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English to Chinese: Excerpt from an English essay I wrote on a British TV show General field: Art/Literary
Source text - English One would've thought hosting a TV show can't be that difficult.
It's just reading autocues (carefully scripted by a squadron of seasoned writers), chatting with your co-hosts and guests (if there are any) and smiling at the studio audience (handled by floor managers). Anyone could do it.
Well, think again.
Firstly, no writer can pull a persona for a presenter out of thin air. It has to be based on the presenter’s actual personality. And let's just be polite and say not everyone has a broadcasting-worthy personality.
Secondly, to apply what I would call "the golden dictum of Charlie Brooker (creator of ’Black Mirror‘)” that "everyone on telly is incredibly clever", the celebrity guests would be rather quick-witted.
Hence the conversation would be much more intense than just any casual chat down the pub.
It's hard enough keeping up with a clever person; as a host you should not just take over the instant your guest finish talking but also, depending on the case, either ease the atmosphere to prompt your guest for more or curb his or her desire to overshare.
Not to mention at that time half a dozen of cameras are pointing at you, glaring lights are making you sweat and producers in the gallery are screeching in your ear telling you to move on.
And you are supposed to look professionally relaxed, confident and most importantly, in charge. So, in general, TV presenting is a tough job.
And comparison, cruel as it is, reveals that there are good presenters and better presenters.
The most recent episode saw A and B interviewing X and Y.
Both are prestigious stand-up comedians on British stages and screen and they've been best friends for years. The pair effortlessly stole the show from the hosts with their banters.
And it is painfully embarassing to watch A and B struggling to stay in the quickfire one-liner game, hardly getting a word into the conversation.
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Starting out as a freelance translator to fund tuition
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