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News image  Weekender 2006 / 7  
Weekender
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- Women's voices

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- Greek Easter

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- At the Doctor's

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- Keeping fit

Woman


This week we investigate the sound of women's voices.

Do men usually ignore women's voices? How can women speak in a way that gives them more authority and makes people listen to what they have to say?

Anna Jones finds out with the help of a voice coach.


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Vocabulary from the programme

pitch
how high or low your voice is

it tends to happen
it usually happens

vocal chords
the part of the throat that moves and creates sounds

a tongue twister
a sentence which is difficult to say

to build on something
to make it better

frivolous
light and not very serious

to venerate
to honour




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