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The tone and rhythm of the tour guide’s language

Tour guide language is a spoken language. Judging from the nature of the tour guide’s explanation, it should be an artistic language. In order to give full play to the role of language art, tour guides are required to work hard to use the tone and rhythm of the tour guide's language just right, and use it flexibly according to the specific situation of the explanation object and the time and space conditions at the time, in order to achieve the purpose of conveying emotions and conveying the spirit.

“The art of speaking lies in moderation.” As a spoken language, tour guide language must master the principle of “moderateness” when using it.

"Moderate" means that the tour guide's voice should be moderate when explaining the tour guide, subject to the tourists' hearing (you can use a loudspeaker if necessary), and avoid the sound being too high or too low. A voice that is too high will cause noise, which is annoying, and speaking in layman's terms loudly will make people look down upon; a voice that is too low will make people sound difficult, and will give people the impression of being unsure and lacking in confidence.

Rhythm is one of the requirements for the artistic language of tour guides. Tour guides are required to be slow and slow when explaining; the voice of the explanation should be emotional but not pretentious, and the tone should change in time and have a musical tone. Rhythm.