After I installed an audio app, I couldn't wait to start recording. At first, I felt quite good about myself, and listening to my own voice was very fulfilling. But slowly, as I got to know more "listeners" and heard more works read by professional anchors, I found that I was just a "layman" who spoke with his voice. Not to mention reaching the level of professional broadcasters, I am at least "108,000 miles" away from scientific and reasonable reading!
With the attitude of "do what you do, love what you do" and adhering to the sense of responsibility at work, I decided to learn to read aloud systematically. Faced with a dazzling array of related books on the market, I don't know which one to buy at the moment. At this time, a friend who is engaged in training recommended me a book called Eighteen Martial Arts. At first glance, the title has a kind of "Jianghu style".
As soon as I got the book, I was attracted by the "chivalrous man" on the cover, which was more vivid than the cover of the conventional eloquence book on the market. Back to the author's introduction, surprisingly, this Zhai Jie teacher used to be an announcer, host, lecturer and so on. And gave lectures to more than 60 million people. It is really not easy! He has also been to more than 40 countries to carry out related activities, and he really can't cope without paying attention! It was not until I saw the catalogue that I understood why the title of this book was called eighteen antis. It turns out that the author used eighteen syllables to correspond to eighteen weapons. After reading this book, he can master weapons and learn "real kung fu in his mouth". That's great!
My goal is to learn to recite and make my voice more professional, so I jumped to the fourth chapter "Reciting eloquence PK". Starting with the basic knowledge of recitation, this chapter introduces the five stages of recitation. Obviously, I need to learn from the first stage of "basic training". This stage requires accurate pronunciation, loud voice, clear articulation, no addition, no omission, no mispronunciation, and appropriate pause according to punctuation. The book emphasizes that you can't talk as usual. When reading and reciting, use different sound colors according to the content of the article. Don't shout. Pay attention to the use of breath when you speak, make your voice fuller, richer and more penetrating, and effectively protect your voice. Seeing this, I know that every time I read aloud, my voice is hoarse for a reason!
The book also guides readers how to improve their reading level more effectively from the aspects of reading mouth shape, pronunciation timbre and tone adjustment. Not only that, this book should also give correction methods for all kinds of reading errors that are easy to appear, so as to avoid readers from detours. Reading Xiao Bai is really "gospel" for me!
Among them, what impressed me the most was the correction of the thin flat squeeze sound. First of all, analyze the reason: the throat is squeezed due to the depression or rigidity of the tongue base. At this time, the soft palate is too low to open. In order to pursue a bright and forward sound, some people naturally raise their throats, which increases the burden of vocal cords, affects the range of vocal cords and easily damages their throats. When I saw it, it was me! Then I quickly took a look at the solution: change the incorrect breathing mode and adopt the chest-abdomen combined breathing method, and the breath should have a certain depth; When pronouncing, open your mouth naturally, relax the lower palate, lift the soft palate, relax your teeth and practice vowels. Then I practiced step by step according to the method in the book. Half an hour, an hour, two hours passed unconsciously, and the voice was really cooler than before, and I didn't feel tense and hoarse.
This chapter is really practical, and then I decided to read the whole book. I will definitely find more good methods and skills to help me master the "eighteen eloquence" and realize the "dream of reading aloud"! Let your Tik Tok catch fire.