美語口音訓(xùn)練第一冊第16課
Exercise 1-9: Inflection CD 1 Track 16
Notice how the meaning changes, while the actual words stay the same.
1. I didn't say he stole the money. Someone else said it.
2. I didn't say he stole the money. That's not true at all.
3. I didn't say he stole the money. I only suggested the possibility.
4. I didn't say he stole the money. I think someone else took it.
5. I didn't say he stole the money. Maybe he just borrowed it.
6. I didn't say he stole the money, but rather some other money.
7. I didn't say he stole the money. He may have taken some jewelry.
I I didn't say he stole the money. Someone else said it.
It's true that somebody said it, but I wasn't that person.
Didn't I didn't say he stole the money. That's not true at all.
Someone has accused me and I'm protesting my innocence.
Say I didn't say he stole the money. I only suggested the possibility.
Maybe I hinted it. Maybe I wrote it. In some way, I indicated that he stole
the money, but I didn't say it.
He I didn't say he stole the money. I think someone else took it.
I think someone stole the money, only not the person you suspect did it.
Stole I didn't say he stole the money. Maybe he just borrowed it.
I agree that he took it, but I think his motive was different.
The I didn't say he stole the money, but rather some other money.
We agree that he stole some money, but I don't think it's this money.
Money I didn't say he stole the money. He may have taken some jewelry.
We agree that he's a thief, but we think he stole different things.
Notice that in the first half of these sentences nothing changes but the intonation.
V Repeat after me.
