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Say this sentence aloud and count how many seconds it takes.
首先請(qǐng)大聲朗讀下面這個(gè)句子，算算花了幾秒。
The beautiful Mountain appeared transfixed in the distance.
Time required? Probably about 5 seconds. Now, try speaking this sentence aloud.
需要多長(zhǎng)時(shí)間？差不多5秒?，F(xiàn)在，大聲朗讀下面這個(gè)句子：
He can come on Sundays as long as he doesn't have to do any homework in the evening.
Time required? Probably about 5 seconds.
需要多長(zhǎng)時(shí)間？也就5秒。
Wait a minute the first sentence is much shorter than the second sentence!
等等等等，第一個(gè)句子比第二個(gè)短好多?。蓚€(gè)句子放到一起比比看：
The beautiful Mountain appeared transfixed in the distance.
He can come on Sundays as long as he doesn't have to do any homework in the evening.
You are only partially right!
你說(shuō)對(duì)了一半。
This simple exercise makes a very important point about how we speak and use English. Namely, English is considered a stressed language while many other languages are considered syllabic. What does that mean? It means that, in English, we give stress to certain words while other words are quickly spoken (some students say eaten!). In other languages, such as French or Italian, each syllable receives equal importance (there is stress, but each syllable has its own length).
這個(gè)簡(jiǎn)單的練習(xí)體現(xiàn)了我們說(shuō)英語(yǔ)非常重要的一個(gè)問(wèn)題，就是，和其他音節(jié)語(yǔ)言不同，英語(yǔ)一種重音語(yǔ)言。這是什么意思呢？意思就是說(shuō)，在英語(yǔ)中，我們會(huì)重點(diǎn)強(qiáng)調(diào)特定的詞，而其他的詞就說(shuō)的很快，有的學(xué)生說(shuō)是吞音了。其他語(yǔ)言中，比如法語(yǔ)或者意大利語(yǔ)，每個(gè)音節(jié)都是同等重要的，他們也有重音，但是每個(gè)音節(jié)的長(zhǎng)度是固定的。
Many speakers of syllabic languages don't understand why we quickly speak, or swallow, a number of words in a sentence. In syllabic languages each syllable has equal importance, and therefore equal time is needed. English however, spends more time on specific stressed words while quickly gliding over the other, less important, words.
很多說(shuō)音節(jié)語(yǔ)言的人不明白為什么我們能把英語(yǔ)說(shuō)的這么快或者吞掉這么多音，因?yàn)橐艄?jié)語(yǔ)言中每個(gè)音節(jié)都是同等重要的。英語(yǔ)是突出強(qiáng)調(diào)重要的詞，剩下的不太重要的詞就帶過(guò)了。
