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.