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托福阅读素材：美国人爱上了英国腔 　　Downton Abbeys Lady Mary is now the most in-demand British voice in America, new research has revealed. 　　有新研究指出，《唐顿庄园》里大小姐玛丽的声音已经成为在美国最受欢迎的英国声音。 　　Actress Michelle Dockerys cut glass English tones beat the likes of quintessential English actor Hugh Grant and current James Bond Daniel Craig, to become the most requested UK accent for the US voiceover industry. 　　女演员米歇尔?道克瑞那精致的英音击败标杆人物英国演员休?格兰特和新晋邦德演员丹尼尔?克雷格，成为美国配音行业最受欢迎的英国口音。 　　Voiceovers are big business in America covering everything from TV ads to recorded birthday greetings and at the moment famous British - and Irish - voices are particularly popular. 　　配音在美国是一个非常庞大的行业，包括电视广告到生日祝福录音等领域。现在英国和爱尔兰名人的口音尤其受欢迎。 　　From Nigella Lawsons sultry tones to Liam Neesons Ulster brogue and even Gordon Ramsays angry rants, demand has more than doubled in the past year. 　　去年，妮格拉?罗森性感的声音和连姆?尼森的爱尔兰口音，甚至是戈登?拉姆齐的愤怒咆哮，这些声音的需求量都成倍增长。 　　Copycat versions of these, and others from Hugh Grant to Keith Lemon, are used for all kinds of things including online guides, training videos and even automated voicemails. 　　这些声音的模仿版本，以及模仿休?格兰特，基思?柠檬的声音被用于多个方面，包括在线指引，训练视频和自动语音邮箱。 　　And Lady Marys cut-glass upper-class accent is the most popular of the lot, according to PPHs analysis of 5,000 job adverts requesting British-sounding voices in the USA. 　　根据全球自由职业者市场网站PeoplePerHour(PPH)在美国对5000份英音招聘启事的分析报告显示，玛丽精致高贵的口音在众多声音中最受欢迎。 　　It does not even mean using the real voice of Ms Dockery who plays the aristocrat in the successful series, said PPH boss Xenios Thrasyvoulou. 　　这并不意味着要使用大小姐玛丽扮演者道克瑞女士的真实声音，PPH的老板Xenios Thrasyvoulou如是说。 　　Instead, a good impression will do as it will for others on the top 20 list including Daniel Craig and Helen Mirren - familiar to Americans for playing James Bond and The Queen. 　　相反，一个好的印象非常重要，比如其他位列前20名的人，包括丹尼尔?克雷格和海伦?米伦，这两位因扮演詹姆斯?邦德和女王而被美国观众所熟知。 　　All the Americans want is an English-speaking voice that sounds like the star or, sometimes, more generically they will ask for a BBC News or a Downton Abbey a