2022.05.08 – 0493 – Sounding Like An Expert
Be conscious of how you sound when you explain something to a friend and try and capture that feeling, mood, zone and so on to sound conversational on air.
Here’s an example[1] Read the following aloud as if you are reading it to someone:
“The future behaviour of America as the current lone superpower is terribly important to China not only because America can disrupt China's vision of a harmonising world by doing its own thing in the Middle East and elsewhere, but also because a recession in the American economy (caused by debt, deficits etc) would immediately have a knock-on effect on the Chinese economy.”
Now read it as it is written below but
· Pause for a breath at ‘…’
· Intonate a word when it’s in bold
· Speak more quickly where words-are-run-together
· Slow down where a phrase has underlining
\"The future behaviour of *America* as the *current lone superpower* is … *terribly important to China* … not only because America can disrupt China's vision of a … harmonising world by … doing pretty-much its own thing in the-Middle-East-and-elsewhere … but also because a recession in the *American* economy would of course immediately have a knock-on effect on the *Chinese* economy.”
Just by pausing and emphasising certain words and changing the pace you now sound as if you’re thinking about what you’re saying; as if you’re drawing on your vast general knowledge of China’s macroeconomic policies. You’ve also been bit sneaky and thrown in a word or two: “pretty-much” and “of course”, suggesting you’re familiar with the economic relationship between the US and China.