Um... At the beginning, yes, it was rather difficult for me to get the right job... um. after you've lived here for one or two years you get to know the system and then that's quite good. You know how to use libraries and oh... you get to know where to um... call in emergencies; um... you get to know... er... trying to get a radio and understand the radio and all the... programmes they have... um and when they're on and the little stories.

when they're on 理解为“播放”，and the little stories在句中如何理解？