SentenceStress语句重音.doc

Sentence Stress 语句重音（一） 语句重音指的是人们在朗读连贯的语句时哪些词要重读哪些词不重读的规则。下面介绍的是有关语句重音的最一般的但却是最重要的规则： （一）在连贯的语句中需要重读的词有：名词、形容词、数词、实义动词、副词、某些代词（指示代词等）、疑问词、叹词等。这条规则可以用四个词来总结：实词重读。 1)名词 一般情况下名词在句中应重读。例如：An elephant is an animal.(大象是一种动物)2)形容词一般都有语句重音。如：Her shirt is blue and white.(她的裙子是蓝、白色)3)数词分为基数词和序数词，两者在句中都应重读。例如：John is nine.(约翰9岁)My second brother is a doctor.(我的二哥是个医生)4)实义动词实义动词有完整的意义，能在句中作谓语，一般都有语句重音。例如：Mary loves her dolls.(玛丽爱她的洋娃娃)She sings well.(她很会唱歌)5)副词大都在句中要重读。如：speaks English slowly and carefully.(他说起英语来又慢又小心)（6）代词指具有语句重音的代词，如①指示代词：this, that, these, those ②返身代词：myself, yourself, himself如：He himself hurt his own feet.(是他自己伤着了自己的脚)③不定代词：some, every, all, both, none, other, many, few, somebody, something等等。如：Everybody was late.(每个人都迟到了)We are many, they are few. (我们人多，他们人少。) Some are red, some are blue.(有一些是红色的，有些是蓝色的)④疑问代词：who, whom, whose, what, which等。如：Who is that? (那是谁?) Whose bag can it be?(这能是谁的包呢?)What would you like to eat?(你想吃点什么?)Which is your sister? (哪位是你的姐妹?)7)叹词 叹词在句中一般都要重读。例如，Oh, it’s snowing!(啊，在下雪。) Hey, that’s a nice shot!(嗨，那是个好球!) My, what a downpour!(哎呀，好大的雨啊!)Dear me!（表示惊讶：哎呀!） 语句重音(二) (二)在连贯的语句中不重读的词有： 1)冠词 冠词有两种：①a(或an) ②the, 两者在句中一般都不重读。 2）代词 指没有语句重音的代词。如：①人称代词I, me, you, he, him, she, her等。②物主代词 my, your, his, her, its, or, their 3）动词 指非实义动词 如:①助动词 be(am, is, are, were, was), shall(should), will(would)have(has, had), do(does, did) ②情态动词can(could), may(might), must, have to(has to, had to), shall(should), will(would), ought to, dare, need, used to等。这些情态动词在语句中一般没有重音。 4）连词 一般在句中不重读的连词有①等立连词，如：and, or, for, but；②比较连词，如：as, than ③从属连词，如:（if, when, while, since, now that, as if(though等。 5）介词 介词（尤其是单音节介词）如出现在句子中间时一般不重读。常见的单音节介词有：at, by, for, from, of, to, into等。 CONTENT WORDS FUNCTION WORDS electron, lens, radius, species, strata expel, irrigate, maintain, revolve, transact crucial, feasible, legal, obsolete, valid annually, arbitrarily, optionally, pragmatically, theoretically mine, yours, his, hers, theirs this, that, these, those;