Unit 50. Schwartz ... Pedro Schwartz

Emphasising Added Details
Unit 50; Part A
Listen to the way the speaker 'underlines' certain words in this text. My name's Schwartz ... Pedro Schwartz. I'm from Chile ... the South of Chile. I live in Puerto Montt ... well, near Puerto Monti. Actually, I live on an island ... an island called Chiloé. My grandparents were German ... well, Swiss-German, in fact. In the first line, both phrases contain the name Schwartz.In the first phrase, the speaker 'underlines' this word because it isnew information. But in the second phrase, he doesn't, because now itis old information. The new information in the second phrase is Pedro, so the speaker 'underlines' this. NEW OLD My names Schwartz ... Pedro Schwartz. NEW There is a similar pattern in each of the other examples above. |
Unit 50; Part B
Above, the same speaker gives information and then adds new details.But in a conversation, one speaker can give information and the othercan add new details. In both cases, the speaker 'underlines' the addeddetail. Listen to this example. ![]() |
Unit 50; Part C
Listen to these two short conversations. A's question shows that shedoesn't know anything about where В comes from. C's question shows thatshe knows he comes from India, so when В says South India, he 'underlines' South because this is added information. A: Where are you from? B: South India. С: Which part of India are you from? B: South India. |
Exercises
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