Intonation
Intonation is a formal word for the music of English; that is, how our voice raises and falls at certain different parts of sentences. There are certain rules, such as those for asking questions and finishing sentences, but as with sentence stress, we can express emotions like surprise, sympathy, anger, delight, etc, by changing our intonation pattern.
For example, a rising tone(↗) is used:
When asking questions that are answered "Yes" or "No":
"Is he your cousin?↗", "Would you like some tea?↗", "Are you comfortable?↗"
To express surprise, interest or disbelief:
"Really?↗", "Did you?↗", "What?↗"
A falling tone(↘) is used:
For endingnormal statements:
"I really like potatoes↘", "It's so hot again today↘".
For questions which begin with What, When, Where, Who, Which, Why and How:
"What's your name?↘", "When are you going?↘", "How do you come to school?↘".
Students will learn these and other intonation patterns by listening to a good model and repeating. As you present some new language, you can show the rise and fall of the intonation pattern by arm and hand movements. When you write a sentence on the board you can show the intonation by writing in upward pointing or downward pointing arrows as in the above examples.
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a.正式的；外表的 (初中英语单词)
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