Pay attention to the intonation for the question tags.

注意疑问句尾的声调。

“There you are, ” he drawled, looking at them.

“你们在这儿呢，”他看着他们，拉长声调说。

And you should have good-sounding intonation patterns.

并且你应该有好听的声调。

You might want to speak in a lower register. What?

也许你得降低声调。什么？

How? Well, take that fourth tone (also called the checked tone).

他是怎么做到的？ 第四种声调，也就是「入声」来举例吧。

" I never expected this, " he said, in a low, worried voice.

“我从来没有料到会是这样。”他低沉而焦虑的声调说。

Everybody had their own twist that they put on it.

每个人都有自己擅长的声调。

Notice how specific tones emerge more clearly from the background.

留意一下，特定的声调是如何更清晰地从背景音里浮现出来。

Using them in different situations or with different intonation can have very different meanings.

在不同的情境们或者不同的声调可以有不同的意思。

Remember that intonation is very important here.

记住声调在这里是非常重要的。

And as it is a question the voice naturally rises at the end.

作为一个问句，结尾声调自然地提高了。

'So do I, ' answered the policeman in the same tone. 'Excuse my interrupting you.

“我也是的，”警察同样的声调回答，“请原谅我打断了您。

Another way to think about word stress in sentences is to think about tone units.

第二种理解句子中单词重音的法是理解一种叫做声调单位的东西。

In tonal languages, using the wrong tone is a mispronunciation, so watch your tone.

在声调语言中，错误的声调就代表着你的发音错了，所以要注意你的语调。

And as never before, he was ready to obey.

这多种声调混合在一起的呼唤, 这种呼唤更加逼真、更加诱人, 从来没有如此过。他以往从未这样做, 但这次他准备响应了。

It was the call, the many-noted call, sounding more luringly and compellingly than ever before.

这多种声调混合在一起的呼唤, 这种呼唤更加逼真、更加诱人, 从来没有如此过。

After a while the snoring seemed to change and began to sound almost like music.

过了片刻，鼾声似乎变了声调，听起来几乎成了音乐。

On the other hand, you might find female voices slightly more difficult.

在另一面，你也许觉得女性声调稍微更难一点点。

The words all came back to him in the same angry tone.

这些话语再次以同样的愤怒声调传回到他的耳中。

" Does he? " said Snape, his voice delicately inflected to suggest his disbelief.

“是吗？”斯内普说，微微变了声调，表示不相信。