用聲音表演
Denny and Ashley are classmates. Their teacher asked them to prepare a report about a job.
丹尼和艾許莉是同學。他們老師要他們準備一個有關工作的報告。
Denny: Hey, Ashley. What job did you choose?
丹尼：嘿，艾許莉。你選了什麼工作？
Ashley: I decided to do some research on voice actors.
艾許莉：我決定對配音員進行些研究。
research(n.)研究carry out some research on sth.針對某事物做些研究
Denny: Wow! That’s cool! Speaking of voice actors, the first things that come to my mind are cartoon or anime characters.
丹尼：哇。那真酷。說到配音員，我第一個想到的是卡通或動漫角色。
come to one’s mind浮現在某人腦中
Ashley: Actually, their work covers various categories, including film, advertising, video games, audiobooks, and so on.
艾許莉：其實他們的工作涵蓋各種不同的類別，包括電影、廣告、電玩、有聲書等等。
cover(v.)涵蓋、包括various(adj.)各種各樣的category(n.)種類、類別advertising(n.)廣告(業)advertisement(n.)廣告
Denny: They act with their voices, right?
丹尼：他們用聲音表演，對吧？
act(v.)演出、表演
Ashley: Yes. They have to speak at the right speed and also know how to use pauses and silence to show characters’ emotions. In addition, matching the mouth movements of the characters on the screen is important as well.
艾許莉：沒錯。他們必須用正確的速度說話，也要知道如何使用停頓和靜默來表現出角色的情緒。除此之外，和螢幕上的角色嘴型相同也很重要。
pause(n.)暫停silence(n.)沉默、寧靜in addition除此之外還有～in addition to sth.除此之外還有～match(v.)和～相似、配對
Denny: That doesn’t sound like an easy job. Being a voice actor seems like it requires lots of training.
丹尼：聽起來不是個簡單的工作。成為配音員似乎需要很多訓練。
require(v.)需要、要求train(v.)訓練
Ashley: Yes. Some of them take acting classes or hire voice coaches to level up their skills.
艾許莉：對啊。他們有些人會上表演課或聘請聲音訓練師來提升技巧。
hire(v.)雇用、聘請level up sth.提升某物的層級、能力
Denny: Well, I look forward to your report.
丹尼：嗯，我很期待你的報告。
look forward to期待～
Ashley: I will try my best.
艾許莉：我會盡力的。