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希望對方作出自己的判斷。如: 6) A: You willfinish the work, won39。t you?( ↙ ) B: Yes, I will. A用降調(diào)提問,意思是: I know you will finish the work, but I want you to confirm it. 7) A: You willfinish the work, won39。tyou?( ↗ ) B: Yes, I will.(或 No, I won39。t.) A用升調(diào)提問,表示 A心中沒有把握,因此,得到的回答既可能是肯定的,也可能是否定的。因此,如果聽到下面的對話并就所提問題進行選擇時,哪個選項正確也就不言而喻了。 8) W: Mary says she likes playing tennis. M: But she doesn39。t play tennis often, does she?( ↙ ) Q: Whatdoesthe man imply about Mary?( B) [ A] She plays a lot of other sports. [ B] She doesn39。t really like tennis. [ C] She only likes watching tennis. [ D] She has a lot of things to do. 3.語調(diào)可以反應(yīng)談話人的互動性。如: 9) A: Are you Mr. Blake? B: Yes.( ↙ ) A: Room twentysix. 在這個例子中, B用降調(diào)說 “Yes”,表示 B的認可,這是一個封閉式的回答,這表明如果A沒有新的問題要問或新的信息要告知,也許他們的對話就可以結(jié)束了。 10) A: Are you Mr. Blake? B: Yes?( ↗ ) A: Ah, the secretary would like a word with you. 在這個例子中, B用升調(diào)回答 “Yes”,表示這是一個開放式的回答,相當(dāng)于: “Yes. But why do you ask? ”或是 “Yes. But who want to know? ”之意。這也就是說, B在回答 A的問題的同時又向 A提出了一個新問題,并要求 A予以回答。 掌握了這一點之后,對于下面的對話所提問的問題,就不難回答了。 11) M: How long shall we stay at the Grand Canyon? W: A day?( ↗ ) Q: What does the woman mean?( B) [ A] We shall stay a