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外语系 谭红梅 课次：12 2010-2011学年第一学期 《英语语音》教案 Intonation (II) Intonation Group Main aims of the lesson: To help students understand how speakers organize their thoughts. Contents of the lesson Purposes Intonation-group To enable students to isolate pitch patterns by defining where one pattern ends and the next begins. Components of intonation group To explain to students the four constituent elements of an intonation group: the pre-head, the head, the nucleus and the tail. Declination Downdrift To he