Name: Intonation in English - English Pronunciation Lesson（Intonation in English - English Pronunciation Lesson）
Uploaded: 2022-07-09T00:05:33.000Z
Duration: 15 min 45 s

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In this lesson, you can learn about intonation in English.

在本節課裡，您可以學到英文的語調。

It's a simple question, but by changing the intonation, you can change the meaning

那是一個簡單的問句，但是，通過 改變語調，您可以完全地

For example, it can be a simple question, where you're really offering to help:

例如，那可以是一個簡單的問題， 您已經準備提供幫助：

It can be a rhetorical question, where you don't really think the person needs help,

那可以是一個修辭性的問題，您並 非真正地認為那個人需要幫助，

It can show that you're annoyed with the person you're talking to:

那可以表明您對正在與您交談的 那個人生氣：

It can show surprise that the other person might need your help:

那可能表明驚訝對方或許 需要您的幫助：

You can see that intonation is a very powerful tool.

您可以看到語調是一個 非常有用的工具。

Controlling your intonation is important for communication in spoken English.

控制您的語調對英文口說 溝通是重要的。

So, let's start at the very beginning: what actually is intonation?

所以，我們從很初級的來開始： 語調實際上是什麼？

There are seven possible intonation patterns in English:

英文裡有七種可能的語調結構：

由升調轉為降調 由降調轉為升調

The most important are the first four: rising, falling, and combinations of rising and falling

最重要的是前四個：升調、 降調，以及升調和

Flat tones, including high and low tones, aren't common and don't have many uses,

平調，還有高調和低調， 是不常見的，並且使用不多。

所以，我們今天不會談論它們。

However, rising and falling tones can each have many different meanings.

然而，升調和降調可以每個 都有很多不同的意思。

Keep this in mind: one intonation pattern does not mean one thing.

記住這個：一個語調結構不意味著 一件事情。

The same intonation can have different meanings in different situations.

相同的語調在不同的語境可以 有不同的意思。

There are rules, but the rules are not one hundred per cent fixed.

有規則，但是，規則不是百分 之一百固定的。

Different people speak in different styles.

Here's a word: Let's try saying the word with different

這裡是一個單字：我們試著 用不同的語調結構

If you can pronounce these four intonation patterns, you can already do most of what

如果您唸這四個語調結構，您 已經能用英文做大部分

So, how do you use these intonation patterns?

所以，您怎麼使用這些語調結構？

The most basic rule is that you use a falling tone to show the end of a sentence.

最基本的規則是您使用降調來 表明句子結束了。

You can use a rising tone to show that your sentence isn't finished yet.

您可以用一個升調來表明您的 句子還沒有結束。

For example: I live in Madrid, but I was born in Canada.

例如： I live in Madrid, but I was born in Canada.

She's a lawyer, although she isn't working at the moment.

She’s a lawyer, although she isn’t working at the moment.

We might be a bit late, because I don't finish work until seven.

We might be a bit late, because I don’t finish work until seven.

That's the most basic rule, and it's important.

那是最基本的規則，那是重要的。

If you don't use rising or falling tones in the right places, people won't understand

如果您沒有在正確的地方使用升調 或降調，人們不理解您

However, there are many other ways to use these intonation patterns.

然而，有很多其他方式來使用這些 語調結構。

I thought you were going to get the bread!

How are we going to make sandwiches if we don't have any bread?

How are we going to make sandwiches if we don’t have any bread?

We can go to the bakery and buy some sandwiches there.

But, I think the bakery is closed on Saturdays.

It’s not Saturday today; it’s Sunday!

Can you work out what was going on in that dialogue?

您可以找出在那個對話裡發生了 什麼事情嗎？

After the first question: did you get some bread, you heard five sentences.

在第一個問題之後：did you get some bread，您聽到了五個句子。

Listen again if you need to; can you hear the intonation?

如果您需要，再聽一遍；您能 聽出語調嗎？

Before, you heard that you use falling intonation at the end of your sentence, but here, the

之前，您聽到您在句子的結尾使用 降調，但是，在這裡，結構

This is our second rule about intonation: you use a falling tone to show that information

這是我們關於語調的第二個規則： 您使用一個降調來表明資訊是

is new, and you use a rising tone for old information.

新的，您用一個升調來表明舊資訊。

In this sentence, the bread has already been mentioned, so it's 'old' information,

在這個句子裡，Bread已經被 提及了，所以它是“舊”資訊，

However, the word you gets a falling tone, because this is the new idea in the sentence.

然而，您得到了一個降調的單字， 因為這在句子裡是新的資訊。

How are we going to make sandwiches if we don't' have any bread?

How are we going to make sandwiches if we don’t’ have any bread?

The bread is 'old' information, so you pronounce it with a rising tone.

Bread是"舊“資訊，所以， 您用一個升調發音。

The sandwiches are new information; this is the first time anyone has talked about sandwiches.

Sandwiches是新的資訊；這是第一次 有人談及sandwiches。

In the next sentence, which word is 'old' information, and which word is 'new' information?

在下一個句子，哪一個單字是”舊“ 資訊，哪一個是”新“資訊？

Sandwiches are 'old' information, because we already mentioned them.

Sandwiches是”舊“資訊，因為我們 已經提到了它們。

So, pronounce sandwiches with a rising tone.

所以，用一個升調來唸sandwiches的音。

The bakery is 'new' information, because this is the first time anyone has mentioned

Bakery是”新“信息，因為這是 第一次有人

In the last two sentences, the pattern is reversed, but the idea is the same:

在最後兩句，結構是相反的，但是， 想法是一樣的：

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