英语“硬新闻”的播读与播报样本(文娱新闻)

三、英语“硬新闻”的播读与播报样本(文娱新闻)

“英语文娱新闻”的播读原理(忌播成“八卦”)

因为是对文化娱乐新闻事件的介绍,就会与内容所依托的文化背景及美学价值定位紧密相关,所以,就要求驾驭这一新闻类别的主播把握一个最基本的出发点:“事实+轻松”。也就是说,“事实”部分一定要介绍得清楚,“轻松”部分意味着从声音到外在表情,都是用“把受众喜欢和关注的”事件或人物带到人们日常闲暇时间里。进而,语调是洋溢的、语速是随惬意化心情走的、语气是随意的。

“英播人”在EBTV英语综合硬新闻节目中对“文娱新闻”的“播读”状态

Sample of Broadcast Announcing & Anchoring in English on Entertainment & Culture(Gossip/Celebrity News/Movie/Music/Theater)

【Studio Lead-in】

FP:Live News,Live Information.This is EBTV News with WWW from CUC,Beijing,the capital city of China.A round clock-rolling news service.You are listening to(watching)EBTV News with the latest Culture and Entertainment News.First,let's take a look at the headlines:

Sean Penn and Robert De Niro joined stars who appeared at the UN head quarters

Lou Dobbs says TV is first love,not politics

Man broke into Madonna's UK home:reports

Mexico judge rules film can continue in theaters

Rock Hall inducts Neil Diamond,Alice Cooper

China overtakes Britain in art market:report

【Broadcast reading in Studio】

FP:Now it is in detail.Sean Penn and Robert De Niro joined stars who appeared at the UN headquarters for the US premiere of a contested movie on the Middle East conflict that Israel tried to get cancelled.Penn,De Niro,Josh Brolin and Steve Buscemi on Monday turned out to support award-winning American-Jewish director Julian Schnabel at the premiere of“Miral”,the story of two Palestinian women after the creation of Israel in 1948.Our EBTV culture and entertainment correspondent C-12 can tell us this in detail.

【On-line broadcast reporting Stand-up on Spot】

C-12:The Israeli mission to the UN had said that showing the movie in the UN General Assembly hall was[quote]“clearly a politicized decision”that“shows poor judgment and a lack of even-handedness.”[the quote is over].But UN General Assembly president Joseph Deiss of Switzerland turned down the Israeli request to cancel the event.A spokesman said Deiss hoped that showing the film would“contribute”to a settlement in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.C-12,EBTV News.

【On-line broadcast reading in Studio】

FP:Schnabel,who was awarded the best director at Cannes in 2007 for“The Diving Bell and the Butterfly,”praised the UN decision at the start of the film and called his film a“cry for peace.”The film,with Indian actress Freida Pinto of“Slumdog Millionaire”fame in the lead role,is based on an autobiographical novel by Palestinian journalist Rula Jebreal that traces the Arab-Israeli from a Palestinian perspective.In addition,like Jebreal,the lead character Miral grows up in an orphanage in East Jerusalem set up by a socialite from a wealthy Palestinian family,who one morning in 1948 came across 55 children who escaped a village taken over by radical Jewish militants.Adapted with the author,Schnabel's film traces the lives of the two women from the establishment of the orphanage until the Oslo peace accords of 1993.

FP:Lou Dobbs says TV is first love,not politics.According to Reuters in LOS ANGELES,Lou Dobbs works as the pugnacious former CNN news anchor who flirted with the idea of running for president,is back where he wants to be,hosting a television show and free from his old network.Our EBTV News culture and entertainment correspondent C-13 is there.

【On-line broadcast reporting Stand-up on Spot】

C-13:The veteran newsman is hosting an hour-long weeknight program for Fox Business Network debuting on Monday and getting him“back to business”,as the promotional campaign says.

【On-line broadcast reading in Studio】

FP:As we all know,Harvard-educated Dobbs began his career at CNN as a straight-ahead financial journalist.But by the time he left in 2009 after nearly 30 years,he had become its most populist anchor by expressing anger against illegal immigration and jobs going overseas,among other topics.

【On-line broadcast reporting Stand-up on Spot】

C-13:Yes.For a time after his departure from CNN,Dobbs considered the idea of banking on his popular appeal from years in front of the camera to campaign for U.S.president.But the 65-year-old has decided against that.He told Reuters,[quote]“Politics is not what I love to do.This is what I'm going to do,”[the quote is over].Dobbs'new show on Fox Business Network is called“Lou Dobbs Tonight,”the same title as his last program on CNN,and it will air at 7 p.m.eastern time.The show will tackle big issues of the day,from the debt crisis facing the federal government and states,to the failure of the economic recovery to generate job growth,he said.He continued,[quote]“The issues that confront the American people are now clearly in focus,because they're hard to avoid:Job creation the creation of wealth,restoring prosperity,restoring the American dream for millions of Americans.”[the quote is over].

【On-line broadcast reading in Studio】

FP:More backgrounds about Lou Dobbs here.Talking about the TV slot named“MONEYLINE”,people in USA must think of him.Dobbs started at CNN with its launch in 1980 as the host of“Moneyline,”which became a premier destination for business news on television in an era before the rise of CNBC.He later expanded his scope to deal with more social and political issues,on his program.Dobbs had a sometimes caustic relationship with management,at one time finding himself at odds with then CNN/U.S.president Jonathan Klein over Dobbs'coverage of the so-called“birther”debate——the claim by detractors of President Barack Obama that he was born outside the U.S.

【On-line broadcast reporting Stand-up on Spot】

C-13:Dobbs did not rule out taking up the“birther”issue on his new Fox Business show,but he stressed that he believes the president was indeed born in the United States.

He also said that he has no lingering regrets about leaving CNN.he pointed out directly,[quote]“I've noticed that they're in my rear view mirror and getting smaller,”[the quote is over].Since its launch in 2007,News Corp-owned Fox Business has struggled against the dominance in U.S.financial TV news of rival CNBC,a unit of Comcast Corp's NBCUniversal Media.Fox Business is available in more than 50 million U.S.homes,compared to 100 million for CNBC.Kevin Magee as the executive vice president of the Fox Business Network,said Dobbs'new show will be more business-focused than his recent work at CNN.[quote]“The promo line that we're using is'Lou Dobbs back to business,'and in fact he is,”Magee said.“He has always been a terrific business mind.”[the quote is over].

【On-line broadcast reading in Studio】

FP:In fact,Dobbs recently appeared on Fox News'“The O'Reilly Factor”,which is hosted by Bill O'Reilly,to discuss business topics such as labor unions and jobs in the United States as well as the economic fallout from the earthquake in Japan.Media industry watchers had expected that instead of focusing on business,Dobbs might go to Fox News,which features on-air personalities such as conservative Sean Hannity and libertarian Glenn Beck who often express their opinions more than news anchors at CNN.

【On-line broadcast reporting Stand-up on Spot】

C-13:Dobbs said he likes the Fox brand,and has for some time[quote].“I have to confess that I watched Fox far more than I watched anyone else,”[the quote is over].

That's all.Back to you,FP.

【Studio Lead-in】

FP:Live News,Live Information.This is EBTV News with WWW from CUC,Beijing,the capital city of China.A round clock-rolling news service.You are listening to(watching)EBTV News with the latest Culture and Entertainment News.Now let's move our focus on Ms Madonna.Man broke into Madonna's UK home.According to Reuters,a Polish national has been charged with burglary,London police said on Monday,after British newspapers reported that he broke into the home of pop star Madonna.Our EBTV News culture and entertainment correspondent C-14 is there.

【On-line broadcast reporting Stand-up on Spot】

C-14:According to the newspapers,Madonna and her children were in the United States at the time of the break-in,after the death of her grandmother.A police spokesman confirmed that Grzegorz Matlok,29,of no fixed address in the United Kingdom,was arrested on Saturday morning in central London and charged with burglary on Sunday.

【On-line broadcast reading in Studio】

FP:He was due to attend a London court on Monday.Madonna's maternal grandmother,Elsie Mae Fortin,died on Wednesday in Bay City,Michigan,aged 99.Our broadcast is based on the report by Mike Collett-White;Editing by Steve Addison).Now,the information about movie.Mexico judge rules film can continue in theaters.According to Associated Press,a judge ruled Monday that a hit documentary that shines an unflattering light on Mexico's secretive legal system can continue to be shown in theaters as long as the identity of a man who appears in the film is protected.Our EBTV News culture and entertainment correspondent C-15 is there.

【On-line broadcast reporting Stand-up on Spot】

C-15:“Presumed Guilty”opened across Mexico on Feb.18 to wide acclaim,but Judge Blanca Lopez ordered its suspension last week after Victor Reyes Bravo,a key figure in the movie,filed a complaint saying the film violated his right to privacy.An appeals court stayed the judge's order two days later,allowing the film to return to cinemas at least temporarily.Lopez said in a statement released by the federal Judiciary Council,[quote]“The collective interest is above the individual,[the quote is over].She added,however,that authorities must make sure Reyes Bravo's“identity is camouflaged”.

【On-line broadcast reading in Studio】

FP:The ruling denied Reyes Bravo's petition that the film be pulled entirely from Mexican screens.Theater chain Cinepolis said in a statement that it will continue showing the film in more than 70 Mexican cities,but it did not say if it will alter the movie to conceal Reyes'identity or whether it intends to appeal the decision.A message requesting comment from Cinepolis was not immediately returned.

【On-line broadcast reporting Stand-up on Spot】

C-15:“Presumed Guilty”centers on the case of Antonio Zuniga,a street vendor who was sentenced to 20 years for murder in 2005 on the basis of scant evidence.Zuniga's conviction was eventually overturned,a process documented by his lawyers,who filmed the hearings with the permission of the trail judge.Reyes Bravo is a cousin of the murder victim,and the case is largely based on his testimony.

【On-line broadcast reading in Studio】

FP:Now let's pay attention to Music News.Rock Hall inducts Neil Diamond,Alice Cooper.According to Reuters,the singer and songwriter Neil Diamond was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Monday,crooning his signature mellow rock songs in a stark contrast to fellow inductee heavy metal band Alice Cooper.Our EBTV News culture and entertainment correspondent C-16 is there.

【On-line broadcast reporting Stand-up on Spot】

C-16:Diamond and Alice Cooper were honored alongside Tom Waits,Darlene Love and Dr.John at a black tie event at New York's Wardorf Astoria hotel,with Cooper performing in a typically theatrical fake blood-spattered shirt and eye makeup while thanking the crowd with a live snake writhing around his neck.Cooper said after his band performed the 1972 hard rock anthem“School's Out”.[quote]“We have always been a hard rock band,we just wanted to decorate it a little bit differently,”[the quote is over].He later opined the“shock rock”style the band helped originate was gone—he said[quote]“I don't think you can shock an audience anymore,”[the quote is over].Musician Rob Zombie introduced the band by comparing them to[quote]“more like a murderous gang of drag queens.”

【On-line broadcast reading in Studio】

FP:Indeed,there are quite a lot of comments on the performces and the skills.Now,let's share this video-clip.

【Voice-over】

FV:Diamond performed his rousing 1969 hit“Sweet Caroline”—famed for being inspired by former U.S.President's John F.Kennedy's daughter Caroline—as he walked among the audience.He also sang his singles“Cherry,Cherry”and“I Am...I said.”

MV:Singer Paul Simon introduced Diamond by noting artists for the Hall of Fame become eligible 25 years after their first record,making Diamond's induction a long time coming.Simon said,[quote]“My question is,what took so long?”[the quote is over]before Diamond stepped on the stage to receive his award.

FV:Now let's go to the details about his background.

MV:Diamond,70,has sold more than 120 million albums worldwide,as well as writing hits for other musicians including The Monkees'“I'm a Believer.”He later teamed with Barbra Streisand for the easy-listening hit“You Don't Bring Me Flowers.”His successful live concerts were marked by his landmark live 1972 album“Hot August Night,”and many of his songs,including“Solitary Man,”“Girl,You'll Be A Woman Soon,”“Red Red Wine”,“Holly Holy,”and“Song Song Blue”have been covered by the likes of Johnny Cash,UB40 and Chris Isaak.

FV:Let's trace back those singers who were treated as SIXTIES TEEN SPIRIT.Singer-songwriter Tom Waits,61,whose blues and experimental rock has won over fans since the 1970s,inflected his acceptance speech with offbeat remarks such as“songs are just very interesting things to be doing with the air”.He also joked about his profile over the years:“They say I have no hits and I'm difficult to work with—and they say it like this is a bad thing.”

MV:Rhythm and blues singer Darlene Love,72,whose 1962 No.1 hit“He's A Rebel”with The Crystals gained fame as one of the most definitive girl group sounds of the time,thanked convicted record producer Phil Spector,who was behind her best-known songs.

FV:Actress and singer Bette Midler paid tribute to Love,who worked with Aretha Franklin,Elvis Presley and Dionne Warwick,by saying Love“changed my view of the world”and was“the very embodiment of teen spirit in the sixties.”

MV:The event started with the induction of New Orleans blues,funk and jazz singer songwriter Dr.John,whose real name is Malcolm Rebennack,who said music had been“a blessing”in his life.His 1972 landmark album“Gumbo”of New Orleans classics found a mainstream audience.

【On-line broadcast reading in Studio】

FP:It is so amazing to review all the names again.Songwriter and keyboardist Leon Russell received The Award For Musical Excellence and was honored by Elton John,who called him“my idol.”The pair released a collaborative album last year,“The Union”after having not spoken for 38 years.

【On-line broadcast reporting Stand-up on Spot】

MP:Indeed.Industry executives Jac Holzman of Elektra Records and Art Rupe of Specialty Records also both received the Ahmet Ertegun Award.The five performing artists and bands inducted at the ceremony were chosen by 600 music industry professionals.Inductees are represented in a permanent exhibit at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland,Ohio.C-16,EBTV.

【Studio Lead-in】

FP:You are listening to(watching)EBA News with the latest Culture and Entertainment News with WWW from Beijing,the capital city of China.Now it's time to focus on Fashion News.Tradition meets modernity at Nigeria fashion show.

【On-line broadcast reading in Studio】

FP:According to AP,a model walks the runway during the Arise Magazine Fashion Week in Lagos,Nigeria,Friday,Associated Press Yinka Ibukun reports on Sunday March 13th.LAGOS,Nigeria-With theater,traditional fabric studded with precious stones and decorated motorcycle helmets,Africa's up-and-coming fashion designers put on a dazzling show in a three-day runway event that debuted Friday in an unconventional city.Our EBTV News culture and entertainment correspondent C-17 is there.

【On-line broadcast reporting Stand-up on Spot】

C-17:Lagos is a Nigeria's commercial megacity.It doesn't have a fashion district packed with big-name stores,and its tropical climate doesn't justify seasonal collections.That didn't stop organizers of the Arise Magazine Fashion Week from showcasing 50 new and established African designers—some of whom have won critical acclaim in Paris and New York—who fielded clothes ranging from business suits to dresses woven from raffia and silk.Perry McDonald,managing editor of Arise Magazine said,[quote]“Before now,we used to be part of a program that belonged to someone else.”Nigeria's burgeoning fashion industry warmly welcomed the event.Kabir Wadhwani works as a co-owner of Temple Muse,one of few designer boutiques in the city,said,[quote]The retail industry hasn't blossomed in the way it should have here”[the quote is over].

【On-line broadcast reading in Studio】

FP:A city of contrasts,Lagos is home to a minority of wealthy elites,a growing middle class and an overwhelming majority of people just trying to get by.A culture of tailoring,however,means that West Africa's most populous city sizzles with an individual sense of style.Lagosian men and women often have outfits made for special occasions using the vibrant,multicolored fabrics offered at local markets.

【On-line broadcast reporting Stand-up on Spot】

C-17:In recent years,some world-class designers have been exporting that fashion sense beyond the coastal city's shores.Wadhwani said[quote]“This fashion week is an input into a fashion industry that needs to be taken more seriously.A lot of the designers have shown at international fashion weeks,but this will also give exposure to the abundance of local talent.”[The quote is over].C-17,EBTV.

【Studio Lead-in】

FP:Live News,Live Information.You are listening to(watching)EBTV News with the latest Culture and Entertainment with WWW from Beijing,the capital city of China.

【On-line broadcast reading in Studio】

FP:Now let's take a look at some comments on China's impact on art market.It said China overtakes Britain in art market.According to Reuters'report in LONDON,China overtooks Britain as the world's second largest art and antiques market last year,a new report showed,and British art officials voiced concern that an EU levy planned in 2012 would further undermine its position.Our EBTV News culture and entertainment correspondent C-17 is there.

【On-line broadcast reporting Stand-up on Spot】

C-18:“The Global Art Market in 2010:Crisis and Recovery”underlined what auction houses and consigners had seen throughout last year—a sharp rise in the number of wealthy Chinese buyers,and,with them,prices.

【On-line broadcast reading in Studio】

FP:The report,commissioned by the European Fine Art Foundation,estimated the value of the global art and antiques market in 2010 at 43 billion euros($60 billion),up 52 percent from 2009 when values slumped as a result of the financial crisis.

【On-line broadcast reporting Stand-up on Spot】

C-17:The report released on Monday.said,[quote]“The period from 2008 through 2010 has been one of crisis and recovery for the market for art and antiques,Luxury spending contracted sharply in many countries during 2009,however 2010 brought the first signs of economic recovery with a rebound in consumer confidence and with Chinese consumers driving growth in many luxury sectors.”[The quote is over]

【On-line broadcast reading in Studio】

FP:The report highlighted concerns in Britain that an EU art tax due to be imposed in 2012 could further damage the country's ability to cope with increasing competition from abroad.An EU levy on the sale of works by living artists was introduced in the United Kingdom in 2006,and,according to the British Art Market Federation,was a“significant factor”behind the country's declining share of the contemporary art market.Now let's listen to our commentators'reflections.

【Studio News Conference】

FP:Under European Commission plans,in 2012 this levy is due to extend in the UK to sales of works by artists who have died within the last 70 years,affecting auction favorites like Pablo Picasso and Alberto Giacometti.

MC:Comments:BRITAIN'S POSITION UNDER THREAT.Anthony Browne,chairman of the British Art Market Federation,called on the government to take“firm action”in Brussels to ensure fair competition.[quote]“The EU alone applies this levy—itdoes not exist in China,the United States or Switzerland,our main global competitors.Unfortunately for us,the EU put the cart before the horse.It should have secured a global agreement...before going it alone and introducing this surcharge in Europe,”[the quote is over].The art market report calculated the cost of sending works to non-EU markets for sale to avoid the levy,and found that it would be worthwhile for a vendor to send any work worth 40,000 euros or more to New York.

FC:The report also said the value of China's art market nearly doubled in 2010,and that its share of the global business hit 23 percent last year,overtaking Britain's 22 percent.That is still some way ahead of the next largest European market,France,which accounted for six percent.The United States remains the world leader with a 34 percent share.

【Broadcast reading in Studio】

FP:According to the study,dealers generated 51 percent of sales in global art versus 49 percent generated by auction houses.Traditional street galleries,it added,were in decline.

【Studio Lead-out】

FP:Live News,Live Information.This is EBTV News with WWW.You are listening to(watching)the latest Culture and Entertainment News from Beijing,the capital city of China.Now,let's review the headlines of the latest Culture and Entertainment News.

Sean Penn and Robert De Niro joined stars who appeared at the UN headquarters.

Lou Dobbs says TV is first love,not politics

Man broke into Madonna's UK home:reports

Mexico judge rules film can continue in theaters

Rock Hall inducts Neil Diamond,Alice Cooper

China overtakes Britain in art market:report

Now it is my colleague AAA's turn to bring you the updated Sports News.I will see you here soon with the updated Culture and Entertainment News.So,bye!

这部分节选的对“英语硬新闻”播读训练的稿件部分,主要是针对男、女播音员对驾驭“英语硬新闻”中的“文化娱乐新闻”的“播读”技能的部分。在这一部分里,虽然各人分摊的每条新闻内容并不长,但是是按照业界的标准来设计的。这样的长度,不仅可以形成有效的播读韵律,而且还可以形成受众在接受效果方面的视听交替效应,达到较佳的接受心理状态。

对于驾驭“英语硬新闻”中“文化娱乐新闻”的播读过程里,影响新闻经过播音员处理后的播送效果之最为重要的因素,还是可以概括为气息(Breath)、情绪(Mood)、意群(Sense group)、团队(Teamwork)四个方面。

(一)英语硬新闻之文娱新闻的播报气息

Breathing of Broadcast Hardnews in English[Culture & Entertainment]

Broadcast breathing in English is the basic part and fundamental skill for broadcast anchoring and announcing in English,especially it is so vital for handling the Broadcast Culture and Entertainment News in English.There are too many long sentences with the fast changing tones.Therefore,the deeper breath one can take,the more complicated tones one can deliver with the suitable exciting effects.The better breath we can control,the longer enthusiasm we may keep when your emotion is with the contents on air.The basic part will always be the simplest one to be grasped,but it is pretty hard to make it part of our body when we are reading the Broadcast Cultural and Entertainment News in English.

If we want to deliver the Broadcast Cultural and Entertainment News in English in the most natural way,which means we will have a relaxing and audience-friendly voice,we will have to match how to breathe and inhale with every name and key word and never keep this flow to the end.

The skills we have been aware of will improve the quality of our voice more or less,however,it will surely improve the quality of our delivery.For example:If one could not control her/his breath very well,only one inhalation will not conquer the rather lengthy news topic which one is doing the broadcast.The sentence goes,“Sean Penn and Robert De Niro joined stars who appeared at the UN headquarters for the US premiere of a contested movie on the Middle East conflict that Israel tried to get cancelled”.For this sentence,one must control the air-flow and the speed,and make the air come out of the mouth very carefully in order not to break the sentence into pieces.

(二)英语硬新闻之文娱新闻的播报情绪

Mood of Broadcast Hardnews in English[Entertainment & Culture]

As soon as one delivers the Broadcast Culture and Entertainment News in English(gossip/celebrity news/movie/music/theater),the mood one should applly for the broadcast reading is quite different from the way for topical news in English delivery.Generally speaking,one must be much more energetic and refreshed instead of being calm and steady.And sometimes one even can utilize so-called the exaggerated tones to show some of her/his feelings in the news,which can be like the piece titled a man broke into Madonna's UK home in the training copy.

One could not realize a huge mistake about how she/he used to think about the broadcast reading of the Broadcast Culture and Entertainment News in English until one was facing the scripts on the news desk.Many of the occupational broadcast announcers and anchors thought it would be much easier to deliver,which turned out to be much much harder since each piece of news requires different moods,some sound more entertaining(Lou Dobbs says TV is first love,not politics)and some sound more critical(China overtakes Britain in art market:report).The broadcast reading of the Broadcast Culture & Entertainment news in English needs more participation of our own thoughts and feelings.

As we just have little even no time to prepare for the broadcast reading,we can be sure that the qualified Broadcast Culture and Entertainment News in English announcer and anchor must be familiar with the movie-stars or celebrities mentioned in the news and keep an keen eye on this type of news particularly.

(三)英语硬新闻之文娱新闻的播报意群

Sense-group of Broadcast Culture & Entertainment in English

For the most of the non-native English speakers,honestly speaking,Sensegroup parts in the broadcast scripts are the challenging enough to become our weakest points in the processes of news broadcast announcing and anchoring.If we do not get ourselves prepared very well in advance,it will be a big problem to get the key words to be stressed and easy to be distinguished.Most time,the problem results from our poor reading in English and lack of words formation.The new words,such as names and locations in news scrpts,some of them are rather tongue twisting,will disturb the announcing.

As we are fully concerned about how to get these words to be delivered correctly,it will be hard to pay attention to the sense-groups.Although we have been practicing those four pieces of news now and then,it is still pretty hard for us make ourselves understood by foreign audiences.We must keep learning more new words by heart and read more English articles to make a progress.

(四)英语硬新闻之文娱新闻的播报团队

Teamwork of Broadcast Hardnews in English[Entertainment & Culture]

Being a male announcer or anchorman in EBA training copies,one must make a transition with the ones in the previous and next parts of the news program.He must act pretty natural and friendly to say greeting word“hello”and make a short chat with his olleague or colleagues and rapidly adjust himself back to the work.This sudden and naturally looking part needs a close cooperation not only with the co-annoucer's or anchorman's smart response,but also cameraman's and his female partner's concentration.Yet his female co-annoucer is not on the screen,he must know where and when she will be ready to read in advance.

If there are some problems with the autocue,the one who has the scripts in hand will read them from the printed paper scripts.For example,when two co-announcers are on-live,the autocue suddenly turned to be black screen,the male announcer was so nervous and just said to the camera that“there are some technical problem with our machine and we'll wait for our news later”,then he looked down to his scripts and scanned all the information till he found the piece of news and finally read it from the scripts.Later he said at that moment how he wished he could have gotten a pen in his hand and took notes to where they had broadcast already to prevent 8 seconds of embarrassments and absent failure from happening!When your co-annoucer is reading,it is not your time to have a rest.On the contrary,you have to be fully prepared for all kinds of accidents that may fall on your head all of a sudden.

If you are going to connect with the correspondent on spot,you will know how important the response from the announcer is.Whether you respond with a nodded yes or some words,you must do something to let your audience think that you're listening and interacting with your correspondent.Or else,you may look dull.