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英式语音语调训练12课 · 03Alex 博士带你学英语

祝贺、同情和惊讶

Congratulations, sympathy and surprise

听到别人的好消息、坏消息或意外的消息,第一反应怎么说、用什么语调。这一单元练 Really?(升调表示惊讶)、Never!(大吃一惊,降调)、Well done! 和 Good for you!(祝贺,降调),以及 I'm sorry to hear that、Oh dear、That is bad luck(同情)。

怎么看语调标记

  • ↗vid:声音从这个音节开始往上扬(如 Hello, Da↗vid)
  • ↘do:声音从这个音节开始往下降(如 How d'you ↘do)
  • ↘↗go:先降再扬,一个音节里拐个弯
  • 跟读 照着读一遍;轮到你 用自己的话回应,点「参考回答」看怎么说;慢速 放慢了读,听清升降
  • 书里的学习者叫 Jo,别人叫「Jo」就是在跟你说话
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Alan 在街对面看到 Sarah,有重要消息要告诉她:考试成绩出来了。注意 Sarah 听到消息时的几种反应:Really? 用升调,表示有点意外;Never! 用降调,表示大吃一惊、简直不敢相信。

Alan has just seen Sarah across the street. He wants to tell her something rather important.

Alan
↘Hey! ↘Sa↗rah!
嘿!Sarah!
Sarah
Hello, A↗lan. Nice to ↘see you.
你好,Alan。见到你真好。
Alan
And ↗you. The ↘results are out! The ↘exam results!
我也是。成绩出来了!考试成绩!
Sarah
↗Really? But they usually come out in Sep↘tember, or even Oc↘tober.
真的?可是一般九月、甚至十月才出啊。
Alan
I ↘know. Anyway, you've passed your ↘music exam! Well ↘done!
我知道。总之,你的音乐考试通过了!真棒!
Sarah
↘Never! I was ↘sure I was going to ↘fail. ↘Well, ↘well! And what about your ↘physics?
不会吧!我还以为肯定挂了。哎呀呀!那你的物理呢?
Alan
Oh, I ↘failed it. ↘↗Still …
哦,没过。不过……
Sarah
You failed ↗it? I'm ↘sorry to hear that, A↗lan. That ↘is bad luck.
你没过?真遗憾,Alan。运气太差了。
Alan
↘Oh, it was my fault en↘tirely. I did no work at ↘all!
哦,完全怪我自己,我根本没复习!

再听这一段,跟读 Sarah 的话:

Alan
The ↘results are out! The ↘exam results!
成绩出来了!考试成绩!
Sarah
↗Really?
真的?
跟读
Alan
You've passed your ↘music exam! Well ↘done!
你的音乐考试通过了!真棒!
Sarah
↘Never!
不会吧!
跟读

Sarah 最意外的是自己居然考过了,所以说 Never!。听到下面的消息,用 Never! 回应:

Alan
↘Hey, ↘↗Jo! Bus and train tickets are going to be ↘cheaper next month!
嘿,Jo!下个月公交和火车票要降价了!
轮到你
参考回答
↘Never!
Harriet
Have you heard the ↘news, ↗Jo? All students of ↗English can have a free ↘holiday in the US↘A.
你听说了吗,Jo?所有学英语的学生都可以免费去美国度假。
轮到你
参考回答
↘Never!

注意发音:Never 前半截很短,后半截拖长。跟读:

Sarah
↘Never!
跟读
Sarah
↘Never!
跟读

没那么意外的时候,说一句 Really? 就够了。用 Really? 回应:

Sarah
I'm learning ↘Arabic, Jo!
我在学阿拉伯语呢,Jo!
轮到你
参考回答
↗Really?
David
↘Hey! ↘↗Jo! It's Harriet's ↘birthday on Satur↗day!
嘿!Jo!星期六是 Harriet 的生日!
轮到你
参考回答
↗Really?

当然,也可以这样表示惊讶(把对方的话反问回去),后面的单元再专门练:

Miss Roke
The new ↘copying machine's here, Mr Watkins.
新的复印机到了,Watkins 先生。
Mr Watkins
Is ↗it?
是吗?
Miss Roke
But we can't use ↗it till ↘Wednesday.
不过要到星期三才能用。
Mr Watkins
Can't ↗we?
是吗?
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祝贺别人最常用 Well done!,降调落在 done 上。听到好消息时还可以先来一句升调的 Really?,再接 Well done!。

Now listen to Alan again. Here are Harriet and her father. Repeat her father's part.

Alan
You've passed your ↘music exam! Well ↘done!
你的音乐考试通过了!真棒!

Harriet 和她爸爸。跟读爸爸的话:

Harriet
↘↗Dad! I've passed my ↘music exam!
爸!我音乐考试过了!
Father
Well ↘done!
真棒!
跟读
Harriet
I got ninety-two per ↘cent!
我考了 92 分!
Father
↗Really? Well ↘done!
真的?太棒了!
跟读

现在轮到你回应,然后听标准说法跟读:

Harriet
↘↗Jo! I've passed my ↘driving test!
Jo!我驾照考过了!
轮到你
你(Jo)
↗Really? Well ↘done!
真的?太棒了!
跟读
David
Have you heard about the football ↗match? We ↘won, ↗Jo!
你听说那场足球赛了吗?我们赢了,Jo!
轮到你
你(Jo)
↗Really? Well ↘done!
跟读
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祝贺的另一种说法:Good for you!(替你高兴!),降调落在 you 上。说的是别人时,换成 Good for her / him / them!。消息不好时则说 I'm sorry to hear that(听到这个真难过),sorry 往下降,句末的名字往上扬。

Another way of congratulating someone is like this.

Harriet
Hey, ↘A↗lan! I've passed my ↘driving test!
嘿,Alan!我驾照考过了!
Alan
Good for ↘you!
真替你高兴!

跟读,从后往前练:

Alan
Good for ↘you!
跟读
Alan
… for ↘you!
跟读
Alan
Good for ↘you!
跟读

如果 Alan 这样说,你怎么回应?

Alan
↘↗Jo! Harriet's passed her ↘driving test!
Jo!Harriet 驾照考过了!
轮到你
你(Jo)
Good for ↘her!
真替她高兴!
跟读
Harriet
David's got a new ↘job, Jo. It's much ↘better than his last job!
David 找到新工作了,Jo。比他上一份好多了!
轮到你
你(Jo)
Good for ↘him!
真替他高兴!
跟读
David
Have you heard the football ↗results? The Brazilians have won again!
你听说足球比赛结果了吗?巴西队又赢了!
轮到你
你(Jo)
Good for ↘them!
真替他们高兴!
跟读

如果消息不太好呢?再听 Sarah 和 Alan:

Sarah
What about your ↘physics?
那你的物理呢?
Alan
Oh, I ↘failed it.
哦,没过。
Sarah
You failed ↗it? I'm sorry to hear that, A↗lan. That ↘is bad luck.
你没过?真遗憾,Alan。运气太差了。

再练一遍,也是从后往前:

Sarah
I'm ↘sorry to hear that.
听到这个真遗憾。
跟读
Sarah
… that?
跟读
Sarah
… to hear that?
跟读
Sarah
I'm ↘sorry to hear that, A↗lan.
真遗憾,Alan。
跟读
Alan
I'm ↘sorry to hear that, Professor Ban↗nister.
真遗憾,Bannister 教授。
跟读

轮到你回应:

David
Hello, ↗Jo. I'm afraid I can't ↘come this eve↗ning. My brother's had a ↘motor bike accident.
你好,Jo。我今晚恐怕来不了了。我兄弟骑摩托车出了事故。
轮到你
参考回答
I'm ↘sorry to hear that, Da↗vid.
Harriet
I don't feel ↘well, Jo. I think I'd better go ↘home.
我不太舒服,Jo。我想还是回家吧。
轮到你
参考回答
I'm ↘sorry to hear that, Har↗riet.
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表示同情时,开头常加一句 Oh dear!(哎呀),声音往下降。事情不太严重时,说 That is bad luck(运气真差),重音在 is 上。

Very often we start our sympathetic answer with Oh dear!

Alan
↘Oh, ↘dear. I'm ↘sorry to hear ↗that.
哎呀,听到这个真难过。
跟读

轮到你回应:

Sarah
↘↗Jo! Someone's stolen my ↘bicycle.
Jo!有人偷了我的自行车。
轮到你
参考回答
↘Oh, ↘dear. I'm ↘sorry to hear ↗that.
Alan
My father's business isn't going ↘well, I'm a↗fraid.
我爸的生意恐怕不太好。
轮到你
参考回答
↘Oh, ↘dear. I'm ↘sorry to hear ↗that.

不那么严重的时候,常说 That is bad luck:

Harriet
How did the ↘swimming go, Da↗vid? I'm sorry I couldn't come and ↘watch ↗you.
游泳比赛怎么样,David?抱歉我没能去看你。
David
Oh, I won the ↘first ↗race, but I lost the second and ↘↗third.
哦,第一场赢了,可第二、第三场都输了。
Harriet
↘Oh, ↘dear. That ↘is bad luck.
哎呀,运气真差。

跟读 Harriet 的话,从后往前练:

Harriet
That ↘is bad luck.
跟读
Harriet
… ↘is …
跟读
Harriet
… ↘is …
跟读
Harriet
That ↘is bad luck.
跟读
Harriet
↘Oh, ↘dear. That ↘is bad luck.
跟读

现在练这几句:

Sarah
I ran to the sta↗tion, but I just missed the ↘train.
我跑到车站,结果还是刚好错过了火车。
轮到你
参考回答
↘Oh, ↘dear. That ↘is bad luck.
Alan
I telephoned the ↘theatre, but all the ↘seats were sold, so I couldn't ↘get any.
我给剧院打了电话,可票都卖完了,一张也没买到。
轮到你
参考回答
↘Oh, ↘dear. That ↘is bad luck.
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把这一单元学的串起来复习:有点意外说 Really?,大吃一惊说 Never!,坏消息说 Oh dear. That is bad luck,好消息说 Good for you / her!。

Revise what we have done. Do not forget to use Really? and Never! when necessary.

David
There's a new ↘language school in Oxford, ↗Jo!
牛津新开了一家语言学校,Jo!
轮到你
你(Jo)
↗Really?
真的?
跟读
David
But you won't believe the ↘↗name: it's called The Hippopotamus School of ↘English!
可你绝对想不到它叫什么:河马英语学校!
轮到你
你(Jo)
↘Never!
不会吧!
跟读
Harriet
I wanted a ↘job there, but I didn't ↘get ↗it.
我想去那儿工作,可是没被录用。
轮到你
你(Jo)
↘Oh, ↘dear. That ↘is bad luck.
哎呀,运气真差。
跟读
Harriet
But my ↘sister ap↗plied, and she ↘got it!
不过我妹妹也申请了,她被录用了!
轮到你
你(Jo)
Good for ↘her!
真替她高兴!
跟读

原声出处:Ian Thompson《Intonation Practice》(Oxford University Press, 1981)配套录音,版权归原作者和出版方所有,这里只剪取例句,用于学习讲解;中文讲解和语调标注为稳麓教育自编。点句子前面的 ▶ 听原声,听完暂停,自己跟着说一遍。

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