Now,let'sseewhatyoucandowiththesamesentence,justbychangingthestressaroundtodifferentwords.
I'lltellyouwhichmeaningtoexpress.
Whenyouhearthetone,saythesentenceasquicklyasyoucan,thenI'llsaythesentenceforyou.
Totestyourear,I'mgoingtorepeatthesentencesinrandomorder.
TrytodeterminewhichwordI'mstressing.
Theanswersaregiveninparentheses,butdon'tlookunlessyoureallyhaveto.
Herewego.
Indicatethatheborrowedthemoneyanddidn'tstealit.
Ididn'tsayhestolethemoney.Maybehejustborrowedit.
Indicatethatyouaredenyinghavingsaidthathestoleit.
Ididn'tsayhestolethemoney.That'snottrueatall.
Indicatethatyouthinkhestolesomethingbesidesmoney.
Ididn'tsayhestolethemoney.Hemayhavetakensomejewelry.
Indicatethatyouwerenotthepersontosayit.
Ididn'tsayhestolethemoney.Someoneelsesaidit.
Indicatethatyoudon'tthinkthathewasthepersonwhostoleit.
Ididn'tsayhestolethemoney.Ithinksomeoneelsetookit.
Anotherreasonyoumustoverexaggerateisbecausewhenyougettired,emotional,orrelaxed,youwillstoppayingattention.
Whenthishappens,likearubberband,you'regoingtosnapbacktothewayyouoriginallyweresounding10percent.
So,ifyoujuststretchyourselftotheexactpositionwhereyouideallywanttobe,you'llgobackalmostcompletelytotheoldwaywhenyourelax.
Forpractice,then,stretchyourselffarbeyondthenormalrangeofintonation150percent,sowhenyourelax,yourelaxbacktoastandardAmericansound(100percent).
WeAllDoItPossiblyaboutthistimeyou'rethinking,Well,maybeyoudothisinEnglish,butinmylanguage,Ijustreallydon'tthinkthatwedothis.