比如，这里我印象深刻的是“I HAVE to Go to School."在没有学习之前，我一直把“I”也重读，结果就是典型的中式英语的语调，但是只重读“HAVE”而不重读“I”之后，听着就地道多了。。 @@@@@@ （ZT） Subscribe: iTunes | Android | RSS
Many students think that learning English is about learning grammar, consonants, vowels, and vocabulary. These form the basic foundation of a language, however, if you want to be understood when speaking American English, and if you want to understand native speakers, it is essential that you improve your stress and rhythm.
Stress
Stressing means that speakers of English make certain syllables and words:
louder longerhigher in pitch
Basically, stressing means to emphasize a sound. Every word in English has just one syllable with a primary stress or emphasis.
However, it is not only essential to stress certain syllables and words, but we must also de-stress other syllables and words.
De-stressing means that speakers of English make certain syllables and words:
more relaxed weaker Examples | Listen & Repeat Engineer –> [en g? NEER] (2nd syllable is de-stressed; 3rd syllable is stressed) English –> [ING glish] (1st syllable is stressed; 2nd syllable is slightly de-stressed) Photograph –> [PHO d? graf] (1st syllable is stressed, 2nd syllable de-stressed, 3rd syllable is secondary stress)
Stressing and de-stressing syllables and words gives us rhythm in English.
Rhythm
Rhythm is the musicality of English–the ups and downs and the connected speech and the linking of words, which together, change how we say sentences.
Remember, speaking with correct rhythm (musicality) is essential to being understood when you speak!
Rhythm comes from the combination of the two types of stress in American English:
1) Syllable stress in words (as discussed above)
2) Word stress in sentences
Word stress in sentences
Americans stress words in sentences that are important to themeaning of the sentence. They carry the content of the sentence. Basically, if you took these content words out of the sentence, you would not understand the meaning of that sentence.
Content Words main verbs nouns adjectives adverbs negatives wh-words interjections Examples | Listen & Repeat I HAVE to GO to SCHOOL. I WANT my BROTHER to WIN. It’s NOT the BEST IDEA.
Function Words Remember, rhythm and musicality in your speech is not just about stressing, but also requires de-stressing, weakening. In English we de-stress the non-essential, non-content words in a sentence, called the function words. These function words are made weaker, and sometimes practically disappear from a sentence. Function words include: articles conjunctions prepositions pronouns auxiliary verbsListen and Repeat
(Function words written in lower case)
I HAVE to GO to SCHOOL. I WANT my BROTHER to WIN. It’s NOT the BEST IDEA. Notice, I did NOT say, “I HAVE TO GO TO SCHOOL”, but I said “I HAVE to GO to SCHOOL” [ay HAV t’GOW t’SKOOL]. I said the function words quicker and more relaxed than the important content words. They almost become part of the content words that follow them [t’GOW; t’SKOOL]. If I left out the non-essential function words from my sentences, you would still understand the general idea of what I’m saying. Examples *HAVE GO SCHOOL *WANT BROTHER WIN *NOT BEST IDEA
In fact, we hear children speak like this all the time when they’re learning to speak English, and we still understand their basic messages.
Listen and Repeat “She WANTS to PLAY a GAME.” “I’d LIKE you to JOIN us for DINner.” “We’ll CHOOSE the WINner on SATurday or SUNday.” “MAny of the STUdents are GOing on vaCAtion toMOrrow.”
这是以前一个老师给我推荐的一篇关于英语节奏的文章。我非常喜欢，推荐给大家。英语节奏掌握好了，说的英语听起来会非常地道。大家可以试着随着例句里的重音（大写字母），弱读跟读，体会节奏感，是不是觉得立马说话就有老外的感觉了：）
比如，这里我印象深刻的是“I HAVE to Go to School."在没有学习之前，我一直把“I”也重读，结果就是典型的中式英语的语调，但是只重读“HAVE”而不重读“I”之后，听着就地道多了。。@@@@@@
（ZT）
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Many students think that learning English is about learning grammar, consonants, vowels, and vocabulary. These form the basic foundation of a language, however, if you want to be understood when speaking American English, and if you want to understand native speakers, it is essential that you improve your stress and rhythm.
StressStressing means that speakers of English make certain syllables and words:
louder longer higher in pitchBasically, stressing means to emphasize a sound. Every word in English has just one syllable with a primary stress or emphasis.
However, it is not only essential to stress certain syllables and words, but we must also de-stress other syllables and words.
De-stressing means that speakers of English make certain syllables and words:
more relaxed weaker Examples | Listen & Repeat Engineer –> [en g? NEER] (2nd syllable is de-stressed; 3rd syllable is stressed) English –> [ING glish] (1st syllable is stressed; 2nd syllable is slightly de-stressed) Photograph –> [PHO d? graf] (1st syllable is stressed, 2nd syllable de-stressed, 3rd syllable is secondary stress)Stressing and de-stressing syllables and words gives us rhythm in English.
RhythmRhythm is the musicality of English–the ups and downs and the connected speech and the linking of words, which together, change how we say sentences.
Remember, speaking with correct rhythm (musicality) is essential to being understood when you speak!
Rhythm comes from the combination of the two types of stress in American English:
1) Syllable stress in words (as discussed above)
2) Word stress in sentences
Word stress in sentencesAmericans stress words in sentences that are important to the meaning of the sentence. They carry the content of the sentence. Basically, if you took these content words out of the sentence, you would not understand the meaning of that sentence.
Content Words main verbs nouns adjectives adverbs negatives wh-words interjections Examples | Listen & Repeat I HAVE to GO to SCHOOL. I WANT my BROTHER to WIN. It’s NOT the BEST IDEA.
Function Words Remember, rhythm and musicality in your speech is not just about stressing, but also requires de-stressing, weakening. In English we de-stress the non-essential, non-content words in a sentence, called the function words. These function words are made weaker, and sometimes practically disappear from a sentence. Function words include: articles conjunctions prepositions pronouns auxiliary verbs Listen and Repeat(Function words written in lower case)
I HAVE to GO to SCHOOL. I WANT my BROTHER to WIN. It’s NOT the BEST IDEA. Notice, I did NOT say, “I HAVE TO GO TO SCHOOL”, but I said “I HAVE to GO to SCHOOL” [ay HAV t’GOW t’SKOOL]. I said the function words quicker and more relaxed than the important content words. They almost become part of the content words that follow them [t’GOW; t’SKOOL]. If I left out the non-essential function words from my sentences, you would still understand the general idea of what I’m saying. Examples *HAVE GO SCHOOL *WANT BROTHER WIN *NOT BEST IDEAIn fact, we hear children speak like this all the time when they’re learning to speak English, and we still understand their basic messages.
Listen and Repeat “She WANTS to PLAY a GAME.” “I’d LIKE you to JOIN us for DINner.” “We’ll CHOOSE the WINner on SATurday or SUNday.” “MAny of the STUdents are GOing on vaCAtion toMOrrow.”弱读成t，并和后面一个词融合成一个词的概念，特别有启发。
为了减少汉语的chopping感，把重音加重加长，弱音更减弱，
味道就出来。熟能生巧多练习，是不二法门：）
参加活动，练习把嘴张开：）