(三)感叹句的语调
1.感叹句表示强烈感叹时用降调。
例:What a beautiful car!↘ What a nice↘ day!
Oh,dear!↘ How nice↘ is it?
2.感叹句表示惊奇时用升降调。
例: A: I bought this dress for 500 dollars.
B: 500 dollars!
练习:
1. What a big house! 2. How cool!
3. How heavy the box is ! 4. How tall the man is !
5. What a beautiful day today!
(四)一般疑问句和答语的语调
一般疑问句用升调,它的简略回答用降调。
例:
1. Is this your book? ↗ 2.Are you from America?↗
Yes,↘ it is. ↘ Yes,↘ I am.↘
No, ↘ it isn’t.↘ No, ↘ I am not.↘
练习:
1.Has he got a toy plane?↗ 2. Am I going to have a birthday party?↗
Yes,↘ he has.↘ Yes,↘ you are.↘
No,↘ he hasn’t .↘ No,↘ you aren’t.↘
3. Is it really a dog?↗
Yes, it is.↘
No,↘ it isn’t.↘
(五)选择疑问句的语调。选择疑问句的语调主要有两种:
1. 在说话人所说的几项中选择时,前面的选择事项用升调,最后的一项用降调,中间的连接词如or用平调。
例:
Shall we walk↗ or go by bike↘? 我们是走着去还是骑自行车去?
Is your car blue↗, green↗, or red↘?
你的车是蓝色的,绿色的,还是红色的?
Do you go there by bus↗ or by taxi↘? 你坐公共汽车去还是坐出租车去?
2.如果还有其他选择说话人没有说出来,说话人说的几项都用升调。
例:
Shall we walk↗ or go by bike↗? 我们是走着去还是骑自行车去?
Is your car blue↗, green↗, or red↗?
你的车是蓝色的,绿色的,还是红色的?
Do you go there by bus↗ or by taxi↗? 你坐公共汽车去还是坐出租车去?
练习:
Could you come Monday↗, Tuesday↗, or Wednesday↘?
你周一来,还是周二、周三来?
Which country would you like to go to, England↗, Canada↗, or America↘?
你想去哪个国家,英国、加拿大还是美国?
Could you come Monday↗, Tuesday↗, or Wednesday↗?