American Accent Training 笔记 02

American Accent Training  笔记 02

Staircase intonation

1 go up and down staircase.

start high and end low.

2 statement intonation with nouns

Intonation or pitch change is primarily used to introduce new information

2 statement intonation with pronouns

When you replace the nouns with pronouns ,stress the verb.

3 emotional or rhetorical question intonation

As your feelings rise in an emotional situation, your intonation rises up along with them.

4 four main reasons for intonation

New information

Opinion

Contrast

Can’t

5 for practice ,then stretch yourself far beyond the normal range of intonation (150%) ,so when you relax ,you relax back to a standard American sound (100%).

6 there is no absolute right or wrong in regard to intonation because a case can be made for stressing just about any word or syllable, but you actually reveal a lot about yourself by the elements you choose to emphasize.