rising tone

基本解释

The third tone is a long low tone plus a short rising tone.
第三声由长降调和短升调组成。
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In English, we use a rising tone at the end of a sentence to indicate that we are asking a question.
在英语中，我们在句尾使用升调来表明我们在提问题。
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Listen and repeat the sentence below. Pay attention to the rising tone.
朗读下列句子。注意句尾升调。

Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke appears to still have support for his extraordinary monetary policy efforts, but a rising hawkish tone and the looming end of his term in 2014 could portend a shift sooner than the Street expects and contributed to a pullback in the market Wednesday.
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The combination of shrinking supply and rising demand bolstered market tone.
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Russia would like to think that the recent slight softening of Iran's public tone and the rising domestic criticism of its president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, may owe something to fears of losing its only legitimate outside source of nuclear technology.
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