English Pronunciation Worksheet Page 21
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28You use the fall-rise tune, too, when
Intonation = Meaning
enumerating lists. Every items on your list
A Is it white?
will have its own pattern, each one on the
same level as the last:
B
What.
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday.....
A Is it white or is it
blue?
If your list is complete, the final item will
have the rise-fall pattern, indicating to your
B
It's blue.
listener that that's the lot. This is called a
"closed" list:
A Blue?
I'm free on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday
B
I think so.
A Well!
If you want to show that you could go on but
leave the rest to your listener's imagination,
you use the fall-rise pattern on the last item as
Intonation tells emotion / passion /
well. This is called "open" list:
irony / political beliefs
I'm free on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday...
The Times is read by the people who run this
country.
This implies questions, too:
Are you free on Monday or Tuesday or
The Financial Times is read by the people
Wednesday..? If you go to India / you must
who own this country.
see the Taj Mahal.
Yes. No.
Excuse me.
The Mail is read by the wives of the people
who run this country.
We went to Rome and Athens and Beirut and
Cairo.
The Express is read by the people who think
I can offer you tea or coffee or hot chocolate.
this country should be run as it used to be run.
Syllable stress -
The Telegraph is read by the people who
Exaggerate the stressing as much as you can
think it still is.
Photography or politics?
Diana: What have you decided to do after college,
Jeremy?
The Guardian is read by the people who think
Jeremy: I'm going to take up photography Mr.
they - should be running this country.
McKenzie's recommended the course at the
Institute. He believes I could make a career as
The Mirror is read by the people who think
a photographer.
they are.
Diana: You'll have to develop your own photographs.
That requires technical skills. Jeremy, you're
not a technician!
The Sun is read by the people who don't care
And photographic materials are very expensive.
"who runs this country as long as she's got big
Jeremy: Well, Diana, Mr McKenzie thinks there's a
tits".
possibility I might win the Observer competition.
I sent in four entries. All the competitors are
amateurs, like myself.
[high to low = extra power
Diana: I detest competitions. I never agree with the
low to high = extra power]
decision of the judges! I'm going to be a
politician. I shall become the most distinguished
woman on the political scene!
Jeremy: I thought you hated competing! Don't tell me
:
politics
isn’t competitive
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