英语语调的类型Types of English Intonation概要1精选.ppt

* Unit 13 Types of English Intonation * What is tone intonation? Tones are the way our voice moves up and down. The way we use these tones is called intonation. * About intonation The melody of language Refers to the total pattern of pitch changes Another important element of spoken English Makes English sound really English * English intonation adds the meaning of an utterance in two ways: A.?It shows the relationship of words within and between sentences; B.? It tells something about the feeling of the speaker. About intonation * I. Types of English Intonation 1. Falling tone 2. Rising tone 3. Fall-rise tone (or fall-rise tone) * The falling tone Questions What would you like? What will you have? Where are you going? What time is it? Where’s your lab book? Where did you leave it? Statements and short answers I’d like a sandwich. I’ll have a hotdog and a coke. To the lab. It’s a quarter past four. I lost it. I don’t remember. Falling intonation is used for both of these. The left column has information-asking questions which begin with wh words. The right column has statements and short answers. * The rising tone Yes/ No questions (Rising intonation) Are you coming late? May I help you? Is it cold outside? Shall I wait for you? Did he bring his money? Would you like any dessert? Answers (Falling intonation) If I can. Yes, I’ll have a hotdog. It’s very cold. No, you go ahead. No, he forgot it. Yes, I’ll have some ice-cream. Rising intonation is use for the questions. Falling intonation is used for the answers. Notice that some of the answers contain direct yes/no answers, which others imply yes or no in the statements or short answers which follow. * The fall-rise tone The fall-rise consists of a fall from rather high to low and then a rise to about the middle of the voice. The fall-rise is connected with the stressed syllable of the last important word. Like the falling and the rising tones. It is only completed on one syllable if that sy