Listening
exercise
KPCC: Pacific Drift
Interview with voice-over cleanup actor Mark Sussman
http://www.scpr.org/programs/pacificdrift/listings/2005/02/20050227.html
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| Imitation
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go way back Highway to Heaven "What the frick?" to superimpose that one word whole sentence entire paragraph lines That's the real Leroy... in Vegas such a jerk set-up I caught myself... Little House on the Prairie to cuss = to curse to tape headphones over and over again specific physicality to physically embody character from the neck up Brad Pitt to get s.t. down = to learn s.t. thoroughly Fight Club to lick one's lips Jewish deep | ride surfer raspy voice to be very into s.t. lips chest Jim Carrey calm to mimic body language Me, Myself and Irene Let's settle this the old-fashioned way! (by fighting) to be tough to get good and mad Buster "I'm not through with you!" lesser art form painting voice-over work ability in front of the camera frustration going = saying personally Oh, man... Daniel Day Lewis It'll happen. |
Listening
comprehension questions:
1. What does Mark Sussman do for a
living?
2. Who sometimes needs his services, and why?
3. How long has
Sussman been doing this kind of work?
4. What minor misunderstanding did Sussman
originally have regarding how this kind of work is done?
5. What is "I'm
such a jerk"! a replacement for? How about "Darn it, I can get good
and mad!"?
6. Once Sussman had an experience in which he found that his
work had affected him in an amusing way. Describe what happened, and the reaction
of the people around him when it happened.
7. Why does Sussman refer to the
TV series "Little House on the Prairie"?
8. How does Sussman prepare
himself before beginning his work?
9. How does Sussman say he is able to do
a really convincing job of sounding like a certain character?
10. How does
Sussman feel about this line of work?
11. What different standard regarding
bad language applies to TV as opposed to movies in the US? Do you think each standard
is correct in its own context? Explain, and compare to the situation in Taiwan.