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口音
Accent
I studied voice for three months to get rid of my English accent. I changed my hair to blonde. I knew I could be sexy if I had to.
为了改掉我的英语口音，我学了三个月的声乐。我把头发染成金色。我知道如果我必须，我可以变得性感。
A terrible oath, with a swaggering accent sharply twanged off, gives manhood more approbation than ever proof itself would have earned him.
一个可怕的咒骂，带着一种大摇大摆的腔调，发出尖锐的鼻音，给了他比以往任何时候都更大的男子气概的认可，这本身就足以为他赢得更多的证明。
I like doing accents. One of my friends works in hotel reservations and I'll ring her up and complain about the suite. Sometimes I get her.
我喜欢模仿口音。我的一个朋友在旅馆订房部工作，我要给她打电话抱怨套房的问题。有时我会得到她。
I like to mumble when I act, 'cause I think it's more realistic. For some reason, the impediment has given me the accent of a Mexican gangster.
我喜欢在表演时喃喃自语，因为我觉得这样更现实。由于某种原因，这种障碍让我的口音像个墨西哥黑帮。
Tell me the truth - do you think I've lost my Southern accent? I feel it comes back to me only when I'm shouting at fights or at baseball games.
跟我说实话——你觉得我的南方口音没了吗?我觉得只有当我在打架或棒球比赛中大喊大叫时，它才会回到我的脑海。
But I just know from experience that accent wise, even if you're an accent genius, crossing the Atlantic is the hardest thing in the world either way.
但我从经验中知道，即使你是个口音天才，无论如何，跨越大西洋都是世界上最难的事情。
If you listen to the way I speak, I have a lot of rhythm, use a lot of accents. When I'm playing my instrument, that concept comes through very clearly.
如果你听我说话的方式，我有很多节奏，用很多口音。当我演奏乐器的时候，这个概念非常清晰。
I'm an actor, in particular, that likes to have a mask or something that can help me distance myself from the character. Like the moustache or an accent.
我是一名演员，尤其喜欢戴面具，或者戴些能让我与角色保持距离的东西。比如胡子或者口音。
Are you trying to give me a hint that I should drop it? I can lose the accent; I just have to really focus on what I'm saying. And I have to talk slowly.
你是在暗示我该把它扔掉吗?我可以不带口音;我只需要专注于我所说的。我必须慢慢地说。
People think for Shakespeare you have to have a big English accent, but it's not true. He designed it so it can be performed in any accent in any time period.
人们认为莎士比亚必须有很重的英语口音，但事实并非如此。他把它设计成可以在任何时间以任何口音演奏。
A great actor is independent of the poet, because the supreme essence of feeling does not reside in prose or in verse, but in the accent with which it is delivered.
一个伟大的演员是独立于诗人的，因为感情的最高本质不在于散文或诗歌，而在于表达感情的语调。
Sometimes you forget where the heck you are but when you get on stage, you know by the look on the people's faces and the accent in their voices where you might be.
有时候你会忘记自己身在何处，但当你登上舞台时，从人们的表情和他们说话的口音中，你就知道自己身在何处。
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To illustrate what I mean, an apt dancer may be in thorough unison with the others in that particular group, and at the same time reveal a difference in dancing temperament, rhythm or technique; she may phrase, accentuate or actually interpret differently.
为了说明我的意思，一个灵巧的舞者可能与那个特定群体中的其他人完全一致，同时揭示出舞蹈的气质、节奏或技术上的差异;她可能措辞、强调或实际上解释不同。
I had a Southern accent but I had broken it so hard.
我有南方口音，但我把它打破得很厉害。
Everyone seemed to be doing well except me and my career. And my accent was no helping me any.
除了我和我的事业，每个人似乎都做得很好。我的口音对我一点帮助都没有。
My accent remained terrible. It was very hard for me to initiate any conversation with someone I didn't know.
我的口音仍然很糟糕。对我来说，和一个不认识的人交谈是非常困难的。
I created the characters from what I read in the script. I decided how I should talk, accent, no accent, my own voice, or a created voice. Then, I visualize what I should look like.
我根据我在脚本中读到的内容创建角色。我决定了我应该怎么说话，口音，没有口音，我自己的声音，还是创造的声音。然后，我想象我应该是什么样子。
I actually love working with accents. I don't know, something about it unlocks something in me. It makes me concentrate on getting into character a little more, helps me find a focus.
我真的很喜欢和口音打交道。我不知道，这让我打开了一扇门。它让我更专注于进入角色，帮助我找到一个焦点。