内容正文:
外刊听力
Siri 背后的女人
日期:2023.6.15
2023
目录
CONTENTS
1
2
3
4
重难点词
听力训练
试题解析
语音现象
5
精听训练
PART 01
重难点词
ZHONGNANDIANCI
1. voice actor 配音演员
2. get into 开始参与
3. accidental adj 偶然的;意外的
4. *jingle n (收音机或电视广告中易记的)短歌
5. show up [非正式] 如约赶到;出现
6. copy n 稿件
7. spot n (电视或剧院演出中)某演员的固定节目
8. voice coach 发音教练
重难点词
9. talent agent 经纪人
10. recording n 录音
11. fellow adj 同类的;同事的
12. play around with (在手中)摆弄
13. go v [非正式] 说
14. oh my 哎呀(表示感到意外、印象深刻或伤心)
15. *introvert n 性格内向的人
16. private adj 喜欢独处的;内向的
17. *spin v (使)快速旋转
重难点词
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PART 02
听力训练
TINGLIXUNLIAN
听力训练
看下面一段视频,回答第 1 至 3 题。
听力训练
1. How did the speaker get into voice work?
A. A voice coach encouraged her.
B. The studio owner found her talent.
C. She filled in for a missing voice actor.
2. How did the speaker feel about her voice on the Apple site at first?
A. Surprised. B. Excited. C. Proud.
3. How did the speaker deal with being in the public eye?
A. She ignored it. B. She struggled with it. C. She embraced it.
W: Hi my name is Susan Bennett and I’m a voice actor and the original voice of Siri. For a really long time in my life, I didn’t really know what I wanted to do and I started doing, um, working in clubs singing and playing. ①And one day as far as getting into voice work, it was basically kind of accidental. Um, we had finished singing a jingle that day. And the voice actor didn’t show up to read the copy of the spot, so the owner of the studio said, “Susan you don’t have an accent, come over here and read this copy.” And I went. So I got a voice coach and a talent agent and I’ve been doing that ever since. I did the original Siri recordings in 2005 and Siri appeared on October 4th 2011 and I didn’t know anything about it until a fellow voice actor emailed me and said, “hey, we’re playing around with this new iPhone app. Isn’t this you?” and I went “really?”. ②So I went on the Apple site and listened and I went “oh, oh my.”
听力训练
③The fact that I’m basically an introvert and I’m a