Nice read! I could tell you were working on your articulation and enunciation! Overall I thought you did very well with it! There were areas here and there where you lost the ending letters on some words. In natural speaking, the ends tend to fall off or not be hit hard, but exercising and strengthening the quality to fully pronounce words is an excellent tool to have in your voice acting tool box. The more you practice these skills the easier they will become to assimilate them into your script reading when desired and as a result the reads will smooth out. So, keep practicing. The tongue twisters will help strengthen these skills too so keep having fun with them. 

You will want to cut out any mouth noises or breaths at the beginning of your audio file. Try to keep the silence at the beginning of the file to around 0.5 seconds or so.

1:17 Missed word "of"

Overall a very accurate read. 

Be aware of any background noise/movement/clicks during recording. If you hear it happen during recording, it’s good to re-record that line as it can be difficult to edit out later.

Generally a good distance between the microphone and your mouth as you are recording, as a rule of thumb, is the space between your pinky and thumb when they are extended apart from each other. Try to have waveform peaks for yelling/loud projection land between -9 dB and -3 dB. For normal talking, try to have the waveform peaks between -12 and -6 dB. Shoot for -3dB of headroom. You may need to adjust your gain for louder and quieter parts; if so, it helps to know where to turn the gain to in order to achieve optimal levels during recording. Having the microphone input pointed at your mouth but offset to one side maybe 20-30 degrees can help reduce plosives. A pop filter can also help with this if needed. I didn't notice any major concerns with plosives in your read, so this is primarily for future reference if you encounter it in your recordings.

Staying well hydrated will help to reduce mouth clicks during recording. A good rule of thumb is to hydrate well a couple of hours before recording and drink water in between as you’re recording to stay hydrated. 

As you progress with voice acting, investing in the RX series mouth declick plug-in is a very useful and worthwhile tool to have at your disposal to help keep the recording as clean as possible. 

When you’re ready to take the next step to improve your voiceover recording, you will want to look into treating your recording space with acoustic foam (we recommend 4” thick) and/or blankets to help reduce the reflections and reverb in the space. Basically covering any hard, reflective surfaces that sound bounces off of with soft materials like blankets or towels, etc. It’s not necessary for this class however as we are just focusing on the basics of voice acting, but something to think about as you progress in your journey.

Great job with this homework assignment! Keep up the good work!