Hello, everyone.
My RP accent has changed a bit this months, so I would like to know your opinion about it. I've been told by an English teacher that there were some unnatural things in it, but he didn't explain more. You experts out there, would you plz hear it and issue an opinio. I know it takes a few minutes but it will be very helpfull to me, thank you.
Make comments about:
1.- What's wrong about it and which things should I improve or reinforce?
2.- Is it clear or do I need to change certain things?
3.- Is is nice or unpleasant for you? Which kind of influence can you find in my accent Australian, English, New Zealander, American, RP, Queen's English, etc?
here you are the link
http://uploadhut.com/view.php/419628.mp3
Sorry, it takes a some. It's a mp3 file about 2.89 MB of my speech. Which will show you the main features of my accent, and here you are the transcription of what I'm saying there.
THE RAINBOW PASSAGE
When the sunlight strikes raindrops in the air, they act as a prism and form a rainbow. The rainbow is a division of white light into many beautiful colors. These take the shape of a long round arch, with its path high above, and its two ends apparently beyond the horizon. There is , according to legend, a boiling pot of gold at the end. People look, but no one ever finds it. When a man looks for something beyond his reach, his friends say he is looking for the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Throughout the centuries people have explained the rainbow in various ways. Some have accepted it as a miracle without physical explanation.
Well, Hi, I come from Peru. My Brit friends call me Pete, but my real name is Pedro. That's a very common latin name in Spanish. I come from a city called Ica which is 3 hours away from Lima, that's... the capital city of Peru. My hometown is well known there because of the production of wine, growing cotton and some more things. I learnt English there, I used a "British English" method. There were some Peruvians who had a awesome level of English. However, the most important ones were the native speakers, indeed, you know. There were four of them.There was an Australian guy, from the world famous city of Melbourne. The rest of them were English. One was from Brighton, which is a beautiful city by the sea located in East Sussex, in the south of England. Another one was from a city in Essex, that's east of London. And the other guy is what they call... you know a true Cockney, but let me tell you he didn't have that stigmatised strong Cockney accent, or at least he made a great effort to hide his true accent so we ,crappy students, could understand. But, you know I don't think so. Even If I had English teachers, when I finished studies I ended up speaking like just an American... just like an American, believe it or not. My accent has changed a bit these years, due to the influence of other Europeans and English people. You know, having this accent of mine is quite a funny thing. At the moment I live in Utrera, Spain. Sometimes I go to the sights wearing shorts and sunglasses and carrying a digital camera, and when I spot an American I got closer and start to talk to them. I quite like to see their confused, or impressed or dumb expression when I speak. And it's very exciting for me to see an American girl grining at me all the time or looking at me in fascination, just because of my accent. Obviously that's not very common. They turn around and draw the craziest conclussions about my accent, Australian, NewZealander, British, etc. Well, one thing's for certain; it's hard to find a non-native speaker with this strange accent I have. :)
Thank you.
My RP accent has changed a bit this months, so I would like to know your opinion about it. I've been told by an English teacher that there were some unnatural things in it, but he didn't explain more. You experts out there, would you plz hear it and issue an opinio. I know it takes a few minutes but it will be very helpfull to me, thank you.
Make comments about:
1.- What's wrong about it and which things should I improve or reinforce?
2.- Is it clear or do I need to change certain things?
3.- Is is nice or unpleasant for you? Which kind of influence can you find in my accent Australian, English, New Zealander, American, RP, Queen's English, etc?
here you are the link
http://uploadhut.com/view.php/419628.mp3
Sorry, it takes a some. It's a mp3 file about 2.89 MB of my speech. Which will show you the main features of my accent, and here you are the transcription of what I'm saying there.
THE RAINBOW PASSAGE
When the sunlight strikes raindrops in the air, they act as a prism and form a rainbow. The rainbow is a division of white light into many beautiful colors. These take the shape of a long round arch, with its path high above, and its two ends apparently beyond the horizon. There is , according to legend, a boiling pot of gold at the end. People look, but no one ever finds it. When a man looks for something beyond his reach, his friends say he is looking for the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Throughout the centuries people have explained the rainbow in various ways. Some have accepted it as a miracle without physical explanation.
Well, Hi, I come from Peru. My Brit friends call me Pete, but my real name is Pedro. That's a very common latin name in Spanish. I come from a city called Ica which is 3 hours away from Lima, that's... the capital city of Peru. My hometown is well known there because of the production of wine, growing cotton and some more things. I learnt English there, I used a "British English" method. There were some Peruvians who had a awesome level of English. However, the most important ones were the native speakers, indeed, you know. There were four of them.There was an Australian guy, from the world famous city of Melbourne. The rest of them were English. One was from Brighton, which is a beautiful city by the sea located in East Sussex, in the south of England. Another one was from a city in Essex, that's east of London. And the other guy is what they call... you know a true Cockney, but let me tell you he didn't have that stigmatised strong Cockney accent, or at least he made a great effort to hide his true accent so we ,crappy students, could understand. But, you know I don't think so. Even If I had English teachers, when I finished studies I ended up speaking like just an American... just like an American, believe it or not. My accent has changed a bit these years, due to the influence of other Europeans and English people. You know, having this accent of mine is quite a funny thing. At the moment I live in Utrera, Spain. Sometimes I go to the sights wearing shorts and sunglasses and carrying a digital camera, and when I spot an American I got closer and start to talk to them. I quite like to see their confused, or impressed or dumb expression when I speak. And it's very exciting for me to see an American girl grining at me all the time or looking at me in fascination, just because of my accent. Obviously that's not very common. They turn around and draw the craziest conclussions about my accent, Australian, NewZealander, British, etc. Well, one thing's for certain; it's hard to find a non-native speaker with this strange accent I have. :)
Thank you.