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English Audio Request

phattais
363 Words / 3 Recordings / 3 Comments
Note to recorder:

This text has to sound like there's a TV host and a participant telling about his story.
Make sure to act in such a way.
I will probably need two voices but as long as I have 2 recordings, I'll be able to mix the files alright. Thanks.

(presenter) Hello everyone and welcome to our new show: “I shouldn’t be alive!”
Today we are welcoming Aron, an incredible adventurer who got lost in a desert for 127 hours. He’s gonna tell us about his amazing story! Welcome to… Aron!

(presenter) Hello Aron, how are you today?
(victim) Well, I’m fine now but I had to live through Hell! I really shouldn’t be alive!

Can you tell us what happened to you exactly?
Well, I was hiking in the desert, alone when I fell in a canyon. A boulder got free over me and I got trapped under 800 pounds of rock…

Oh my God! How did you survive? How did you feel?
At first, I thought I was gonna die. I didn’t have food, I didn’t have water, nobody could see me… My arm was trapped and broken and I was in such pain!
I was scared… and I panicked.

How horrible! So what did you do?
I was more than pessimistic but I put myself together. I stopped panicking and I believed in my rescue. I knew that if I shouted, nobody would come because I was lost in the most remote desert in Nevada. So I thought about how to survive.

Grand Canyon can be a deadly place indeed!
I was so desperate that I drank my urine and I cut my arm to get free from the boulder.

No way! How did you do that?
I had a knife and I used it. It was the worst pain in my life but I did it to see my family again. The desert wasn’t gonna be my grave. I was determined to live, no matter what.

How do you feel about it today? How has this experience changed you?
Today I’m glad to be alive and I’m not a daredevil anymore.

What if you had to start all over again?
If I started all over again, I wouldn’t go alone and I would tell people where I go.

(presenter)
Well that sounds like good advice! Thank you, Aron, for sharing your story with us today.
See you guys next week for our new episode of... “I shouldn’t be alive!”

Recordings

  • I shouldn't be alive ( recorded by Wagner1125 ), North American Mid-Atlantic dialect, New York Dialect

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    (presenter) Hello everyone and welcome to our new show: “I shouldn’t be alive!”
    Today we are welcoming Aron, an incredible adventurer who got lost in a desert for 127 hours or approximately 5.3 days. He’s gonna tell us all about his amazing story! Welcome to… Aron!

    (presenter) Hello Aron, how are you today?
    (victim) Well, I’m fine now but I had to live through Hell! I really shouldn’t be alive!

    (p)Can you tell us what happened to you exactly?
    (v)Well, I was hiking in the desert alone, when I suddenly fell into a canyon. A boulder had gotten free over me and I got trapped under 800 pounds of rock…

    (p)Oh my God! How did you survive? How did you feel?
    (v)At first, I thought I was gonna die. I didn’t have food, I didn’t have water, nobody could see me… My arm was trapped and broken, and I was in so much pain!
    I was scared… and I panicked.

    (P)How horrible! So what did you do?
    (V)I was more than pessimistic, but I pulled myself together. I stopped panicking, and I forced myself to believe in my rescue. I knew that if I shouted, nobody would come because I was lost in a part of the most remote desert in Nevada. So I thought about how to survive.

    (P)The Grand Canyon can be a deadly place indeed!
    (V)I was so desperate that I ended up drinking my own urine, and cutting off my arm to get free from the boulder.

    (P)No way! How did you do that?
    (V)I had a knife - so I used it. It was the worst pain I experienced in my life, but I did it to see my family again. The desert wasn’t gonna be my grave. I was determined to live, no matter what.

    (P)How do you feel about it today? How has this experience changed you?
    (V)Today I’m glad to be alive and I’m no longer a daredevil anymore.

    (P)What if you had to start all over again?
    (V)If I started all over again, I wouldn’t go alone and I definitely would tell people where I was going.

    (presenter)
    Well that sounds like good advice! Thank you, Aron, for sharing your story with us today.
    See you guys next week for our new episode of... “I shouldn’t be alive!”

  • I shouldn't be alive ( recorded by Wagner1125 ), North American Mid-Atlantic dialect, New York Dialect

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    (presenter) Hello everyone and welcome to our new show: “I shouldn’t be alive!”
    Today we are welcoming Aron, an incredible adventurer who got lost in a desert for 127 hours or approximately 5.3 days. He’s gonna tell us all about his amazing story! Welcome to… Aron!

    (presenter) Hello Aron, how are you today?
    (victim) Well, I’m fine now but I had to live through Hell! I really shouldn’t be alive!

    (p)Can you tell us what happened to you exactly?
    (v)Well, I was hiking in the desert alone, when I suddenly fell into a canyon. A boulder had gotten free over me and I got trapped under 800 pounds of rock…

    (p)Oh my God! How did you survive? How did you feel?
    (v)At first, I thought I was gonna die. I didn’t have food, I didn’t have water, nobody could see me… My arm was trapped and broken, and I was in so much pain!
    I was scared… and I panicked.

    (P)How horrible! So what did you do?
    (V)I was more than pessimistic,
    but I pulled myself together. I stopped panicking, and I forced myself to believe in my rescue. I knew that if I shouted, nobody would come because I was lost in a part of the most remote desert in Nevada. So I thought about how to survive.

    (P)The Grand Canyon can be a deadly place indeed!
    (V)I was so desperate that I ended up drinking my own urine, and cutting off my arm to get free from the boulder.

    (P)No way! How did you do that?
    (V)
    I had a knife - so I used it. It was the worst pain I experienced in my life, but I did it to see my family again. The desert wasn’t gonna be my grave. I was determined to live, no matter what.

    (P)How do you feel about it today? How has this experience changed you?
    (V)
    Today I’m glad to be alive and I’m no longer a daredevil anymore.

    (P)What if you had to start all over again?
    (V)
    If I started all over again, I wouldn’t go alone and I definitely would tell people where I was going.

    (presenter)
    Well that sounds like good advice! Thank you, Aron, for sharing your story with us today.
    See you guys next week for our new episode of... “I shouldn’t be alive!”

  • I shouldn't be alive ( recorded by SublimeBliss ), Southern American, Middle/plain American

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    (presenter) Hello everyone and welcome to our new show: “I shouldn’t be alive!”
    Today we are welcoming Aron, an incredible adventurer who got lost in a desert for 127 hours. He’s gonna tell us about his amazing story! Welcome to… Aron!

    (presenter) Hello Aron, how are you today?
    (victim) Well, I’m fine now but I had to live through Hell! I really shouldn’t be alive!

    Can you tell us what happened to you exactly?
    Well, I was hiking in the desert, alone when I fell in a canyon. A boulder got free over me and I got trapped under 800 pounds of rock…

    Oh my God! How did you survive? How did you feel?
    At first, I thought I was gonna die. I didn’t have food, I didn’t have water, nobody could see me… My arm was trapped and broken and I was in such pain!
    I was scared… and I panicked.

    How horrible! So what did you do?
    I was more than pessimistic but I put myself together. I stopped panicking and I believed in my rescue. I knew that if I shouted, nobody would come because I was lost in the most remote desert in Nevada. So I thought about how to survive.

    Grand Canyon can be a deadly place indeed!
    I was so desperate that I drank my urine and I cut my arm to get free from the boulder.

    No way! How did you do that?
    I had a knife and I used it. It was the worst pain in my life but I did it to see my family again. The desert wasn’t gonna be my grave. I was determined to live, no matter what.

    How do you feel about it today? How has this experience changed you?
    Today I’m glad to be alive and I’m not a daredevil anymore.

    What if you had to start all over again?
    If I started all over again, I wouldn’t go alone and I would tell people where I go.

    (presenter)
    Well that sounds like good advice! Thank you, Aron, for sharing your story with us today.
    See you guys next week for our new episode of... “I shouldn’t be alive!”

Comments

Wagner1125
Oct. 21, 2017

That was just the presenter audio.

Wagner1125
Oct. 21, 2017

He is the interviewee's part. This audio recording was highly amusing to do. Hope this helps.

SublimeBliss
April 17, 2018

Ok, I tried doing two voices, but I'm not sure how well it was done. Hopefully you can splice it together.

By the way, you really should consider changing "Grand Canyon" to "The Grand Canyon". It was awkward to say it without the word "The" in front of it.

Good luck!