时间:2018-11-30 作者:英语课 分类:美语听力与发音技巧


英语课

美语听力与发音技巧 第2期


Welcome to Daily Tips on Learning English. Today’s tip is on how syllable 1 stress can affect the meaning of words.

Remember that stressed syllables 2 are said louder and are lengthened 3, and unstressed syllables are pronounced more softly, and often have the vowel 4 sounds reduced.

Sometimes, this difference can be the difference between a verb and a noun, or an adjective.

There are at least 14 pairs of words in which syllable stress alone makes this difference. Some examples include `addict, a`ddict, `convict, con`vict, `perfect, per`fect. Each time the second syllable is stressed, the word is a verb. When the first syllable is stressed, the word is either a noun or an adjective. Let’s look some examples more closely. `Permit, per`mit, a `permit is a noun, it is a piece of paper which authorizes 5 you to do something. For instance, a fishing `permit allows you to go fishing. Per`mit is a verb. It means to allow. For instence, fishing isn’t per`mitted here without a `permit.

Another example is `perfect, per`fect. `Perfect is an adjective. It means 100% correct, no mistakes or errors. The verb is per`fect, it means to make something perfect. For example, “I want to per`fect my English” means “I want to make my English perfect”. Make sure you stress the right syllable. It can be the differece between different parts of speech. This has been today’s daily tip. Till then, tomorrow, for another tip on learning English.



1 syllable
n.音节;vt.分音节
  • You put too much emphasis on the last syllable.你把最后一个音节读得太重。
  • The stress on the last syllable is light.最后一个音节是轻音节。
2 syllables
n.音节( syllable的名词复数 )
  • a word with two syllables 双音节单词
  • 'No. But I'll swear it was a name of two syllables.' “想不起。不过我可以发誓,它有两个音节。” 来自英汉文学 - 双城记
3 lengthened
(时间或空间)延长,伸长( lengthen的过去式和过去分词 )
  • The afternoon shadows lengthened. 下午影子渐渐变长了。
  • He wanted to have his coat lengthened a bit. 他要把上衣放长一些。
4 vowel
n.元音;元音字母
  • A long vowel is a long sound as in the word"shoe ".长元音即如“shoe” 一词中的长音。
  • The vowel in words like 'my' and 'thigh' is not very difficult.单词my和thigh中的元音并不难发。
5 authorizes
授权,批准,委托( authorize的名词复数 )
  • The dictionary authorizes the two spellings 'traveler' and 'traveller'. 字典裁定traveler和traveller两种拼法都对。
  • The dictionary authorizes the two spellings "honor" and "honour.". 字典裁定 honor 及 honour 两种拼法均可。
学英语单词
5-oxoprolinuria
across impact matrix
air circulating rate
all else being equal
ammorosine
antihaplons
arteria centralis retinae
attention-seeker
balaclava helmet
block bottom bag
blow-out of spark
boundary estimate message
brookners
Campo Esperanza
celith (celite)
chatter time
chemical drains collecting circuit
compound amount of l yuan
cornerly
cotillage
curcas oil
danya
DAZIX
determine to
discusin
drank to
dysgerminema
electronically tunable optical filter
endocardial heart tube
equine rhinopneumonitis
esoprone
ethyldiphenylphosphine
fathomes
Fifth Avenue
flare signal rocket
flexural center
gazpacho
general announcing system
giddy
greenway
guiding center approximation
Halo-kieserite
hayton
Hazelwood
heptacontagons
home submap
hook slide
hyper-threading
hyperspherical
inside dope
internal control objective
isometeoric line
It is quite another story.
ko chuang (ch'iang tsu)
lesser palatine nerves
lipoviroparticles
loopie
marine mammal oil
media interview
monochromattism
moquades
Mount Norris
mutually orthogonal
Nastenon
nudiflorous
occulation
odible
ohno
okinalin
orthogonal experiment
pelvic exenteration
pemphigus foliaceus antigen
phosphatidalserine
plexogenic
plicae interureterica
porokeratosis of toe
pre-commencement expenditure
pressure-tight casting
pseudoprostyle building
pull-off strength
range converter
reshaper
respond
romaics
rotation chuck
saw you
scortation
secondary finder
shootouts
side span
sine of the third order
sisler
spatial acuity
the quaternary
Triticum secale
UDPG-4-epimerase
uninitiate
uralenin
use to ...?
utility theory
vitreous silica fibre
West Wind Drift