标准美语发音的13个秘诀 CD 1 Track 10（在线收听）

Statement Versus Question  Intonation CD 1 Track 10 

You may have learned at some point that questions have a ri sing intonation. Th ey do, but usually a question will step upward until the very end, where it takes one quick little downward step. A question rises a little higher than a statem ent with the same intonation pattern.  

 "Here is my car."

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Emotional or Rhetorical Question Intonation

If you know that your car is parked  outside, however, and someone doesn't see it and asks you where it is, you might think that it has been stolen and your emotio n will show in your intonation as you repeat the question. As your  feelings rise in an emotiona l situation, your intonation rises up along with them. 

"Where is my  car?"  

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