want to be wrestling here in this house, please going through closets and taking you out t-shirts and blurting them, I’m calling the police and telling that you’re harassing me. Stop it now. I’m calling the police. Good luck to you. Have a nice day. [Beep] yourself.  

*ringing_9*   [Woman:] God damn what?

               END      

Prankster's voice: Hold on, hold on.Yes. 

Prankster's voice: Mary, Mary this is the ZMorningZoo radio show on Z104. Hi… 

Prankster's voice: How are you? 

[Woman:] What, what…  

Prankster's voice: We’ve been phone scamming you. Your husband – your husband Donny told us to phone scam you. 

[Woman:]I – we are all in a fight right now. Are you kidding me right now?I’m so sorry I felt so bad for you.I couldn’t believe the mouth talk you had on you, oh my god.Well, it’s fantastic…woooo  

[Woman:] I haven’t had my coffee yet. Shut up.Yes, oh, I’m sorry… 

Prankster's voice: I know how that feels…Well, listen we won’t be calling you back anymore I promise okay.  

[Woman:] Thank Jesus.  

Prankster's voice:  Do you won’t after hear this – all right you won’t after hear that anymore.  

[Woman:] I swear to God. I was going to call to jail and I don’t – I was – oh, it was bad.