B:
Nothing much. \Uhat's ncw wich you?.A:
I'm going ro Washington.B:
Vashington Srarc or Washington, D.C.?A:
D.C.I
wanr to scc rhc capital.Ustcn to thcsc questions and un<lcrlinc thc focus words. Thcn ask somconc clsc thc. qucs.tions. Thc ansu.crs can bc onc or rwo words, and rhcy should rcspond to thc {ocus rvord in thc qucstion.
1. Whcn did you arrivc hcrc?
2.
Vhcrc did you gcr your English book?3. Vho
told you horv to gcr a visal4.
What languages can ;iou spcak?5.
Which languagc is rhe most di[6cult to lcarn]6.
Do you think ir is hardcr to spcak or ro hcar a [orcign languagc?Self-analysis
Rccord thc dia.loguc in
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DirJ you cmphasizc thc focuswor&]
Did yourJc6-nitcly zot cnrphasizc rhc old iJcas (old locus words)? Thc contrast bcrwccn cmphasis and lack of cmphasis must bc clcar.
Summary
How ro call thc listcncr's a(rcnrion ro whar you think is imponanr:
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SENT.ENCE EMPHASIS
Basic cnrplrasis
prttcrrr
Contcnt words arc cnrphrsiz.cd.Srrucrurc wor,Js arc gcncrally trot cruplr:rsizcd.
cxtmplc:
Vc VANT
e lxNAna.'l-lrc Iirr.rl cortcrr( rvorJ irr
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srntcncc usullly hls tlrc rrrost crrrplrlsis.cxrtntplc: Slrc rvrrrts sornc
SllOtS.
Focus
Ncw (ocus Arry wr.:rtl
tlrlt
givcs ncrv irrfornrrtion is thc ncrv filcrrs irt a corrycrsatiort.cxdtttple
Vhrt
KIND of slrocs) Thc CAsurl kind.40
13 . The importance of focus
Most scntcnccs follow thc basic cmphasis pattcrn.
[[
an English spcakcr changcs thc partcrn, thcrc is always'a ,cas,.,n, Thc spcakcr wanrs thc listcncr to noticc thc unusual cmphasis.Read thc following story, which is bascd on thc abovc principlc'
'This rrorl ir takcn lrotrt :n Atncrican ntovit, T/rc Convcrslion The Conuersation'
Scvcral ycars ago, in San Francisco, thcrc was a rich man witlr a you'ng wifc' This man
*rs iripiciors
oI his rvi(c and wantcd to know what shc did dur-ins rhe dav. Hc hired a Drivatc dctcctivc to (ollowhcr.'fhc
dctcctivc found or"tthrt.r.ry
Friday, just at thc noon hour, shc mct 2 young man and thcy walkcd around rnd,iound
Union Squarc, in the downtown busincss scction' Thc rich husband ordcrcd thc dctcctivc to rr,akc a tape rccording of thcir con'".rsation. This was vcry difficult, bccattsc thcrc *crC always a lot o[ pcoplc in
thi
Squrr."t
noon"ni,
bcsidcs, thc young couplc always. kcpt walking'ficy
n.r.r'rtood
still or satjo*n. Th.
dciccti"-c d"cidcdthrt
thcy wcrc afraid o[bcing noticcd. Pcrhrps thcy wctc cvcn afraid of bcing rccordcd' But hc was
"ifit."i..na
hadiood
iccording cquipmcnt, so hC was ablc to rccord thcir convcrsation [rom thc top of a building ncarby.\Vhr, *.r.
thcy sayioj? ThctaPc'ri,
so noity tlrat thc only thing thc dc' tcctivc coukl,nd.rrrinir"r,
thai rhcy wcrc planning a spccial mccting ati
p.tn. on thc ncxt Sunday, at thc Jack Tar Hotcl' This worricd him, bccausch.'kn.*" thrt
thc husbani*"s
alr"rdy icalous. Clcarly thc young couplc wcrc lovcrs. All 5atutday, thc dctccrivc*oikcd
on thc tapc with his clccrronic.quifnr.nt.
AII thc'iimc hc workcd, hc was gcttirtg morc and morc worricd'\i;ih; y;;;s
wotnan in rlengcr)whrt *o-'ld
th" husbrnd doiI
hc found or,-rUoriit,.ii
plans) Thc rlct-ccti"c fcltthrt
hc might bc rcsponsiblc [or ai-g.J/.
Ur, hc Lcpt working on tltc tapc' I'irrally, hc was ablc to nlrkc oncscntcrtcc clcrr. Thc yourrg rvtrttrall was Slyitlg,
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hc Scts tltc cltrttcc, lrc'll KILL us!"Tlris wrs cxactly rvh;rt rltc tlctcctivc lrrd t>ccn
rfrairl
of' So hc rlccidcd not to rivc thct"o. oi th.
corrvcrsrriorr ro 6cr 6usbaud. Ilut Srturday night, thct"pi,rr,
,rol.n. Surcly thc httstrrrtd tnttst h;rvcit! llrc
tlctcctivc wrs inr
panic.
llow
crurkl hc savc hcr li[c?A
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On Sunday, thc dctcctivc rushcd to thc Jack Tar Hotcl, wcll bcforc 2 p.m.
But hc was too latc. Thcrc wcrc policc irr front o( thc hotcl, and an ambu' lancc was waiting. Thc plllicc wcrc carrying a dcad bocly out o( thc (ront doors. Thc dctcctivc was struck with horror and guilt. Thcn hc was confuscd.
Thc dcad body was not thc wi[c, but thc husband! Whrt had happcncd) Thcn thc dctcoivc saw thc young wifc standin6 ncar thc ambulancc. Shc had a vcry smrll smilc on hcr facc. This litrlc smilc nradc thc dctccrivc think calcfully. Hc rcalizcd that hc had complctcly misundcrstood thc wholc con' vcrsation, Bccausc hc had bccn so surc (hat thc young woman was in dangcr, hc had thoughr hc hcard hcr say,
"lf
hc gcts rhc chancc, hc'll KILL us!"
lf
hc had listcncd to thc tapcwith
an opcn mind, hc would havc hcard what shc rcally said;"lf
hc gcts thc chancc,HE'll kill
US!"Thcy wcrc thc samc words, but with a complctcly diffcrcnt mcaning. This was not a convcrsation bcrwccn frightcncd lovcrs.
lt
was a plan to commit murdcr.Thc cluc to thc murdcr plot is this: Thc basic cmphasis pattcrn \ryas not Iol'.
lowcd, Instcad of cmphasizing thc mairr vcrb, thc wi[c cmphasizcd thc pro' nouns. This unusual cmphasis mcans that thc pronouns wcrc in contrast to pronouns thar musr havc bccn discusscd carlicr in thc convcrsation.
Basic cmphrsis pattcrn Hc'll KILL us!
Spccial cnrphasis HE'lt
kiil
us!Fill in thc blank:
Earlicr in thc convcrsation, thc
wi[c
nrust hxvc said somcthing likc:"Wc'll
KILLB
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aSentence focus (part 2)
Dccidc what orr thirrk is lrnportant.
Procedure for these exercises
Rcad thc paragraph silcnrly. Thcn undcrlinc thc focus words. Practicc rcading cach paragraph alortd, cnrphasizing thc focus words.
Rcmcnr6cr, pcoplc can havc dif(crcnt opinions abour thc focus o[ idces.
h is a lot of troublc to lcarn a ncw languagc. Whcn wc go to all that troublc, wc ccrtainly want to bc undcrstood. But undcrstanding is bascd on mdrc dtan spccch. Somctinrcs misundcrstandinB comcs not from.thc wrong words, but (iom thc ,rrong srylc. ln our own coun(ryr
*c
lcarn thc srylc fo-r politcncss' But this polircirylc
may bc misundcrstood in anothcr country' This can causc,n.*o..i.d
di(6cultics. Sincc you havc spcnt so much c((ori lcarning this ncwt.rg;rg., it
is scnsiblc and practical to lcarn thc politcncss rulcs also' Evcni[
yo,irtri"nl somc o[ thc customs arc foolish, lcarning thcm can hclp you ro bc clcarly undcrstood.
ln your country, is
it
considcrcd politc to listcn quictly to othcr ptoplc., wirh'.ori .n, .hrnc.
oI cxDrcssion onihc
facc)lt
rhis is thc stylc you havc lcarncd, p"it rp" yo"ihorld
warch two Antcricans ralkinS' Noticc how,thc pcrson '*tro i'ttlt,.nin" will
havc frcqucnt changcs oI cxprcssion' Thc listcncr mey.ir. .rf..lli,fi
,.ma rks*hili
rhc othcr-pcrsonii
trlking. Thcsc littlc rcmarks;r;i;;;.;;J,
likc"Rcallvl"
or thcv ntav iust bc:
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o,".n'rn."'This
is thc way Amctlcan iist"ncrssho*
thr.t tlrcy arc lis'i.ni"*-in t
lricnrJly wry.Tlrrt
is'why Arncricals gct uncrsy whcn thc listcncrir'iif.i,t ,"a tf,r*!
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thc Arncrican stylc o( spcak' i"s,," ,r,r"rirg
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".rf iri"ii i.rrLnr. l{...
is arr cxanrplc: Atttcricrtts rh.ink rhat pcrrpiration.(;;;i ;;;;i;;t
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