A rise is used for given information. A fall is used for new information. Which of the following underlined sentences should go with a rise? ( )
A: ---Let’s go swimming at two. --- Lunch is at two.
B: ---Where’s menswear? --- Menswear is upstairs.
C: ---The fish is expensive. ---The steak’s more expensive.
D: ---What happens if one of them breaks? ---They all have a guarantee.
A: ---Let’s go swimming at two. --- Lunch is at two.
B: ---Where’s menswear? --- Menswear is upstairs.
C: ---The fish is expensive. ---The steak’s more expensive.
D: ---What happens if one of them breaks? ---They all have a guarantee.
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- A rise is used for given information. A fall is used for new information. Which of the following underlined sentences should go with a fall at the end? ( ) A: ---Was the movie good? ---The book was better. B: ---I’d like a leather one. ---They’re all leather. C: ---When is it closed? --- It’s closed tomorrow. D: ---What time’s lunch? ---Lunch is at two.
- What is Let’s Go? Give more information about it.
- Translate the following sentences into english ,using the given words or phrases.3. one of Disney's favorite dreams was to create a new kind of amusement park --a place where parents and children could all go and have fun together .
- Information which is needed for the listener to understand new information is background information, and information which is new or considered more important is foregrounded or foreground information.
- Information structure is composed of given information and new information.