一般疑问句怎么答

No 这一个词就有好几种说法：普通的降调是平静地回答；升调 No? 是「是吗？没有啊？」；起得很高、重重落下的 No!! 带着情绪。回答一般疑问句时，No / Yes 本身要有清楚的降调，后面跟的部分再降一次。

Listen and repeat. Then listen to Mr Watkins and Miss Roke, and repeat Miss Roke's part.

Yes 和 No 用升调说，就不是在回答了，而是「嗯？然后呢？接着说」，鼓励对方往下讲。跟读 Alan 的部分，然后轮到你用 Yes? / No? 接话。

Now listen and repeat Alan's part. When Alan says Yes? or No? he really means Go on! Tell me more!

被问到很冒犯的问题时，No 和 Yes 都起得很高、重重地降下来，后面的 not / is / don't 再狠狠降一次，表示「当然不是！你怎么能这么问！」。

Listen to this and repeat Miss Roke's part. Then you will hear some equally rude questions. Be ready to answer.

很多时候回答不是干脆的「是」或「不是」。I think so、I don't think so、Not necessarily、I suppose so 都用先降后升：在 think / ne-ces-sa-ri-ly / suppose 上降下去，句末再往上挑，留一点余地。

So far, all our answers have been a clear Yes or No, but often the situation is more difficult. Listen to David and Harriet.

说英语的人就算心里很有把握，也常常说 I think so，显得不那么武断；Harriet 懂语言，说 I think so 很自然。I suppose so 则是「别问我，我不是行家／没认真想过」。了解这个话题就用 I think so / I don't think so，不太了解就用 I suppose so / I don't suppose so。

English-speaking people often say I think so even when they are absolutely sure. I suppose so means 'Don't ask me: I'm not an expert'. Listen again, and repeat Harriet's answers.

I'm afraid so、I hope so、I expect so 和 I think so 一样，降在中间的实词上（afraid / hope / expect），so 上再挑起来。I doubt it、I shouldn't be surprised 虽然不以 so 结尾，也是同样的先降后升。

Here are some more answers ending with so for you to listen to and repeat.

否定的回答 I hope not、I don't expect so 也是先降后升。不过 I'm afraid not 常常只用降调，在 not 上干脆地降下去，意思是「不行，没得商量」。

Negative answers generally have the same intonation.

Not necessarily、Not every year、Not always、Not as far as I know 这类以 Not 开头的回答，都是先降后升：意思是「不完全是这样」，并不是一口否定。

You will remember that when David said 'So they must be Swedish tourists', Harriet said 'Not necessarily'. Here are some more answers beginning with Not.

回答「多常」的时候：generally、occasionally、usually、sometimes 这些说的是「有时候、大体上」，用先降后升；always、never、hardly ever、almost always 很肯定，只用降调。

Many answers like sometimes, generally, take the same intonation. But more definite answers like always, never, must take a fall.

规律：回答接近 0 或 100%（全部、很多、每个、非常好）就用降调；在中间（还行、一些、有几个、可能）就用先降后升。probably、possibly、definitely 这类词也一样。

If the answer shows 0 or 100, or something very near, the intonation falls. If the answer is somewhere in the middle, we use the fall-rise.

还有一种回答也用先降后升：不直接答对方问的，而是给一个相关的信息，言下之意是「你问的那个不行，不过……」。这种回答常以 Well 开头。对比 Spanish（先降后升，「葡萄牙语不会，西班牙语倒会一点」）和 Spain（只降，直接回答「在西班牙学的」）。

We have one more kind of answer that takes the fall-rise. Listen to Alan and Sarah, and repeat Sarah's part.

情景：你开了一家水果店。1. 蔬菜只卖土豆；2. 不收外币，但收支票；3. 星期天上午开门，下午不开。顾客问的你都不能直接说「是」，就用 Well 开头、先降后升，说出你能提供的。

Imagine that you are the owner of a fruit shop. You sell no vegetables except potatoes; you do not accept foreign money, but you do accept cheques; you are open on Sunday morning, but not in the afternoon.