Re: Can't walk and chew gum at the same time.

On Wed, 21 Feb 2007 22:15:07 GMT, mirror wrote:

Nope. Script and rip-and-read. The trick is to read large chunks of
copy into memory and recite from that. Then you are smooth grabbing
the next chunk, smooth turning pages, smooth when you lose your
place, and smooth handing off to the other knuckheads on the
broadcast. I never cared for broadcast -- no picture, no story.

Very interesting. I guess that means you have to be very much aware of
what you are reading in order to avoid embarrassing mistakes.

I can do it with cold copy. I've exceeded the 9000-word-per-minute
limit on a tachistoscope measuring reading speed (English, not
Japanese!), and grabbing paragraphs at a time is the trick to doing
that. I just snapshot a paragraph into my head and let it do player
piano to my mouth while my mind creates the proper delivery. It's
really a knuckleheaded skill and I'd rather be dancing.

That seems to support the point that I was making. When one reads aloud to
an audience whether it's in one's native tongue or a foreign language, one
tends to be preoccupied with delivery at the expense of comprehension.

Phil Yff
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