Reading
Read the following dialogue and try to identify which underlined words are spoken with rising intonation (↗) and which with falling intonation (↘):
Phoebe: Welcome back!
Mike: Ah! I missed you
Phoebe: Oh, | me too!
Mike: So, what’s new?
Phoebe: Well, | I’m no longer Phoebe Buffay.
Mike: That’s great! | You changed you name?
Phoebe: Yes I did! | Meet Princess Consuela | Banana Hammock
Mike: You’re kidding, right?
Phoebe: Nope.
Mike: You really did that?
Phoebe: Yep.
Mike: Yeah, but you can’t do that.
Phoebe: Why? | Why? | It’s fun, | it’s different, | no-one else has a name like it.
Mike: Alright, | then I’m gonna change my name.
Phoebe: Great, | okay, | what are you gonna change it to?
Mike: Crap Bag.
Phoebe: Mike Crap Bag?
Mike: No, | no Mike, | no, just Crap Bag. | First name |Crap, | last name | Bag.
Phoebe: You’re not serious,| right?
Mike: Yeah, | I’m serious. | It’s fun,| it’s different, | no one else has a name like that.
Phoebe: Well, | then, | great. | If you love it, | I love it.
Mike: I do love it, | and I love your name. | I love Princess Consuela.
Phoebe: And I love Crap.
Note: | represents a pause
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References
Intonation exercises -. (2023, 26 julio). https://englishphoneticsbcn.com/intonation/
