Hi ChatterFoxes do you want to sound more fluent when expressing emotions in
American English in this video you're going to learn how to use intonation to
express your emotions even better than a native in American English so to begin
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intonation remember that there are two types of intonation in American English
one is rising intonation meaning the tone of your voice goes up like this and
the other is falling meaning it goes down like that so when you're expressing
emotions in English intonation is important for example when you're
expressing any emotion that has a lot of energy it could be good or bad energy
you will use rising intonation but when you're expressing an emotion that has
low energy like boredom or not wanting to do something your intonation will be
falling so let's look at an example of that and see if you can hear the
difference first sentence I can't wait to go to the beach this summer I can't
wait to go to the beach this summer in contrast I really don't want to go to
this business trip tomorrow I really don't want to go on this business trip
tomorrow can you hear the difference when I'm excited my intonation goes up
and when I'm not that excited or not feeling that much energy about something
my intonation goes down so let's try another example and this one I want you
to say with me to practice using rising versus falling intonation let's express
our opinion about the food at a sir restaurants if we like it we can say the
food here is amazing the food here is amazing the food here is amazing or the
food here is alright the food here is alright meaning the food here is just
okay it's not really that great the food here is alright
the food here is alright great now another example when someone invites
you to do something that you're really excited to do you can say thanks I'd
love to thanks I'd love to rising intonation thanks I'd love to thanks I'd
love to or if you don't want to go to this thing that someone's inviting you
to you can say I'm not sure if I can I'm not sure if I can or let me see I might
be busy let me see I might be busy this weekend
let's practice those two together to differentiate between the rising and the
falling intonation in these answers so first if you're really excited about
something you can say thanks I love to thanks I love to or if you don't want to
go you'll say I'm not sure let me see I'm not sure let me see or I may be busy
this weekend I may be busy this weekend great now you know how to use intonation
to express high energy versus low energy emotions in American English and now
that you know how to do that I have a question for you some people think that
when someone invites them to do something that it's better to say
something like I'm not sure I can make it or I may be busy this weekend other
people think it's better if you don't want to go to just
say no I can't make it so that the person knows exactly what to plan for
and I want to know what you think what is your opinion about answering an
invitation is it better to say maybe or is it better to just say no tell me your
opinion in the comments section below can't wait to hear from you great job
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