Hi ChatterFox's. do you ever feel
strongly about something and really want
to express it it can be difficult to
express things with when English is not
your first language but in this video
you're going to learn one way to express
yourself in English using intonation
so to begin intonation is either rising
or falling in English meaning going up
or going down and the intonation can
communicate many different things
depending on the situation in this
specific case that we're going to talk
about today is when you want to make a
bold statement a statement
meaning that you're not really asking
for someone to question you or you're
not really asking for feedback you just
want to state something either something
you feel something you know but it's a
statement it's something pretty strong
so for example I teach teenagers so I'm
sure you can imagine that I need to make
a lot of strong statements to my teenage
students one of the things that I have
to say often is if you don't do any work
in my class you're going to fail if you
don't do any work in my class you're
going to fail if you don't do any work
in my class you're going to fail did you
notice at the end of that strong
statement that my intonation went down
that falling intonation indicates that
that is a statement that's pretty strong
and I'm not really asking for a
continued conversation about that topic
I'm just making a statement so that
someone knows the information now I'm
gonna say that statement again with the
rising intonation so that you can hear
the difference and I want you to think
about how you might feel if I were your
teacher and I was saying this
to you with this intonation if you don't
do any work in my class you're going to
fail if you don't do any work in my
class you're going to fail if you don't
do any work in my class you're going to
fail do you think my teenage student
would believe me if I used that
intonation no they would not believe me
so that's why it's important when you're
making a bold statement or a strong
statement that you have to use a falling
intonation at the end of your statement
so to practice this we're going to look
at some quotes from Anthony Bourdain
because Anthony Bourdain made a lot of
bold statements the first statement
we're going to look at from Anthony
Bourdain is being a vegan is a first
world phenomena completely
self-indulgent being a vegan is a first
world phenomena completely
self-indulgent being a vegan is a first
world phenomena completely
self-indulgent great and one final bold
statement from Anthony Bourdain was BBQ
is not the road to world peace but it is
a start
barbecue may not be the road to world
peace but it is a start
barbecue may not be the road to world
peace but it is a start say that phrase
with me once with a falling intonation
barbecue may not be the road to world
peace but it is a start great job so now
you know how to use falling intonation
to make a bold statement in English and
now that you know how to do that I have
a question for you
do you agree with Anthony Bourdain about
barbecue do you think barbecue is the
road to world peace tell me what you
think in the comments section below
can't wait to hear from you great job
now you're our
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than a native but you know what's even
more important than using these American
expressions using correct pronunciation
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