评论
打印
俗话说,声音是第二张脸。声音优美能给他人留下良好的印象。因此,我们平时学习语言时应多注重自己的语音、语调。字正腔圆、不急不缓、自然大方才能给人留下好印象。
Speaking Effective American English
On job interviews when first conversing with an individual and when addressing small or large groups, the first few seconds are critical in setting the tone for how you’ll be perceived. If she has an annoying regional accent, uses incorrect grammar, has a limited vocabulary, and if she has an irritatingly sharp piercing voice, sounds whiny or bossy or doesn’t articulate her words clearly, it’s an immediate turn-off①. This isn’t someone who you would hire or proudly introduce to your friends and business associates. This doesn’t mean that everyone should try to sound like a professional actor or broadcaster. All of us have qualities unique to our own way of speaking, our individual voiceprint as distinctive as our fingerprints. Our voice is very personal and an important part of our identity. Some natural characteristics of our voice may be very appealing.
The idea is to take the voice with which you’ve been gifted and give it the very best sound that you can. With the right type of practice, by paying attention to the quality of your voice and by knowing how to properly express yourself, you’ll almost immediately improve your opportunities in job interviews, social situations, in selling, and in running a meeting or addressing groups of people.
Let’s say it again, it all begins with the instrument, your voice. If its sound and quality is flawed and needs improvement, that’s where you start. that’s what everyone hears whether in casual conversation or in making a major speech to a large audience. Pure vowel sounds, articulation, proper breathing, expressive speaking patterns, a pleasing vocal range, naturalness, all these will make you get twice the result with half the effort.
［287 words］
行文点评
本文结构清晰，衔接自然。第一句话直接切入主题，引起读者的兴趣：你的声音决定了别人对你的印象。接下来连用两个if引导的从句从反面说明声音的重要性。进而作者笔锋一转，指出我们说话不需要像professional actor 或 broadcaster那么标准，我们的声音是个性化的,它是我们身份的重要特征。这时，读者可能会产生好奇：How to make our voice appealing?
针对这个问题，作者在第二段直接提出解决办法：要利用你声音的天赋。第一句话为全段的主题句，接下来围绕这个观点展开论述。最后一段作者用Let’s say it again进一步强调了声音的重要性，再次重申了自己的观点，深化了文章的主题。
