希望和愿望

I hope… 表达希望，用先降后升：Well 往下降，weather 的 wea 再降一次，句末 ther 往上扬。整句话的升降都压在最后的关键词上。

Listen to David and Sarah.

轮到你说 I hope…。先降后升：重音词上往下降，句末往上扬。降和升可以落在不同的词上，也可以挤在一个短词里（sweet、hot）。

Here are a few for you.

两个人盼着同一件事时，常说 Let's hope…（但愿……），语调同样是先降后升。Alan 明天要踢球，Sarah 想打破自己的跳远纪录。今天没下雨，可明天呢？

Often we express hopes with Let's hope, especially when two people hope for the same thing.

I do hope… 比 I hope、Let's hope 更强烈、更恳切，重音放在 do 和 hope 上。

Now listen and repeat Miss Roke's part.

I hope 说的是有可能实现的事；明知实现不了、更像梦想的愿望，用 I wish + 过去时（I wish I spoke…、I wish I knew…），语调仍是先降后升。

When you hope for something, it is usually possible, but how do you express a hope that you know will not come true? Really a dream more than a hope. Listen to Harriet.

同一句 I wish I knew how to repair electrical things，想强调什么，降调就落在哪个词上：强调「我」不会，就降在 I 上；强调「修」，就降在 repair 上；强调「电器」，就降在 electrical 上。

Now something a little more difficult: moving the stress from one word to another.

I wish you'd / he'd… 也可以表示有点不耐烦，希望对方别再这样了。注意这里用 would：I wish you would…、I wish you'd…。

Sometimes we use I wish when we are a bit annoyed.

If only…（要是……就好了）表达的愿望很强烈，后面用降调，不是先降后升。Roke 小姐在报上看到一份很好的秘书工作，可人家要找会说流利希腊语的人。跟读她的话。

Another way of introducing a wish is If only … This expresses a very strong feeling, and notice that it is followed by a falling intonation.

I hope to… / I wish to…（希望做某事）也不用先降后升，而是像普通陈述句一样降调，和 I plan to…、I expect to… 一个调子。

Another case where we do not use the fall-rise intonation usual for hopes and wishes is when the sentence begins I hope to … or I wish to … Listen and repeat Mr Watkins's part.

I wish to…（我要求……）很正式，带点公事公办、甚至生气的味道，用降调。跟读餐馆里那位生气的顾客。

Now listen and repeat the part of the angry customer in this restaurant scene.