【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 gram of the society, the hosts are required to have a high quality and strong ability. An excellent host can manage program successfully, from making plans to hosting. 9 In recent years, some program hosts in our country enjoy great popularity in the audiences. “Tell it as it is”, its host is Cui Yongyuan. He has changed the stereotype of Chinese host. He is relaxed and humorous and just like the nextdoor boy. It is also the first program whose designing is separated from writing and directing. The genuine design first appeared in China. Therefore the language from “Tell it as it is” quite deserves investigation both because of its rather plicated form and high level hosting. How can the host exercise his power through certain discoursal devices: turntaking， interruption， enforcing explicitness， controlling to topic formulation and larger scale of text. Turntaking refers to the taking of talking turns in dialogue. How turntaking is managed in dialogue depends heavily on relationships between the participants. In informal conversation, turntaking is managed by negotiation based on a turnbyturn: the speaker may select the next speaker. If that does happen， the next speaker may take the turn: if that does not happen， the current speaker may continue. It is assumed that all participants have equal rights at each point in formulato select others, select themselves or continue. As previously discussed talk show is an anized talk， of which the host is the center and anizer. The talk moves forward under the guidance and control of the host. An ideal form of informal conversation cannot be expected， and it will definitely 10 lead to a disordered chatting with no sense. In this case the host will take an insignificant role and can not fulfill the task he is expected to. For this reason， the host in a talk show will naturally be more powerful than other participants in the turntaking system. He can select speakers and keep the talk in the right direction and other participants generally cannot selfselect. Therefore, the language of a talk show host is a decisive factor to his program. The next chapters are to have studies on the features of their language. Chapter 2 11 Phoical Features The phoical characteristic of the talk show host includes the volume, tone and some other parameters of speech sounds. Some psychologists tell us that whether you can have a munication with others successfully or not, all it greatly depends on the way you say, not the content. Pronunciation Talk show hosts make their voice charming with the help of pronunciation, and their voice should be sweetsounding. It is one kind of prehensive effect owing to the quality of spoken English, especially tone, intonation and potency dimension of the language. A graceful tone quality is the key to pleasing the ears. Those voices sound mellowed and full, elastic and plentiful will attract the audience easily. Therefore, talk show host should have a pure and clear pronunciation, correct and normative syllable, to make the listeners more enjoyable and fortable. For example: ① Orpah: I love /l?v/ it when somebody?s dream gets /ɡetz/ to bee /bi?k?m/ true, and that is happening /?h230。p?n??/ every single week. Not just on “American idol”, but all around the pla /?pl230。nit/, singers/?s???s/, 12 dancers/?dɑ:ns?s/, and musician /mju:?zi??ns/. It is a big world out there, and it is full of talent. It is a bone /b?un/ fide phenomenon/fi?n?min?n/. Talent show fever has swept/sw?pt/ the globe. In practically every country, there is a TV talent show. We counted /ka?nt/ more than 600 shows in 104 countries. (From Oprah Show) This is one of Oprah?s prologues. We know that it is the basic requirement for a host to give a clear pronunciation. That is to say, every letter is expected to pronounce clearly. Obviously, Oprah speaks English with a good pronunciation. If her articulation is poor, it is likely to cause some misunderstanding. Then the information can not be delivered successfully. Intonation Significance of Talk Show Host’s Intonation Talk show host should pay particular attention to the appropriateness of their intonation. If there is not any change in intonation and sentence patterns, their speeches will sound extraordinary dull. Secondly, the strength of the language is also an important part of their speeches. It is a taboo when a talk show host runs the show powerlessly. Finally, the proper speed of speaking is significant too. In real spoken circumstances, one should know the principle well, when he 13 should say fast, and when he should say slowly, or just at an ordinary speed. According to the principles of transferring information, if one makes his speech too fast, that is to say, the frequency of sending the information will above the average, and then one?s brain can not handle the information timely, which will bring about pretermission or overstock of the information. In verse, if too slow, it will not only waste time, but also lessen the energy, weaken the interests of the audience. As we all know, English has different tones. The tone scope doesn?t mean the syllable, but phrases and the sentences, in other words, the melody of the tones is showed in the intonation. The intonation covers the strength, the stress, the tone quality and the rhythm. The basic unit of the English intonation is the intonation group, such as grammar structure, sentences, phrases and word groups. Each intonation has nucleus. The intonation group is the bination of head, body, nucleus and tail. Nucleus is the essential part in the intonation group, which means the stress that expresses the tone height, the tone length and the tone rhythm. In these situations, the host should m