After the first time in history, the "debate war" agreed between CGTN anchor Liu Xin and Trish Regan, the anchor of the Fox Commercial Channel in the United States, finally began under the expectations of all.
This is the first time that Chinese and American anchors have "fought" in live television.
In the PROGRAM "Trish Regan Primetime" at 8:00 p.m. local time on the 29th, the two conducted a face-to-face, direct-to-the-spot "cross-ocean dialogue" on related issues such as Sino-US friction.
At 8:26:26 Beijing time today, the Dialogue between Chinese and American Anchors officially began.
In this incident, Liu Xin's professional qualities and outstanding spoken English have left a deep impression on many people.
If you are also like me, curious about Liu Xin's past experience, want to know how she grew up step by step, then let's get to know her today.
Liu Xin Profile:
Liu Xin is a national first-class announcer. He graduated from the English Department of the College of Foreign Chinese of Nanjing University in 1997. In May 1996, he represented Chinese university students in the International English Speech Contest held in London for the first time and won the championship. In August 1997, he entered the English news column of CCTV Overseas Center, and successively served as a compiler, reporter and host.
He has hosted a number of large-scale live broadcasts, including CCTV New Year's Day Gala, the special program for the second anniversary of the countdown to the Beijing Olympic Games, and the release ceremony of the mascot of the 2008 Paralympic Games. Now he is the news program host of CCTV's English Channel, and his daily live broadcast programs include "Global Lookout", "English News", "News Hour" and "Asia Today". Proficient in English and standard in pronunciation, he has served as a host and judge in national English speech competitions for many times. Holder of the Certificate of Advanced Qualifications in French. Turkish conversations are available. His awards include the 2001 China Press Government Award.
Liu Xin represented Nanjing University in the first "21st Century Cup" National College Students English Speech Competition in 1996, won the championship, and won the "21st Century Cup" for the first time; and in May of the same year, she went to London, England to participate in the International Public Speaking Competition (ESU) and won the championship again. Set a record for the first "Champion Grand Slam" in domestic and international competitions.
Video of Liu Xin winning the 1996 International English Speech Contest in London:
In the process of sorting out how Liu Xin learned English, I once again understood the power of the environment, anything happens for a cause and effect, basically there is no quick success, it is the accumulation of several years or even more than ten years, and the top masters are the hardest trained in the industry, and need external promotion. Well, let's take a look at how Liu Xin's English is actually refined.
The following is an excerpt from Liu Xin's own CCTV blog
My father, a railway safety engineer, had studied Russian but never used it; my mother had worked as a quality inspector in a paper mill all her life. The eldest sister is a model of a good student, with diligence in all challenges, of course, invincible, and has now moved to Canada.
The second sister who works hard in foreign companies is also very good in English, and has also taught herself Japanese, French and German, so she is not afraid of the gods who come from anywhere, which can be called switching freely between multiple languages.
When my two sisters started learning English, I was not too enlightened, but I remember watching the English teaching program "Follow Me" with them, which was the only TV English teaching program that influenced a generation.
--- (Liu Xin note: Although the parents do not know English, the power of the sisters' role models is infinite)
Liu Xin represented Chinese mainland in the International Speech Competition (IPSC), won the championship, prince Philip personally presented her awards, the picture shows Liu Xin and Prince Philip (left) cordial conversation
From the beginning I started reading ABC with everyone, and the intimacy with English meant that I didn't have to learn her as a homework at all, every minute of class was enjoyed, and I didn't have to spend much time to review after class, because I understood what the teacher said, and such a good start formed a huge motivation. In the six years of middle school, I only scored less than 90 on the English test once.
I was also glad that I met very good teachers when I first started my studies, and they gave me a solid foundation. --- (Liu Wei's special note: We must be grateful to teachers for a lifetime, especially the most rigorous teachers)
The rule I set for myself was that i would read every text well, whether the teacher asked me to do so, and memorized almost all the English texts I had learned in the six years of middle school.
At the time, I didn't realize how useful it would be to memorize texts, and in retrospect I realized that I had inadvertently found a shortcut to do more with less.
Liu Xin interviewed Yao Chen at the 2015 Davos Economic Forum
The process of memorizing the text is like combing the hair, starting from the root of the hair, a word, a sentence down slowly, and then it needs to be combed over and over again until the comb can slide down the hair like a shampoo advertisement, and then the whole article also flows out of my mouth like running water.
In the process, every point of language is noticed and understood until it becomes completely its own thing. Sometimes there will be unpleasant places, I will not pull hard, will let it go first, and then look back after reading through the whole text, sometimes I will not understand myself.
While memorizing the text, the pronunciation of the words is practiced, the spelling of the words is consolidated, and the structure of the sentences, verb conjugations, grammar, tenses, etc. are repeatedly hammered until they are completely imprinted in my mind.
During the exam, I was quickly able to find the corresponding answers from the example sentences in the texts in my mind, and my feelings about English became more and more pure and sharp in this day-to-day tempering.
--- (Liu Xin's note: Memorization is the first bucket of gold to get rich, there is no original accumulation of recitation, it is difficult to ascend to the heavens in one step, which is the only way for almost all top masters)
Liu Xin interviewed Xie Zhenhua, head of the Chinese delegation, at the 2015 Climate Change Conference in Paris
It was between 1987 and 1993, when there were not many audio-visual materials to choose from, nor any foreign-language radio and television programs, only an original overseas film broadcast on television every Sunday.
At that time, I was always alone in front of the TV after my parents were asleep, using the newspaper to paste the subtitles of the Chinese below the screen, in order not to wake up the family, I could only turn the volume down, stand in front of the TV and listen carefully to every sentence, I did not understand and was willing to accompany the TV until I was sleepy.
In the small town of Jiangsu in Jiangnan, there was no foreigner to contact, there were no advanced learning tools at that time, only the original cassette with few choices, the CD machine was not common, and what repeater MP3 had not yet been invented.
I was fortunate enough to get a tape of a song called "The Shadow's Room," who I couldn't remember, and I listened to it countless times on the tape recorder at home until I could recite all the songs.
Liu Xin on the front line of news
At that time, the tape recorder did not work very well, and the lyrics were not attached to the tape box, so I could only hear roughly, and the songs that came out of the "back" were of course like abstract paintings, and could only be enjoyed from a distance. One day she was overheard by the eldest sister who came home from winter vacation, and she said what are you singing?
I was embarrassed to show her the tape, and she thought I was incredible, didn't understand anything, but sang like a decent, and the tone and taste were almost chaotic!
To produce good flowers, you must start with the selection of seeds. The freshman intensive reading class really starts with the phonetic transcription, and everyone's pronunciation will be reviewed, and the good ones will be left behind, and the bad ones will be picked out, and mine is no exception.
Recall that the department placed special emphasis on the importance of doing so in order to avoid raising time-wasting doubts. I have been criticized by Professor Liu Haiping, and of course I am prepared, but I also agree that it is really important to do so.
Students come from all over the country, and the teaching level varies from place to place, in that era when the college entrance examination did not test speaking and listening, the written scores really could not reflect the students' ability to actually apply English, so before starting any deep learning, it is necessary to touch the bottom and tidy up the team, which is a sharpener without mistakenly cutting wood.
Now all the people who ask me to learn English will get the same "treatment" process, pronunciation is the basis of spoken language, there is no good foundation, the rest is not discussed.
Liu Xin's English speech: Our job is to tell the Chinese story as it is
But this process is not a matter of a few lessons. More than a decade later, I still often find problems with my voice.
The same is true for practicing pronunciation, where each phonetic transcription must be clear first, and only after it has completely become its own thing can you discover more subtle details and differences.
The whole process is a bit like the human ear's perception of music, you have to listen more, listen carefully, in order to gradually hear the different charms between different music.
And this is a very long process, and it is by no means a task that can be completed in a few months. This is also my advice to everyone who wants to improve their English quickly: grammar and word volume can be quick, but the voice and intonation are not urgent, because the correctness of speech requires your mouth muscles and tongue to adapt to a new set of exercises.
PS: Liu Xin's testimonial
I was recently reading a copy of Zhen Lifu's "Scientific Practice", in which he quoted the first sentence of Tolstoy's "Anna Karenina" novel, which is called "Happy families are similar, unhappy families are different." So he said that the practice of voice is "the correct method is similar to every family, and the wrong method is different."
The essence of each method and process of learning English to the top level is really the same, but on the contrary, there are too many people in our country who have worked hard and fought on the road to English learning, but finally gave up, and everyone has a different story.
I also hope that friends who are still on the road of English, no matter what, do not give up, and at the same time think more about what the essence of learning English is, their own methods, time, environment, foundation, philosophy, attitude is what is, where are their advantages compared with top level people, how to creatively learn from the experience of others, and walk out of a path of English conquest with their own characteristics.
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