Haveyoueverwishedthatyoucouldmakeyourlittlesister’steddybeartalktoher?Orhaveyoueverwantedtobringapuppet(木偶)tolife?Ifsoyoumaybeinterestedinlearningtheartofventriloquism(腹语术).Aventriloquis

　　Haveyoueverwishedthatyoucouldmakeyourlittlesister’steddybeartalktoher?Orhaveyoueverwantedtobringapuppet(木偶)tolife?Ifsoyoumaybeinterestedinlearningtheartofventriloquism(腹语术).Aventriloquistcanmakeanordinaryobjectseemtobealivebygivingitapersonalitymovementandspeech.

　　Yourobjectcanbeapuppetoradoll.Giveyournew“friend”anameandthendecideonthepersonalitythathewillhave.Thenextstepistogiveyourfriendmovementsthatagreewiththepersonalityyouhavechosen.

　　Nowyoucanlearntomakeyour“friend”talk.Aventriloquistwillcontrolhismouthandlipssothatitwillappearthathisvoiceiscomingfromtheobjectheisusing.Thiswilltakepracticebutyoucandoit.

　　Firstdecideonavoicethatisdifferentfromyourown.Itcouldbehigherorlowerthanyoursorcouldevenhaveaspecialaccent.Thenfindacleanteaspoonandholdthehandlebetweenyourfrontteeth.Nowusingthevoiceyoucreatedforyourfriendandholdingthehandleoftheteaspoontightlybetweenyourteethlookintoamirrorandtalk.Practicingwiththespooninyourmouthwillhelpyoulearntokeepyourmouthfrommoving.Nowtrytellingajokeinyournormalvoiceandhaveyourfriendspeakinhisvoice.Practicethosewordsuntilyoucansaythemwithoutyourlipsmovingatall.

　　Ventriloquismisfun.Italsorequireshardworktobecomegoodatit.Themostimportantthingtodoispractice.Butifyouarewillingtotakethetimetogiveyourfriendaninterestingpersonalitytopracticelivelymovementsandtoworkongoodmouthcontrolthenyouwillbewellonyourwaytobecomingaventriloquist!

　　小题1:Accordingtothetextaventriloquist .A．isapersonwhocanmakepuppetsB．needstoworkwithanotherpersonC．canspeakwithoutusinghismouthD．canmakeanobjectseemtospeak小题2:Youneedtoholdthehandleofateaspoonbetweenyourfrontteethsothat .A．yourvoicewillchangeB．yourmouthwon’tmoveC．youcanlookhumorousD．youcanfeelyourmouth’smovements小题3:Ifyouwanttobegoodatventriloquismyou .