Three days later it will be my girlfriends birthday. I as a movie clipping fan want to make a video for her. I can deal with the animation, clipping and music. She is a English major student, so I think the narration should be English. But I tried many times and found out my poor accent will ruin this video. (We are all students in China)
So here I have a passage that need to be read and recorded. I don't need you to be a professional narrator or have nice equipment. You just need to:
- Have North American Accent
- Be a Young Gentleman, or at least sounds like a young gentle man
- Can record this in a relatively quiet space. Make a little pause between sentences. Record 30s of silence so that I can erase the small noise digitally.
This passage are showing below and also in the file I provided. You'd better read it at a normal but a little cheerful speed. I think as native speaker you must know more than I do about how to make this sounds nice, so feel free to correct the grammar problems.
======Passage======
Dear Tracy, today, July the 19th 2016, is your twentieth birthday.
Over the past years, you have experienced 20 winters, 20 autumns… and 40 summers.
You have absorbed 43 kilograms of chili, 353 square meters of pizza, and a half of a floe berg of ice-cream.
More surprisingly, you have created 21,389 photos of selfie. Although most of them were deleted instantly when you first saw them.
This is your life, a splendid tour. It is so splendid that we cannot discuss them whole in this video. How about focusing on the most shining part, your last year of teenage?
In this year, you explored wild tribes with your fellows. You know you will be faithful to each other and probably they are so-called friends of life.
In this year, you stepped into foreign lands. Through the curtains of culture, you saw the vastness of world.
In this year, you discovered your uniqueness before lens. Your beauty is no longer a vague concept, but series of artworks.
In this year, you questioned puzzles of your life. You began to know there is a better you to come.
In this year, you awakened to find your dream. You said no to being mediocrity. The world has witnessed your endeavor.
Journey of life goes on. No matter you choose to climb the mountains, or surf the tide, accompanied, or alone. A better Tracy is the most beautiful gift that time can bring to us all.
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I love what you are trying to do. And I must be in this project! I can be very sweet while speaking English. And your girlfriend will like the voice on the background for sure. :)