Intonation practice

При обучении интонации традиционно используются тонограммы. Тонограмма – это графическое представление интонации. Тонограмма состоит из следующих элементов. Две горизонтальные линии графически отображают верхний и нижний пределы голосового тона (голоса). Тире обозначает ударный слог, точка – безударный слог. Изогнутая вверх или вниз кривая линия означают повышение или понижение интонации.

Паузы обозначаются вертикальной чертой. Одна черта – короткая пауза, две черты –длительная пауза. Волнистая вертикальная линия – очень короткая пауза.

Intonation scales

Falling tone – (question-word questions) Жирно выделено слово, на котором голос идет вниз.

1.’What’s the \time? ['wɔts ðə 'taɪm]

2. ‘When can you \come?

3. ‘Which is the \way?

4. ‘Where does he \live?

5. ‘Who would like some\chocolate?

6. ‘What’s the \matter?

7. ‘Which is\yours?

8. ‘When did she \leave?

9. ‘What do you \want?

10. ‘How \are you?

Rising tone (жирно –слово, на котором голос вверх) – questions of the “yes-no” type.

1. ‘May I ‘use your /phone? ['meɪ aɪ 'ju:z jə 'fəun]

2. ‘Do you /usually work so late?

3. ‘Do you like ‘reading in /bed?

4. ‘Can you ‘come to the /pictures with me tonight?

5. ‘Would you ‘like a ‘nother ‘slice of /bread?

6. ‘Were you in ‘time for the /concert last night?

7. ‘Can you ‘get it ‘mended by to/morrow?

8. ‘Did the ‘postman ‘bring any /letters today?

9. ‘Are you ‘going /camping again this year?

10. ‘Have you got the ‘tickets for the /football match?

Rising tone (not questions)

1. ‘That’s /right. ['ðæts 'raɪt]

2.’Please, sit /down.

3. ‘Don’t / trouble!

4. ‘If you /like.

5. ‘Don’t /move.

6. ‘See you /soon.

7. ‘That’s /good

8. ‘That’s /enough.

9. ‘Good / buy!

10. ‘O/K!.

Fall – Rise (обратить внимание на переход от безударного начала (произнести низко) к произнесению первого ударного слога (высоко))

1. I’ll ‘ask him my\self, if / necessary. [aɪl 'α:sk ɪm maɪ'self ɪf 'nesəsərɪ]

2. I ‘think it’s ‘quite \ fair, / on the whole.

3 We were ‘always ‘good \friends, till last /year.

4. ‘Nothing can ‘save her \now, except a /miracle.

5. ‘That’s the \last, I /think.

6. He was \ right, neverthe/less.

7. ‘They knew ‘nothing a\bout it,till /now.

8. In ‘spring it ‘rains a\lot, / generally.

9. I’ll ‘do it \now, if there’s / time.

10. We have ‘very little \ snow here, as a / rule.

Please, mind the difference between these two sentences:

1) I’ll \ask him, when he /calls.

After a short pause, which is marked by comma, the second part of the sentence is said in the manner of AFTERTHOUGHT.

2) I’ll ask him ‘when he \ calls.

There’s no pause before the second part and the whole sentence is said as ONE IDEA.

Rise-Fall (short words)

[lɔts]

/\ Six. /\Yes. /\ Lots. Gold. Mine. New. None. Where? How? Thanks! Right!

Rise-Fall (more /longer words)

/\Wonderful play. /\All of them were. /\ Naturally. /\Comfortably. /\You can explain.

/\ Taller than you. /\ Better than that. /\Obviously. /\Jack did it. /\ Loads of time.

Descending stepping scale: (жирно выделены слова или часть слова, на которых голос идет вниз)

['ʤɔ:ʤ 'pleɪz 'futbɔ:l evrɪ 'sætədeɪ ,α:ftə'nu:n]

1. ‘George ‘plays ‘football every ‘Saturday after’\noon.

2. ‘What ‘time does the ‘night-train for ‘\Glasgow leave?

3. ‘How ‘far is it from ‘here to ‘\London?

4.’Why didn’t you ‘do as I sug’\gested?

5. ‘Where did you ‘say you had ‘put my ‘\glasses?

6. I’d ‘like you to ‘come im’mediately ‘after \tea.

7. They ‘watched him ‘repairing the \water-pipes.

8. He ‘promised to ‘send a ‘telegram ‘on his ar\rival.

9. What is the best thing to \mend it with?

10. We ‘shan’t be ‘able to ‘go there a’gain for a \long time

Ascending stepping scale:

1. I /can’t find it \anywhere. [aɪ 'kα:nt 'faɪndɪt 'enɪweə]

2. That’s /just what I was going to \say.

3. /What shall I do to\day.

4.It’s /very wonderful in\deed.

5. /Are you very /busy just now?

Level tone.

Mid-level tone is the most characteristic.

1. He → said “I will come” [hɪ 'sed aɪl 'kʌm]

2. I→ don’t know.

3. I am ex→hausted.

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