語(yǔ)調(diào)的魔力：不同語(yǔ)調(diào)說(shuō)同一句話(huà) 意思大不同！

Intonation and Meaning in English 語(yǔ)調(diào)與語(yǔ)義

① 語(yǔ)調(diào)影響詞義：

project: /pr?'d?ekt/ - 動(dòng)詞;/'pr?d?ekt/ - 名詞

record: /r?'k?:d/ - 動(dòng)詞;/'rek?:d/ - 名詞

② 語(yǔ)調(diào)影響句義：

例：You're hungry.

如果用falling intonation(降調(diào))：表示make a statement

如果用rising intonation(升調(diào))：表示ask a question

③ 語(yǔ)調(diào)影響說(shuō)話(huà)人的意思：

In England, people don't mean what they say, and they don't say what they mean.

有時(shí)，一句話(huà)的表面意思并不是說(shuō)話(huà)人真正表達(dá)的想法，所以我們需要依靠語(yǔ)調(diào)去判斷。

例：No.

降調(diào)：no and that's the end of it

升調(diào)：a question or go on

先降后升：no, but...

平調(diào)：一般是家長(zhǎng)回答孩子

-Are you doing anything tonight?

-No. ( / )

Means: No, I'm not doing anything tongiht. Go on. Would you like to invite me to dinner?

-Can you lend me a pound?

-No. ( \ )

Means: No, definitely not. And it's the end of the conversation.

-Are you using the car?

-No. ( \/ )

Means: No, I'm not using the car, but neither will you. or You can't borrow it. or But I might need it later on.

-Can I borrow the car?

-No. ( — )

Means: 這個(gè)場(chǎng)景可能是十幾歲的兒子問(wèn)父親，而父親顯然已經(jīng)無(wú)數(shù)次聽(tīng)到這樣的問(wèn)題，都有點(diǎn)懶得回答no了。于是就用了一個(gè)平調(diào)的no告訴兒子：上次不行，這次不行，下次再問(wèn)還是不行。

語(yǔ)調(diào)的重要性：

通過(guò)上面這3方面的講解，大家應(yīng)該已經(jīng)了解到為什么語(yǔ)調(diào)那么重要：If you get the intonation wrong, you may find the people you're talking to don't understand your meaning. 如果對(duì)方?jīng)]有理解你的意思，再向你進(jìn)行確認(rèn)，這算是運(yùn)氣好的了;可是如果他直接會(huì)錯(cuò)了意呢?那你只能后果自負(fù)了。