你知道怎麼使用附加問句……對吧？迷你英文課：英語精讀講義

You know what a question tag is,

你知道什麼是附加問句，

don't you? 文法

對吧？

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

英文裡有很多提問的方式，

but how often do you use question tags?

但你多常使用附加問句呢？

Question tags are just short phrases

附加問句只是一些簡短的片語

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

或子句，我們會把它們加在直述句的句尾

to make it into a question. 片語搭配

使其變成一個問句。

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

如果你想徵求對方的同意

or check information.

或者確認資訊，它們就非常有用。

We just take the auxiliary verb 文法

我們只需要把助動詞

and the pronoun and invert them both.

和代名詞拿出來，然後把它們倒裝。

That's easy, isn't it?

很簡單，不是嗎？

Isn't it?

是不是呀？

So let's look at how we do this.

那我們來看看具體怎麼做。

So when a statement is positive, 文法

當直述句是肯定句時，

the tag will be negative.

附加問句部分就是否定的。

And when a statement is negative,

而當直述句是否定句時，

the tag will be positive.

附加問句部分就是肯定的。

Et voilà. 用詞

搞定啦。

For example,

舉個例子，

your dog doesn't bite,

你的狗不咬人，

does he? 文法

對吧？

You're going to help me make lasagna later,

你等一下會幫我做千層麵，

aren't you? 文法

是不是？

You didn't eat the whole pizza,

你沒有把整個披薩都吃完，

did you? 文法

對吧？

That shark isn't coming towards us,

那條鯊魚不是朝我們游過來的，

is it?

是不是？

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

如果你不想費腦筋去想該用哪個動詞，

you can cheat and use the word right.

你可以偷個懶，直接用「right」這個字。

For example,

舉個例子，

you're the one who ate all the cookies,

是你把餅乾全吃光了，

right? 語氣意圖

對吧？

You're not really going to shave your head,

你不是真的要去剃光頭，

right?

真的嗎？

It's usually better to use right 語氣意圖

通常來說，在肯定直述句後面

when the statement is positive,

使用「right」會比較好，

but we can sometimes get away with it 片語動詞

但有時候我們也可以通用一下，

even when the statement is negative.

哪怕是在否定直述句裡。

And with question tags,

在使用附加問句時，

we can even use our intonation 語氣意圖

我們甚至可以用語調

to show how certain we are

來表達我們對自己所說的話

about what we said.

有多確定。

Listen to the difference between these two intonations.

聽聽這兩種語調的差別。

There's no one here.

派對一個人都沒有。

You told everyone about the party,

你把派對的事告訴大家了，

didn't you?

是吧？

Or

或者

there's no one here.

派對一個人都沒有。

You told everyone about the party,

你把派對的事告訴大家了，

didn't you?

是吧？

Which one sounded certain

哪一個聽起來很確定，

and which one sounded a bit unsure? 片語搭配

哪一個聽起來有點不確定呢？

Did you catch it? 片語搭配

你聽出來了嗎？

Let's do one more example.

我們再來看一個例子。

Santa Claus doesn't really exist,

聖誕老人其實並不存在，

does he?

是嗎？

Or

或者

Santa Claus doesn't really exist,

聖誕老人其實並不存在，

does he?

是嗎？

Did you catch it that time?

這次你聽出來了嗎？

Check out the scale. 片語動詞

看看這個量表。

So when we use a falling intonation, 語氣意圖

當我們使用降調時，

we show a high level of certainty

表示我們非常確定，

and we're just inviting confirmation

我們只是在尋求確認

or agreement.

或者贊同。

You told everyone about the party,

你把派對的事告訴大家了，

didn't you?

是吧？

But when we use a rising intonation, 語氣意圖

但當我們使用升調時，

we show a lower level of certainty

表示我們不太確定，

and we need more clarification.

我們需要進一步釐清。

Santa doesn't really exist,

聖誕老人其實並不存在，

does he?

是嗎？

Okay,

好了，

so now that you know how question tags work, 文法

既然你已經知道附加問句怎麼用了，

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

以後你就會經常使用它們了，

right?

對吧？

Right?

對吧？

Right?

是不是？