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Владимир Дмитриевич Аракин
division, pitch, stress and tempo. Underline the communicative centre and the nuclear word of each intonation group. Practise reading the proverbs
and sayings. Make your reading expressive. Memorize them.
A man's as old as he feels and a woman's as old as she looks.
Sit in your place, and none can make you rise.
Who chatters to you will chatter of you.
If a man deceives me once, shame on him; if he deceives me twice, shame on me.
You can't eat your cake and have it.
He's a good physician who cures himself.
Two things a man should never be angry at: what he can help and what he can't help.
Better be ill spoken of by one before all than by all before one.
Young men think old men fools, and old men know young men to be so.
12.
Make up a dialogue of your own to illustrate the proverbs and sayings given above. Use the High Fall, the High Rise,
the Fall-Rise and the Fall + Rise in it.
SECTION TWO
Intonation Pattern XIV
RISE-FALL
(LOWPRE-HEAD +) (HIGH HEAD +) RISE-FALL (+ TAIL)
Stress-and-tone mark in the text: Rise-Fall: [۸].
In syllables pronounced with the Rise-Fall the voice first rises from a fairly low to a high pitch, and then quickly falls to a very low
pitch. The Rise and Fall can be pronounced within one syllable or spread over two or more syllables. This intonation pattern is used:
l . I n s t a t e m e n t s , impressed, self-satisfied, challenging, censorious, disclaiming responsibility, e.
It's rather difficult, isn't it? —۸ Terribly .difficult.
Are you sure? —۸ Certainly.
Jane was terribly upset. — You can 'hardly ۸ blame her.
2 . I n q u e s t i o n s :
a ) i n s p e c i a l questions, challenging, antagonistic, disclaiming responsibility, e.
You could surely find the money somewhere. — (But) ۸ where?
I can't understand her. — Who ۸ can?
b ) i n g e n e r a l questions, impressed, challenging, antagonistic, e.
He shot an elephant. —۸Did he? It's a faster car. — But 'is it any ۸ safer?
3 . I n i m p e r a t i v e s , disclaiming responsibility, hostile, e.
4 . I n e x c l a m a t i o n s , impressed, e.
He's due home tomorrow.— How ۸ marvellous! Magnificent.
EXERCISES
1." Listen carefully to the following conversational situations. Concentrate your attention on the intonation of the replies.
Which one shall I choose?
Have you heard about Pat?
S t a t e m e n t s
Did you see any lions?
Who painted this?
Who was top of the class?
Yes. (Isn't it scandalous!) Lots.
It's good, isn't it?
Me. (Aren't I clever!)
Can you see?
Jane. Don. Hugh. Keith.
Wasn't it a good lecture?
Marvellous.
Have you ever been to York?
Perfectly.
It was better the second time, wasn't it?
Very good.
I was very cross with him.
Many times.
Shall we be in time?
Much better
It was rather odd, wasn't it?
