《少儿英语语音》Lesson 9Sentence Stress, Weak Form and Rhythm讲解材料.pptVIP

L/O/G/O r f r o c h i l d e N 《少儿英语语音》 主编：郑小红 Lesson Nine Sentence Stress, Weak Form and Rhythm 4 1 2 3 Sentence Stress Weak Form Rhythm Exercises Contents Grammatical Stress I) Logical Stress 2) Sentence Stress 1) Grammatical Stress stressed unstressed Function words are usually unstressed. Content words carry the message and therefore usually be stressed 1. Sentence stress His 5wife will 5meet me at the 5gate of 5that 5garden to5morrow 5morning. 2 ) Logical Stress 1. Sentence stress 3 ) How to Pronounce Sentence Stress 1. Sentence stress Raising its volume Raising the pitch Lengthening its sound Making a pause Definition I) Ways of Weak Forms from Strong Forms 2) 2. Weak Form Weak Forms used Frequently 3) 1). Definition: Look at me. Look at me. Strong form and weak form: two different ways of pronouncing the word. The weak form is an alternate pronunciation of a word which is so reduced in its articulation that consists of a different set of phonemes. The strong form of a word is used when the word is said in isolation, or in connected speech in which the word should be stressed or cited. / ?luk Et mi/ / ?luk Et 5mi:/ Compare 2. Weak Form Categories of weak form words ⑴. Determines ⑵. Pronouns ⑶. Connectives ⑷. Auxiliary verbs ⑸. Prepositions 限定词/指定词 代词 连接词 助动词 介词 2. Weak Form at: /At/ → /Et/ as: /Az/ → /Es/ 2). Ways of Weak Forms changing from Strong Forms be: /bi:/ → /bi/ been: /bi:n/ → /bin/ am: /Am/ → /m/ has: /hAz/ → /z/ and: /And/ → /En/ have: /hAv/ → /Ev/ reduced vowel sounds to /E/ omit some consonants leave one vowel sound out shorten some long sound 2. Weak Form 3). Weak Forms used frequently in English 单词 弱读形式 例子 a /E/ in a minute am /Em/ /m/ What am I to do? I’m coming. an /En/ an apple He had an apple. and /End/ /En/ /nd/ /n/ in and out in and out He sat and ate. Bread and butter are /E/ The days are shorter. The men are away. as /Ez/ as old as you at /Et/ al