Name: 精通英文語調：用降調和重點詞說出最自然的英文！ (Master English Pitch: Use Falling Pitch & Focus Words for Natural Speech)
Uploaded: 2025-12-22T17:59:58.000Z
Duration: 7 min

Foreign let's keep going with our Voice Tips series.

各位，我們繼續我們的 Voice Tips 系列。

I'm Jennifer Tarle with Tarle Speech here to help you sound clear and confident when you are speaking American English.

我是 Tarle Speech 的 Jennifer Tarle，我來幫助你在說美式英語時，聲音清晰又有自信。

Over the last few weeks, we've talked about breath support and voice projection and resonance or where your voice vibration originates.

過去幾週，我們談了 breath support、voice projection 和 resonance，也就是你的聲音振動從哪裡開始。

Pitch is the high and the low and the everything in between when we are speaking.

pitch 就是我們說話時，聲音的高低以及中間的所有變化。

Some languages use pitch differently in words to create a different meaning.

有些語言在單字中使用 pitch 來創造不同的意思。

English uses pitch with stress to make words sound different.

英文則是用 pitch 搭配 stress 來讓單字聽起來不一樣。

When we have the word record, I am going to stress syllable number two by making it louder, making the vowel longer, and

當我們說到 record 這個字時，我會透過讓第二個 syllable 變大聲、母音變長，

That would change the word from record to record.

這樣就會把 record 這個字變成 record。

So pitch can change the meaning of a word in English.

所以 pitch 在英文裡可以改變單字的意思。

We also use pitch over the entire sentence to highlight words and to tell our listener whether we're asking a question that requires a quick answer or if we are finished and we are going to tell you more, or if we expect a longer answer from you.

我們也會在整個句子中使用 pitch 來強調單字，並告訴聽者我們是在問一個需要快速回答的問題，還是我們已經說完了，要講更多內容，或是我們預期你會給出一個較長的回答。

The main pitch pattern that I want to talk about today is sentence level pitch.

今天我想要談的主要 pitch 模式是句子層級的 pitch。

And most of the time in English, the main pattern is falling pitch at the end of a sentence.

而且大部分時候在英文裡，主要的模式是在句子結尾使用 falling pitch。

I am going to use falling pitch when I give you a direction.

當我給你訓示時，我會使用 falling pitch。

I am also going to use falling pitch when I'm just giving general statements.

當我說一般陳述句時，我也會使用 falling pitch。

Pitch is the high and the low of your voice and I am going to use pitch that falls when I ask a WH question when I expect a lot longer answer.

pitch 是你聲音的高低，當我問一個我預期你會給出一個較長回答的 WH question 時，我會使用 falling pitch。

Where is the pumpkin spice latte for sale?

So again, I'm using falling pitch on statements, falling pitch on WH questions, and falling pitch on directions.

所以，我對陳述句使用 falling pitch，對 WH question 使用 falling pitch，對訓示也使用 falling pitch。

我們在英文裡確實會使用 rising pitch，但是

we tend to use it when we are asking for a quick answer.

我們傾向在問一個需要快速回答的問題時使用它。

So I'm using that writhing pitch to clue you in that I want you to give me a quick answer.

所以，我會用那種上揚的 pitch 來暗示你，我希望你給我一個快速的回答。

I also use pitch when I want to emphasize something.

當我想要強調某件事的時候，我也會使用 pitch。

I'm going to make that word a little bit higher, louder, and longer.

我會讓那個字稍微高一點、大聲一點、長一點。

So we tend to use three things to emphasize words in a sentence.

所以，我們傾向用三種方式來強調句子中的單字。

Of course, today we are talking about pitch.

當然，今天我們要講的就是 pitch。

I want you to go to the store and buy a loaf of bread, a gallon of milk, and

我要你去商店買一條麵包、一加侖牛奶，還有

That's very different than I want you to buy A slice of bread, a quart of milk and a pat of butter.

這跟我要你買一片麵包、一誇脫牛奶和一小塊奶油，是完全不同的。

So I'm using that pitch in conjunction with being louder and longer to stress what is important in a sentence.

所以，我會運用 pitch 搭配音量和長度，來強調句子裡重要的部分。

And last, I am going to use pitch variations to sound less boring and more interesting and more exciting.

最後，我會運用 pitch 的變化，讓自己聽起來不那麼無聊，更有趣、更令人興奮。

So I am going to vary my pitch in a sentence.

所以，我會在句子裡變化我的 pitch。

I mainly do this by focusing on some word with my pitch and loudness and length and then less using those three things on my other word.

我主要會透過將 pitch、音量和長度集中在某些字上，然後在其他字上減少運用這三者來達成。

So I would say my cup has red, white and blue stars, so I'm stressing certain words.

所以，我會說我的杯子有紅色、白色和藍色的星星，這樣我就強調了某些字。

I stressed a lot of words in that example.

那個例子裡，我強調了很多字。

I could say something like, hello, my name is Jennifer.

我可以說，哈囉，我的名字是珍妮佛。

I am in English coach, not a physical fitness coach.

我是一位英文教練，不是健身教練。

I could also use pitch changes to grab your attention and say things like, hey, listen please.

我也可以運用 pitch 的變化來抓住你的注意力，說像「嘿，請聽」這樣的話。

So pitch changes will alert our attention.

所以 pitch 的變化會引起我們的注意。

So again, we use pitch to mainly fall at the end of a sentence to let people know that we expect a long answer or them to do something.

所以，我們再說一次，我們會讓 pitch 在句子的結尾下降，讓大家知道我們期待一個長的回應，或是希望他們做某件事。

We use pitch rises when we know we want a quick answer.

當我們知道我們想要一個簡短的回應時，我們會使用 pitch 上升。

We use emphasis with our pitch to help people focus on what we think is important or what we want them to focus on.

我們會運用 pitch 的強調，來幫助大家專注於我們認為重要的，或是我們希望他們專注的內容。

And we also use pitch variations to sound more interesting or to gain someone's attention.

我們也會運用 pitch 的變化，讓自己聽起來更有趣，或是吸引別人的注意。

So to recap all of our voice tips so far, we are going to use good breath support, good projection, touching someone with our words.

所以，總結一下我們到目前為止所有的發聲技巧，我們要運用良好的 breath support，良好的 voice projection，用我們的字句觸動別人。

We are going to use good resonance, starting our vibration in our chest.

我們要運用良好的 resonance，讓震動從我們的胸腔開始。

And then we are going to use pitch variations and we are going to use those sort of as grammatical markers and highlighting words while we are speaking.

然後，我們要運用 pitch 的變化，在說話時將它們當作文法標記和強調字詞。

Please let me know which one of these you are going to use to be more clear and confident when you are speaking English.

請讓我知道，你會運用這些技巧中的哪一個，讓你在說英文時更清晰、更有自信。

We're going to wrap up and talk about tone.

我們將會做個總結，然後談談 tone。

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精通英文語調：用降調和重點詞說出最自然的英文！ (Master English Pitch: Use Falling Pitch & Focus Words for Natural Speech)

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