ZOOM, Series I; 118

Zoom, 118 repacked, WGBH-TV Boston. Presentation of Zoom is made possible in part by a grant from General Foods Corporation and by this station and by other public television stations the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and the Ford Foundation. I'm Nina.

I'm Kenny. My name's Tracy. I'm Tommy. I'm Nancy. Oh, I'm John. Who are you? What do you do? How are you? Let's hear from you We need you We're gonna zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom Come on and zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom Come on, give it a try We're gonna show you just why We're gonna teach you to fly high Come on and zoom, come on and zoom, zoom Come on and zoom, come on and zoom, zoom I have a letter here from Julia Will of Long Island City, New York.

She says, Dear Zoom people, the poem enclosed is a poem. The poem enclosed is written about a factory across the street from where I live. I see white and black smoke and steam coming from the stacks every day. There is another one directly across the river. I would appreciate it very much if you would present my poem to tell people about a health hazard I saw, which is a major problem everywhere. And here's her poem. A Sight of Pollution from My Window. The billowing clouds of smoke I can't see through. I choke. Can't see birds flying high All that smoke in the sky All that exhaust from those horrible high stacks My nose is assaulted And the birds, the birds in so many words will no longer be along with you and me,

because of all that black on the stack. Oh, that's really great. I think that's really cool. Here's a book of poems sent in by Betsy Craft of Natick, Massachusetts. I'll just pick out a couple. Here's one. Fall time. The leaves are falling, the wind is blowing, and cars are stalling. that's fall all right what a sight this is another one it's called summertime flowers are blooming firecrackers are booming the Sun is shining and the birds are whining I'll bet you a dime that this is summertime it's called food I I love food when I am in the mood but when I am sick I don't even take a lick. I remember the first time I went on the high board it looked so high that I was almost

scared to jump off hi I'm rock spencer and I love to dive Mike Salmon is a good friend of mine and we dive together when we're practicing we usually help each other. All right now you want to get up on the board I mean you have to get your hurdle up because you don't have enough weight to push the board up enough to get high so you're gonna have the spin and grab lower. It's hard for me to do a two and a half because I don't weigh enough to get the right amount of height when I bounce off the board. You let go of your knees too early and then you're left in pike. Leave them till you're over the water then kick out straight

to the ceiling. You're kicking out towards the board and you're going in sloppy. I don't have enough time to finish it. You might not get your arms in soon enough but you'll get your legs out and that looks better than what you're doing when you're learning how to dive the first thing is you have to get the hurdle which is when you stand on the end of the board and raise your arms over your head and push down on the board and take off it's really important to get the hurdle right because the hurdle usually sets up your whole dive Before I begin the dive, I think of the dive as one continuous movement. I started to dive before I learned how to swim. and so they had to pull me out with a pole. Diving, it isn't like any other sport.

It's different, it's fast. You only get one chance, and if you mess it up, that's all you get. Oh, my back! Thinking of a 2 1⁄2, and I'm supposed to be doing a 1 1⁄2. A blind entry is when your back is going to be to the water. You'll be spinning backwards and you can't see the water until you're in it just about. That's why some of the dives are harder than others. You get more of the feeling on a one meter. It's fast. You get off the board, and you're in the water in about five seconds, it seems. On the high board, you have much more time. Think about it while you're in the air. When you're going off a high board, it feels like you're soaring in the air. It feels like a piece of paper floating around.

Well, I hope to get through college with Dive, and my mother hopes so, too. Okay, this is a song I wrote, and it's called Dot, Dot, Dot, and it ended in May. It began in March, and it ended in May. I can tell you the hour, I can tell you the day. I can't tell you how long it's been since he went away

So Lord, please send him back to me today Today I know he once loved me, I know he once cared, cause if he didn't love me, he never would have dared. But now I think about him and I really don't care Because he wasn't aware of the love I bear His love I wear He was my lover

He was my friend He said he'd stay with me Until the end But now that he's gone And left me alone I'll think about him every night At home, I'm alone It began in March and it ended in May I can tell you the hour, I can tell you the day I can tell you how long it's been since he went away So Lord, please send him back to me today Right away

That was good. Ana Rodriguez and Rosa Cepeda did a Puerto Rican hand clapping game. It tells the story of a man who says goodbye to his lady before he goes off to war. He tells her to be true to him and reminds her if she's unfaithful and he dies, he may come back from the dead and find out that she lied to him. Se, se, se, limón party, do, do, do, dame un abrazo, so, so, que yo te pido, do, do, do, si fuera falso, so, so, mi durame, do, do, do, do, en los momentos, do, do, do, te olvidaré, te olvidaré, si acaso muero, do, do, do, en la gata, Ya, ya, ya, tendran cuida, do, do, do, de no llorar, de no llorar, porque suya, todo, todo puede ser fan, so, so, so, que hasta pudiera resucitar, resucitar, resucitar. Good.

If you'd like to learn that Merry Mac, send us a stamped self-addressed envelope. That's an envelope with your name, address, and a stamp on it. and we'll send you a Zoom card with the Spanish and English words on it. Tonight's terrifying tale, sent in by Anne Cook of Silverhill, Maryland, is not for the faint-hearted. It is called The Ghost from the Boondocks. As our story begins, we find Marsha terribly bored and John reading his newspaper. Oh, John, I am bored. Yes, dear.

I'm going to find some adventure, said the daring Marsha. Yes, dear, said the less-than-daring John. John. I mean it. She said dramatically. Yes, dear. He said undramatically. I'm going to set fire to your paper. Please do not, dear. Oh, John, I... I mean, I'm going to the boondocks. No, dear, no. Do you know what they say? No. What do they say? They say it is going to rain tonight. I do not care. I'm going to call the equally daring Harriet. Harriet, would you accompany me on a trip to the boondocks? Did you say the boondocks? But do you know what they say? No. What do they say? They say it's going to rain tonight. I do not care. You do not care?

But do you know what happens when it rains out there? You get wet? A ghost appears. All the more reason to go. Okay, I'll go. When Harriet and Marsha reached the boondocks, it began to rain. Did I not tell you so? You are right. You get wet. But did I not tell you so? You are right, a ghost is appearing. But he is dirty. I know I am. Why do you think I come out lonely in the rain? To take a shower. Correct. Oh, I forgot. What? Boo. Eek! Boo! Eek! Boo?

And so our two inshepid adventurers got the excitement they so avidly sought. At supper time, Harriet took the ghost home, washed him, dyed him blue, and used him for a tablecloth. We'll be right back. If you want to know what this means, stay tuned to Zoom.

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to add these items before you sign. You name, address, along with a stamp. We'll send you a Zoom card as quick as we can. Right Zoom, C-double-O-N, box-three-five-oh, Boston Pass, four-two-one-three-four. Gonna lay down my sword and shield Down by the riverside Down by the riverside Down by the riverside Gonna lay down my sword and shield Down by the riverside Down by the riverside I ain't gonna study one or more

I ain't gon' study more no more I ain't gon' study more no more I ain't gon' study more no more I ain't gon' study more no more I ain't gon' study more no more I'm gonna put on my long white robe Down by the rim aside Down by the rim aside Down by the rim aside To the success of the American動画, which was the first time today.

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