Number1:sense group.
第一:意群組。
Example 1.
例1:
Reading aloud / is very important / for beginners.
朗讀對于初學者是非常重要的。
Example number 2.
例2:
Early to bed / and early to rise / makes a man / healthy, happy, and wise.
睡得早,起得早,健康、聰明、心情好。
Example number 3.
例3:
Jane, / who's a brilliant swimmer, / represented Britain / at the Olympic Games.
簡,那個優秀的游泳運動員,代表英國參加了奧運會。
Example number 4.
例4:
After he took his bath, / he dressed in a hurry, / ran to catch the bus, / and got to his appointment / before it was too late.
他洗完澡,匆忙穿好衣服,一路小跑趕上公共汽車,到了約會地點的時候總算還不太晚。
Number2:Sentence stress.
第二:重音。
'What's the matter?
怎么了?
The 'sweater is 'beautiful.
這毛衣真好看。
Your 'book is on the 'desk.
你的書在課桌上。
He 'started 'counting it.
他開始數起來。
He 'usually 'gets up at 'six o' clock.
他平常六點鐘起床。
Magical stress.Example 1.
神奇的重音。例1:
Are you 'angry with me?
(正常句子重音格式)
Are you 'angry with 'me?
(你是生我的氣嗎?)
Are 'you 'angry with me?
(跟我生氣的是你嗎?)
Example number2:
例2:
Did you tell my 'wife?
(強調“wife”,not “my sister”)
Did you tell 'my wife?
(強調“my”,not “his”)
Did 'you tell my wife?
(強調“you”,not “he”)
Example number3:
例3:
We 'heard 'John 'talking.
(正常句子重音格式)
We 'heard John talking.
(強調“heard”,not “saw”)
We heard 'John talking.
(強調“John,not “Peter”)