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| luhmann Senior Member Brazil Joined 5121 days ago 156 posts - 271 votes  Speaks: Portuguese* Studies: Mandarin, French, English, Italian, Spanish, Persian, Arabic (classical) | Message 9 of 13 11 August 2010 at 5:12pm | IP Logged |
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I would suggest you use audiobooks recorded in British English as a role model, as the reader will always have a very standard and pleasing accent, and a single unabridged book last many hours so you have a lot to work with.
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| BiaHuda Triglot Groupie Vietnam Joined 5151 days ago 97 posts - 127 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Vietnamese Studies: Cantonese | Message 10 of 13 22 August 2010 at 11:11pm | IP Logged |
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David Attenborough has a very gơod accent. You should enjoy watching the BBC, Planet Earth Series with him as the narrator.
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| Polyglotted Triglot Newbie Joined 5017 days ago 35 posts - 40 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French Studies: Russian, Swedish, Mandarin | Message 11 of 13 25 August 2010 at 3:06am | IP Logged |
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If you're watching the news, they have reporters from the part of the country in which the story being reported on occured, so therefore a plethora of accents. Personally, I'd go for a London accent, as it is the capital, to me anyway it sounds 'neutral', and probably the place you'd be most likely to go to :)
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| maydayayday Pentaglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5007 days ago 564 posts - 839 votes Speaks: English*, German, Italian, SpanishB2, FrenchB2 Studies: Arabic (Egyptian), Russian, Swedish, Turkish, Polish, Persian, Vietnamese Studies: Urdu | Message 12 of 13 25 August 2010 at 5:42pm | IP Logged |
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If it helps Stephen Fry recorded the Harry Potter books - but did throw in a large number of 'character voices' ..... we have them all but I am sure you can get them 'used' on various sites.
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| mirab3lla Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom lang-8.com/220477Registered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5231 days ago 161 posts - 229 votes Speaks: Romanian*, EnglishC2, German Studies: Spanish, FrenchB1, Mandarin | Message 13 of 13 31 August 2010 at 6:20pm | IP Logged |
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One of my favourite British English documentaries is The Worst Jobs in History, mini series, two seasons of 6 or so episodes each.
And as "maydayayday" suggested the HP audiobooks, why don't you also try the HP movies? If you are fond of history, and of Jane Austen's novels, you should also try the BBC series Pride and Prejudice, the ecranisation of the famous novel. Hope that helped, Cheers! 1 person has voted this message useful |
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