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4.语音重读&语调

单词重读

1)双音节单词一般是第一个音节重读,如:cookie。

2)有a-,be-,de-等前缀的词往往是第二个音节重读,如:about, again, begin, deny。

3)多音节词一般是倒数第三个音节重读,如:university, accumulate, congratulation。

4)词尾有-ic,-tion,-sion 的词在词尾的前一个音节重读,如:scientific, exception, expectation,suggestion,decision。

句子基本语调

1)降调

用于以下句型:

a. 陈述句,如:I wish you happiness.

b. 特殊问句,如:How old are you?

c. 祈使句,如:Come in!

d. 感叹句,如:What a good day!

2)升调

用于一般疑问句,如:

Have you finished your work?

3)先升后降

用于选择问句,如:

Are you a student or a teacher?

4)先降后升

用于反义疑问句,如:

He is a student, isn't he?

There isn't much milk in the glass, is there?

You aren't going to the school, are you?

语句重音

句子重音一般都落在句子实词(动词、名词、形容词、副词)以及作为主语出现的代词上,而虚词(连词、代词、介词)则弱读。如果句子没有需要特别强调的地方,那么句子最重的重音落在句子的最后一个实词上。

1)名词重读

There is a boy in the classroom.

I have a ball in my hand.

2)形容词重读

The sky is blue.

The computer is very expensive.

She is very smart.

3)副词重读

He came back early this morning.

He knows people everywhere.

4)动词重读

I took a walk after dinner.

He went to university this summer.

5)数词重读

The old man's second son is 35.

I bought ten pens and five notebooks in the store.

She has five brothers in her family.

6)代词重读

·指示代词this,that,these,those

That boy is not my friend.

This is not what I mean.

但是如果指示代词前后都有重音时,该指示代词则失去重音。

Do you like these flowers?

I don't know who wrote this interesting story.

·不定代词

I'm sure there is something that I don't know.

Some are rich, and some are poor.

She got everything from her mom.