你知道怎么使用附加疑问句……对吧？迷你英语课：英语精读讲义

You know what a question tag is,

你知道什么是附加疑问句，

don't you? 語法

对吧？

There are a lot of ways to ask questions in English,

英语里有很多提问的方式，

but how often do you use question tags?

但你多久用一次附加疑问句呢？

Question tags are just short phrases

附加疑问句只是一些简短的短语

or clauses that we add to the end of a statement 語法

或从句，我们把它们加在陈述句的末尾

to make it into a question. 短語搭配

使其变成一个问句。

And they're very useful if you want to invite agreement 語氣意圖

如果你想征求对方的同意

or check information.

或者确认信息，它们就非常有用。

We just take the auxiliary verb 語法

我们只需把助动词

and the pronoun and invert them both.

和代词拿出来，然后把它们倒装。

That's easy, isn't it?

很简单，不是吗？

Isn't it?

是不是呀？

So let's look at how we do this.

那么我们来看看具体怎么做。

So when a statement is positive, 語法

当陈述句是肯定句时，

the tag will be negative.

附加疑问部分就是否定的。

And when a statement is negative,

而当陈述句是否定句时，

the tag will be positive.

附加疑问部分就是肯定的。

Et voilà. 用詞

搞定啦。

For example,

举个例子，

your dog doesn't bite,

你的狗不咬人，

does he? 語法

对吧？

You're going to help me make lasagna later,

你等会儿会帮我做千层面，

aren't you? 語法

是不是？

You didn't eat the whole pizza,

你没有把整个比萨都吃完，

did you? 語法

对吧？

That shark isn't coming towards us,

那条鲨鱼不是朝我们游过来的，

is it?

是不是？

If you don't want to think too much about which verb to use,

如果你不想费脑筋去想该用哪个动词，

you can cheat and use the word right.

你可以偷个懒，直接用“right”这个词。

For example,

举个例子，

you're the one who ate all the cookies,

是你把饼干全吃光了，

right? 語氣意圖

对吧？

You're not really going to shave your head,

你不是真的要去剃光头，

right?

真的吗？

It's usually better to use right 語氣意圖

通常来说，在肯定陈述句后面

when the statement is positive,

使用“right”会比较好，

but we can sometimes get away with it 短語動詞

但有时候我们也可以通用一下，

even when the statement is negative.

哪怕是在否定陈述句里。

And with question tags,

在使用附加疑问句时，

we can even use our intonation 語氣意圖

我们甚至可以用语调

to show how certain we are

来表达我们对自己所说的话

about what we said.

有多确定。

Listen to the difference between these two intonations.

听听这两种语调的区别。

There's no one here.

派对一个人都没有。

You told everyone about the party,

你把派对的事告诉大家了，

didn't you?

是吧？

Or

或者

there's no one here.

派对一个人都没有。

You told everyone about the party,

你把派对的事告诉大家了，

didn't you?

是吧？

Which one sounded certain

哪一个听起来很确定，

and which one sounded a bit unsure? 短語搭配

哪一个听起来有点不确定呢？

Did you catch it? 短語搭配

你听出来了吗？

Let's do one more example.

我们再来看一个例子。

Santa Claus doesn't really exist,

圣诞老人其实并不存在，

does he?

是吗？

Or

或者

Santa Claus doesn't really exist,

圣诞老人其实并不存在，

does he?

是吗？

Did you catch it that time?

这次你听出来了吗？

Check out the scale. 短語動詞

看看这个量表。

So when we use a falling intonation, 語氣意圖

当我们使用降调时，

we show a high level of certainty

表示我们非常确定，

and we're just inviting confirmation

我们只是在寻求确认

or agreement.

或者赞同。

You told everyone about the party,

你把派对的事告诉大家了，

didn't you?

是吧？

But when we use a rising intonation, 語氣意圖

但当我们使用升调时，

we show a lower level of certainty

表示我们不太确定，

and we need more clarification.

我们需要进一步澄清。

Santa doesn't really exist,

圣诞老人其实并不存在，

does he?

是吗？

Okay,

好了，

so now that you know how question tags work, 語法

既然你已经知道附加疑问句怎么用了，

you're going to use them all the time, 短語搭配

以后你就会经常用它们了，

right?

对吧？

Right?

对吧？

Right?

是不是？