句子的升降调

1. 升调
   1. 一般疑问句通常用升调，例：
      1. Are you ↗ready?
      2. Is he your ↗friend?
2. 降调
   1. 陈述句通常用降调
      1. I am ↘ready.
      2. I can ↘do it.
      3. I like ↘reading.
   2. 特殊疑问句通常用降调
      1. What are you ↘doing?
      2. When will you be ↘here?
      3. Where are you ↘from?
      4. What happened to your ↘car?
   3. 感叹句用降调
      1. What a ↘smart boy!
      2. How ↘smart the boy is!
      3. So ↘wonderful!
   4. 表示命令的祈使句通常用降调
      1. Tom, close the ↘window.
      2. Don't ↘do it again.
      3. Be ↘quiet!
   5. 问候用语通常用降调
      1. Good ↘morning!
      2. Nice to ↘meet you!
      3. So long no ↘see!
   6. 感谢用语也通常用降调
      1. ↘Thank you!
   7. 反义疑问句，前面的部分用降调，如果提问者对所陈述的问题非常确定，只是想要对方同意自己的观点，或是想从对方那里得到证实，那么后面的部分也用降调
      1. -- Jerry is a ↘nice guy, ↘isn't he? -- Yes, he ↘is.
   8. 含有状语从句的复合句，若主句在前，从句在后，主句结束时意思已经比较完整，则主句通常用降调，后面的从句也通常用降调
      1. I was ↘reading when my brother ↘came in. 
   9. 并列句中，如果前后两个分句同等重要，或者两个分句的关系不紧密，那么一般前一个分句用降调，后一个分句也用降调
      1. Nobody ↘came and nothing ↘happened.
3. 先升调后降调
   1. 数数、列举时，前面的并列成分都用升调，最后的一个并列成分用降调
      1. Let's count these pens. ↗One,↗ two,↗ three,↗ four,↘ five.
      2. I'd like a cup of ↗coffee, a ↗hamburger, and some ↘chips.
      3. I like ↗boxing, ↗skiing and ↘swimming.
   2. 选择疑问句，or 前面的部分用升调，or 后面的部分用降调
      1. Would you like a cup of ↗tea? or a cup of ↘coffee?
   3. 含有状语从句的复合句，若从句在前，主句在后，则从句通常用升调，主句通常用降调
      1. When he got to the ↗station, the train had already ↘left. 
   4. 并列句中，如果前后两个分句关系紧密，有逻辑上的顺承关系，那么一般前一个分句用升调，后一个分句用降调
      1. Tom opened the ↗door and his wife ↘walked in.
4. 先降调后升调
   1. 反义疑问句，前面的部分用降调，如果提问者对所陈述的问题并不确定，想从被问者那里得到答案，那么后面的部分用升调
      1. -- Your coat is ↘blue,  ↗isn't it? -- ↘No, it's ↘green.

意群的升降调

1. 句首意群和句中意群通常都是升调，因为说话者的意思尚未全部表达完；句末意群通常用降调。
   1. Before ↗2004, |  I lived in ↗Beijing |   and worked as a ↗translator | and interpreter↘.