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1、English Pronunciation Practice英语语音技巧突破,Lecture 5 Syllables and Stress 音节与重音,Warming up activity,tap pet sit myth tape Pete site my arm warm her first care here there fire Do you think reading English is like singing a song?,Definition of syllables 音节的定义,A unit of spoken language consisting of a sing
2、le uninterrupted sound formed by a vowel, diphthong, or syllabic consonant alone, or by any of these sounds preceded, followed, or surrounded by one or more consonants.,Application of syllables 音节的应用,There are four kinds of syllables: open syllables, closed syllables, -r syllables and re syllables.
3、Open syllables: A syllable ending in a vowel. eg. name, go, use Closed syllable: A syllable ending in a consonant. eg. tub, not, cap -r syllable: A stressed syllable composed of a vowel and r eg. fur, thirty, her -re syllable: A stressed syllable composed of a vowel and re eg. tire, sure, before,Pra
4、ctice 练习,Read the following words by oneself and then in pairs, paying attention each words pronunciation in different syllable. time type home new huge hot pet met let term nursery or party cure pure more fire,Stressed Syllables and Unstressed Syllables,What does Stress in Speech mean?,In speech, s
5、tress may be defined as the degree of intensity or loudness placed on a sound; the amount of force one puts on a syllable or a word to give it importance.,What is Word Stress?,A word stress means a prominent/stressed/strong syllable within a word.,Stressed Syllables on the other side, such words are
6、 not stressed in a sentence as article, pronoun, conjunction and preposition.,Practice 练习,Read the following sentences paying attention to the stress of each sentence. An elephant is an animal. Her skirt is blue and white. John is nine. Mary loves her dolls. He speaks English slowly and carefully. D
7、ear me!,Stressed Words and Unstressed Words in a Sentence,Sentence stress is the music of spoken English. Like word stress, sentence stress can help you to understand spoken English, especially when spoken fast. Sentence stress is what gives English its rhythm or beat. Word stress is accent on certa
8、in syllables within a word. Sentence stress is accent on certain words within a sentence.,Most sentences have two types of words: content words/ information words structure words/ function words Content words are the key words of a sentence. They are the important words that carry the meaning or sen
9、se. Structure words are not very important words. They are small, simple words that make the sentence correct grammatically. If you remove the structure words from a sentence, you will probably still understand the sentence.,Imagine that you receive this telegram message:,Rules for Sentence Stress i
10、n English,The basic rules of sentence stress are: content words are stressed structure words are unstressed the time between stressed words is always the same,Content words - stressed,Structure words - unstressed,If you stress all the words in an utterance, you may sound unpleasant or even cause mis
11、understanding because 1. You are giving too much information, and 2. English speakers usually stress all words only when they are impatient or angry.,Three levels of stress in a sentence,Strong stress on focus words Stress on content words No stress on function words,Different Focus Stress expresses different meanings. Eg: Hes back again.,