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1、Steve EmberDear Yong,Thank you for your kind words.I am happythat you enjoy our Special English programs,and flattered thatyou wish to pronounce English as I do.It also means a greatdeal to me to know that my work for Special English is valuedby my listeners.To address your questions regarding voice

2、production and pronunciation.The terms you are looking forare chest(instead of breast)and head voice.You will get aricher sound by allowing your voice to come from the chestregion.As you mature,you will find this to be even more thecase!Most voice production tends to be a combination of both,dependi

3、ng on what were doing,but professional voiceperformers never forget the former.It is preferable to be relaxed-get a good nights sleep!-and to sit erect when yourespeaking for best voice production and tone.Always maintaingood posture whether sitting or standing.For your information,when I voice for

4、broadcast or recording,I am sitting.As youasked for advice,let me also suggest the following techniques:Do you have a tape recorder or other recording device likeMiniDisc?If not borrow or purchase one!Record yourselfspeaking(or reading)English.As you like my voice,why dontyou find one of my features

5、 on our web site and read it into yourrecorder.Then,you can play it back and compare yourpronunciations and voicing to mine.When youre speaking,place your hand on your chest,if you feel some vibration,youare probably using your chest voice.If you know someone whosings,he or she might be able to furt

6、her coach you in that regard.Chest-vs.Head-voice production is a bit difficult to describe inwords,but once you master it,you will certainly know whenyou are using it.Incidentally,you should understand thatpronunciation and voice-production are two separate entities.Inother words,someone whose pronu

7、nciation of,lets say,Englishis near perfect but who uses only head-voice,will not sound aspleasant as someone whose pronunciation is equally good,butknows how to use the full range of voice.I hope you find someof that information useful,and thanks so much for taking thetime to write.Kind regards,Ste

8、ve Ember P.S.:If you also listento VOAs Mandarin language broadcasts,you might hear mevoicing in standard English for a series called Learn a Word,which dfines English words and related expressions.Subject:toSteve Ember.a question of pronunciation From:gong yong Date:Fri,25 May 2007 12:50:48+0800(CST)To:specialVOAN