Номер 12, страница 38, часть 1 - гдз по английскому языку 6 класс учебник Вербицкая, Гаярделли

Часть 1. Unit 4. Favourite things - номер 12, страница 38.

Условие.

12 Read the text and answer the questions:

What is the English for ‘Вам нравится Джон, не так ли?’

How do you know when to reply to a question tag, and when not?

The RAP

Did you know?

How to invite agreement in English

Most languages have one general phrase for a speaker to invite agreement with the comment he is making. The Frenchman says ‘n’est-ce pas?’, the German ‘nicht war?’, the Russian ‘не так ли?’, ‘не правда ли?’, or simply ‘да?’ In English the phrase has to be tailor-made to fit the preceding sentence. This so-called ‘question tag’ belongs to conversational rather than written language. For a student of English the following notes are helpful.

• The general rule is that a negative tag follows a positive statement:

‘October is a fine month, isn’t it? Leaves turn red and gold then, don’t they?’

Conversely, a positive tag follows a negative sentence:

‘It isn’t usually cold in October, is it? The leaves haven’t fallen yet, have they?’

• These sentences demonstrate that with auxiliary and modal verbs (be, have, can and so on) the verb is repeated in the tag. With other verbs we use do, does, did in the tag:

‘You like October, don’t you?’

• Intonation is very important. Usually question tags are rhetorical questions – that is the speaker doesn’t really need an answer. And because there is no doubt in his mind he uses a falling intonation. Sometimes, however, the tag is really a question, needing a Yes or No answer. Then there is a slight pause before the tag, and it is spoken with a rising intonation. The only way to practise this is reading aloud:

You like John, ➘ don’t you? — You like John, ➚ don’t you?

isn't it?

don't you?

не так ли?

Решение.

Решение 2.

Как будет по-английски "Вам нравится Джон, не так ли?" Как вы узнаете, когда отвечать на разделительный вопрос, а когда нет?

Ответ:

1. The English for 'Вам нравится Джон, не так ли?' is 'You like John, don't you?'. (По-английски "Вам нравится Джон, не так ли?" будет "You like John, don't you?")

2. You know when to reply based on the intonation. If the question tag is spoken with a rising intonation, it's a real question that needs a Yes or No answer. If it's spoken with a falling intonation, it's a rhetorical question and doesn't really need an answer. (Вы знаете, когда отвечать, по интонации. Если разделительный вопрос произносится с восходящей интонацией, это настоящий вопрос, который требует ответа "Да" или "Нет". Если он произносится с нисходящей интонацией, это риторический вопрос, и на него не обязательно отвечать.)