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课件网) Stress Revision Important phenomena in English connected speech Incomplete plosion white coat Liaison better and better Assimilation education miss you Strong and weak forms of words a cup of water Elision lots o(f) money Word stress Sentence stress Word Stress Dictation listen carefully and sign the stress on the correct syllable. `agriculture de`mocracy ciga`rette `mathi`matics `conti`nuity maga`zine tech`nique (`technic) trans`late car`toon employ`ee pio`neer exami`nee engi`neer Definition Stress: the degree of force with which a sound or a syllable is uttered. Word stress is concerned with the stressing of individual words of two or more syllables when they are pronounced in isolation.(142) Stress: the degree of force with which a sound or a syllable is uttered. 1.primary(strongest) 2.secondary(weaker) 3.unstress(weakest) eg. `con.ti.`nui.ty s p un. a.round pitch _____._____ highest _____ lowest The loudest sound[au] can be heard clearly. In a stressed syllable ,the center which is a vowel should be produced in a loudest way. （重读发生在重读音节的元音之上） agriculture hospital university philosophy So, when you say a word more than one syllable, remember to make the stressed syllable louder, longer, clearer, and higher pitched. Father I‘m going to the STORE finish I'M going to the store. report I AM going to the store above I'm GOING to the store seven I'm going TO the store tomorrow I'm going to THE store afternoon I'm going to the STORE temperature experience banana Learn stress from net course An English Pronunciation on Line Every time you dance, sing, or clap your hands you emphasize or stress particular beats or sounds. In speech, stress may be defined as the degree of intensity of loudness placed on a sound; that is, the amount of force one puts on a syllable or word to give it importance. Stress is such an important feature of spoken English that it determines not only the rhythmic flow of words, but also the quality of the vowels. Correct word and sentence stress in spoken English can mean the difference between good communication and no communication at all. Three types of stress can be found in English: primary, secondary, and zero stresses. The term primary stress refers to the strong emphasis a speaker puts on the most important syllable of a particular word. Secondary stress refers to a less strong emphasis on the next most important syllable. Zero stress refers to any syllable that receives no stress, and it is also called unstressed syllable. In other words, an unstressed syllable receives no intensity or loudness at all. The frequent occurrence of unstressed syllable is one of the fundamental characteristics of spoken English, and the one that most distinguishes English from Chinese. Syllable Phonetically speaking, syllable is consisting of a center. The center of the syllable must be a vowel, before or after the center should be consonant. C V C Open s– end ... ...
