英语语调的意义

时间:2005-4-6 19:11:56  作者:alex 鍙彲鑻辫-骞磋交浜虹殑鑻辫鍚璁粌骞冲彴
英语语调的意义

  B用降调说“Who”,其意思是问,对方想让谁在开场时致欢迎词。

  2.附加疑问句可以读升调也可以读降调,意思是不相同的。降调表示发问者相信陈述句的内容,只等对方证实。升调表示发问者对陈述句内容的真实性没有把握,希望对方作出自己的判断。如:

  6)A:You willfinish the work,won't you?(↙)

  B:Yes,I will.

  A用降调提问,意思是:I know you will finish the work,but I want you to confirm it.

  7)A:You willfinish the work,won'tyou?(↗)

  B:Yes,I will.(或No,I won't.)

  A用升调提问,表示A心中没有把握,因此,得到的回答既可能是肯定的,也可能是否定的。因此,如果听到下面的对话并就所提问题进行选择时,哪个选项正确也就不言而喻了。

  8)W:Mary says she likes playing tennis.

  M:But she doesn't play tennis often,does she?(↙)

  Q:Whatdoesthe man imply about Mary?(B)

  [A]She plays a lot of other sports.

  [B]She doesn't really like tennis.

  [C]She only likes watching tennis.

  [D]She has a lot of things to do.

  3.语调可以反应谈话人的互动性。如:

  9)A:Are you Mr.Blake?

  B:Yes.(↙)

  A:Room twenty-six.

  在这个例子中,B用降调说“Yes”,表示B的认可,这是一个封闭式的回答,这表明如果A没有新的问题要问或新的信息要告知,也许他们的对话就可以结束了。

  10)A:Are you Mr.Blake?

  B:Yes?(↗)

  A:Ah,the secretary would like a word with you.

  在这个例子中,B用升调回答“Yes”,表示这是一个开放式的回答,相当于:“Yes. But why do you ask?”或是“Yes.But who want to know?”之意。这也就是说,B在回答A的问题的同时又向A提出了一个新问题,并要求A予以回答。

  掌握了这一点之后,对于下面的对话所提问的问题,就不难回答了。

  11)M:How long shall we stay at the Grand Canyon?

  W:A day?(↗)

  Q:What does the woman mean?(B)

  [A]We shall stay at the Grand Canyon for one day.

  [B]Shall we stay at the Grand Canyon for one day?

  [C]To stay at the Grand Canyon for one day is too short.

  [D]To stay at the Grand Canyon for one day is enough.

  4.陈述句式一般读降调,用以陈述事实。若读升调,往往表示对所说事情的怀疑。如:

  She lent him her car.(↙)(用以陈述事实)

  She lent him her car?(↗)(表示惊奇、的怀疑,含有“Did she really lend her car to him ?”之意。)

  再请看下面的试题:

  12)M:I started driving at 8:00yesterday and arrived here at 5:30 this morning.

  W:You drove all night?(↗)

  Q:What does the woman mean?

  [A]Night driving can be dangerous.

  [B]You shouldn't have driven during the night.

  [C]Why don't you drive all night?

  [D]Did you really drive all night?

  答案为D。

  5.有些一般疑问句的句式读作降调,实际上表示感叹。如:Hasn't she grown!(↙)这句话实则表示:她长得多快!

  请看下面的试题:

  13)M:Wasn't Sam's speech great!(↙)

  W:Are you serious?

  Q:What does the man say about Sam's speech?

  [A]Sam's speech wasn't grea

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