Do you have a READING HABIT? If you do, why don't you READ SOMETHING for our club members' LISTENING PLEASURE? It can be an interesting NEWS taken from a Newspaper, a SHORT STORY that you read recently or ANYTHING that you feel worth sharing. It will help you with your READING SKILL and PRONUNCIATION. The club members, meanwhile, can sharpen their LISTENING SKILL. This activity will definitely help both the SPEAKERS and LISTENERS with their English. This is a GOOD OPPORTUNITY that I don't want you to miss. Happy Speaking and Listening!
HERE IS WHAT YOU DO:
1. GET READY your READING MATERIAL.
2. GO to CHIRBIT voice "RECORDING and SHARING" site.
3. RECORD reading your piece and SUBMIT it.
4. [Or, you can UPLOAD a pre-recorded sound file from your computer!]
5. COPY the EMBEDDING CODE (HTML code) and COME TO THIS PAGE.
6. CLICK the "MEDIA" button (the third one) on the TOOLBAR of your COMMENT BOX.
7. PASTE your EMBEDDING CODE and PRESS the button "Ok". That's it!
Let me get the ball rolling. Here's my MAIDEN VOICE RECORDING.
Note: I humbly request all the PARTICIPANTS and LISTENERS to COMMENT and CORRECT after listening to one's audio recording. It would be impossible for me to do that all by myself. Sometimes I may not be even around. Thus, I need your help to keep this page active. THIS IS OUR GROUP. Thank you!
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Wow.....Shaheen!!! Such a good job!! Your voice is really impressive and pleasant to ears...liked it. Good intonation...you have to post more of your audios, people will enjoy and be encouraged as well.
Thanks for sharing. That's what makes EC a great place to challenge yourself!
Thanks for your compliment O.M.!! It's really ecstatic experience to get a comment from you. Thanks a lot, hopefully, I would like to put on more on the thread.
It's always a pity that only a few people participate in such challenges as this.
Some weeks ago, I read a book, and I recorded the first chapter of it.
I hope you enjoy, and please, give me your opinion about my pronunciation.
If someone wants to read that first chapter for a better understanding, just tell me and I am going to post it.
Record and upload audio >>
I would like to listen to all the voice recordings of the members here, but, unfortunately, I always get an error when I want to open them.
Once, I was able to open SNR's recording...but only once...that was all. I feel sad because I can't listen to all your voice recordings.
What can I do?
By the way, as I read one of my blogs, I used a simple voice recorder.
Maybe someone has the same problem as me.
Here you go:
https://online-voice-recorder.com/
Using this voice recorder is quite simple.
Hi Rose,
When I clicked the link it led me to the site but no recording. Hope we can also listen to your audio recording.
I am sorry, Mayumi, there seems something wrong with the site.
Here is the link to my voice recording. I was recording my voice on my blog.
https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3394281261?prof...
It was early morning when I woke up in the middle of a beautiful flower meadow. Dew lay on the blades of grass and the blossoms of thousands of flowers. Where was I? How and when did I come here? I didn't remember.
I got up and heard a sound coming from the distance. There, a man was standing, upright, proud, and quite handsome. He smiled and waved me as if he was waiting for me. I looked at him and wanted to go there, asking where I was and who he was, but with every single step I did, the distance did not shorten.
His smile was enchanting and his eyes looked seducing. His mouth seemed to speak. I couldn't hear it but read from his lips."Come to me," he said again and again, "come in my arms."
I tried to walk faster, but there was no chance of coming forward.
Suddenly, I heard a beautiful melody."Dance to him," a voice whispered to me. "Dance!"
Like a miracle, my feet began dancing, and I got fast forward. I danced with closed eyes. I dizzied from dancing and fell.
Immediately, the music stopped, and the mysterious voice whispered: "this was your only chance, your only chance. You have missed it...you missed it!"
"Your only chance...only chance...missed it...missed it," it echoed inside me.
I opened my eyes. "Oh no," I screamed, "don't go, please, don't go!" He disappeared, slowly, very slowly, with sadness on his face into the fog, still reaching his waving hand to me.
"I'll come back once more," he said.
"When?", I asked, "when?"
"I don't know," he answered, "one day. Just wait for me."
He waved once more, then, he disappeared, completely.
Oh thank you, Rose. I didn't know it is on your blog.
It was awesome narration and great writing. I didn't hear any hint that you're not a native English speaker. It was flawless and perfect!
Hi, Rose! I wonder whether you have installed the "Adobe Flash Player" in your computer. It's a FREE app that allows a computer to play SOUND FILES. Basically, it is pre-installed on Google Chrome of a computer. So, you need to check whether the Flash Player is ENABLED in your computer. If there's no Adobe Flash Player installed in your computer, you can download it from HERE. Please don't hesitate to ask me if you need any help.
Hi, Gabriel.
I have the Adobe Flash Player. That is not that problem.
I will check why it doesn't work. My security system blocks it. I will check what I can do.
Thanks for your care.
Check this out on Chirbit
Lol...this seems funny ))) I loved it and tried to read one of my blogs as Rose did )))
Here, if one is interested, the text is )) A little bit long, but...funny. Thank you for listening and feedback.
The Three Little Pigs
By Roald Dahl
The animal I really dig,
Above all others is the pig.
Pigs are noble. Pigs are clever,
Pigs are courteous. However,
Now and then, to break this rule,
One meets a pig who is a fool.
What, for example, would you say,
If strolling through the woods one day,
Right there in front of you you saw
A pig who'd built his house of STRAW?
The Wolf who saw it licked his lips,
And said, 'That pig has had his chips.'
'Little pig, little pig, let me come in!'
'No, no, by the hairs on my chinny-chin-chin!'
'Then I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house in!'
The little pig began to pray,
But Wolfie blew his house away.
He shouted, 'Bacon, pork, and ham!
Oh, what a lucky Wolf I am!'
And though he ate the pig quite fast,
He carefully kept the tail till last.
Wolf wandered on, a trifle bloated.
Surprise, surprise, for soon he noted
Another little house for pigs,
And this one had been built of TWIGS!
'Little pig, little pig, let me come in!'
'No, no, by the hairs on my chinny-chin-chin!'
'Then I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house in!'
The Wolf said, 'Okay, here we go!'
And then began to blow and blow.
The little pig began to squeal.
He cried, 'Oh Wolf, you've had one meal!
Why can't we talk and make a deal?
The Wolf replied, 'Not on your nelly!'
And soon the pig was in his belly.
'Two juicy little pigs!' Wolf cried,
'But still, I am not satisfied!
I know how full my tummy's bulging,
But oh, how I adore indulging.'
So creeping quietly as a mouse,
The Wolf approached another house,
A house which also had inside
A little piggy trying to hide.
But this one, piggy number three
was bright and brainy as could be
No straw for him, not twigs or sticks
This one… had built his house of bricks
'You'll not get me!' the Piggy cried.
'I'll blow you down!' the Wolf replied.
'You'll need,' Pig said, 'a lot of puff,
And I don't think you've got enough.'
Wolf huffed and puffed and blew and blew.
The house stayed up as good as new.
'If I can't blow it down,' Wolf said,
I'll have to blow it up instead.
I'll come back in the dead of night
And blow it up with dynamite!'
Pig cried, 'You brute! I might have known!'
Then, picking up the telephone,
He dialed as quickly as he could
The number of red Riding Hood.
'Hello,' she said. 'Who's speaking? Who?
Oh, hello, Piggy, how d'you do?'
Pig cried, 'I need your help, Miss Hood!
Oh help me, please! D'you think you could?'
'I'll try of course,' Miss Hood replied.
'What's on your mind...?' 'A Wolf!' Pig cried.
'I know you've dealt with wolves before,
And now I've got one at my door!'
'My darling Pig,' she said, 'my sweet,
That's something really up my street.
I've just begun to wash my hair.
But when it's dry, I'll be right there.'
A short while later, through the wood,
Came striding brave Miss Riding Hood.
The Wolf stood there, his eyes ablaze,
And yellowish, like mayonnaise.
His teeth were sharp, his gums were raw,
And spit was dripping from his jaw.
Once more the maiden's eyelid flickers.
She draws the pistol from her knickers.
Once more she hits the vital spot,
And kills him with a single shot.
Pig, peeping through the window, stood and yelled,
'Well done, Miss Riding Hood!'
Ah, Piglet, you must never trust
Young ladies from the upper crust.
For now, Miss Riding Hood, one notes,
Not only has two wolfskin coats,
But when she goes from place to place,
She has a PIGSKIN TRAVELING CASE.
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