英语语音PPT10-2.EnglishIntonationII.pptVIP

Unit 13, 16-19  The Use of English Intonation (I) Types of Intonation 1. Falling tune 2. Rising tune 3. Falling-rising tune Falling tune: It was a very cold day. ___________________________ ___________________________ You neednt have told him. ___________________________ ___________________________ Rising tune: It was a very cold day. ___________________________ ___________________________ You neednt have told him. ___________________________ ___________________________ Falling-rising tune: That was nice. ___________________________ ___________________________ Seventy of them. ___________________________ ___________________________ Now the question remains: how to use these types of intonation? Unit 13 The Intonation of Statements 陈述句的语调 (p.76-) Statements which 1. are complete and definite – falling tune. (e.g. The play was very èèèèinteresting.) 2. are incomplete – rising or falling-rising tune. (e.g. When he ?came, I asked him to èèèèwait.) 3. are intended to be soothing or encouraging – rising tune. (e.g. I shan’t be ?long. = I’ll come back soon) 4. have two parts of which the first is more important to the meaning than the second – falling-rising tune. (e.g. I eat èèèsteak, when I can ?get it.) 5. are corrections of what someone else has said – falling-rising tune. (e.g. –He’s forty-five. –Forty- ?asix.) 6. are intended as questions – rising tune. (e.g. You ?like it?) More examples and exercises: P77-79 Unit 16 The Intonation of General and Special Questions 一般和特殊疑问句的语调 (p.88-) General questions (= Yes – no questions) – rising tune. (e.g. Have they ?gone? ) Special questions (=wh- questions) 1. sounding more businesslike (=serious and effective in the way you deal with things严肃认真的 ) – falling tune (e.g. Why are you so èèèèlate?) 2. showing much interest – rising tune (e.g. How’s your ?daughter? ) 3. one-word question – falling tune (e.g. èèèèWhy? ) 4. repetition question – rising tune (e.g. –