North American, please. Clear reading (not too fast, please). Do not change the script.
The Life of a Chef:
This is Jin Chong. He lives in Washington DC and he's a chef.
Jin Chong works six days a week and he's always very busy.
This is a typical day in his life.
Jin Chong usually gets up at 7 a.m. He stretches and gets dressed.
He always has a big breakfast. He often cooks eggs and makes toast. He has coffee every morning. He never drinks anything else!
Jin Chong leaves the house around 8 a.m. He usually cycles but sometimes he takes the bus.
He doesn't have a car so he never drives.
Jin Chong always goes to the market before he starts work. Here he buys fresh vegetables. He buys tomatoes, broccoli, peppers, and eggs.
Jin Chong arrives at work around 9 a.m. He opens the restaurant and starts cooking!
First he prepares the vegetables. He chops onions and tomatoes.
Then he cooks the meat. He grills beef and chicken.
For the rest of the day Jin Chong is very busy.
He doesn't have a break until 3 p.m. and he doesn't finish until 7 p.m.
When he finishes he goes home, prepares his dinner and goes to bed.
He rarely stays up late. In fact, he usually goes to bed around 9 p.m., so he's ready for another busy day tomorrow.
Hello, I decided to do my own version of this as I thought it might help. They are in two different accents. I've tried an American accent in the first version, and in my native British accent in the second one.
What do you think?
No worries if you don't like it, but I thought it would be fun to try an American accent and record it :)