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nese and English pronunciations. Be aware of the special features of English pronunciation that are most difficult for the Chinese learners. English stresses Chinese is a tone language while English is a highly stressed language. Apart from the vowel qualities and consonant qualities, stresses play a very important role in conveying the meaning of a sentence in English. Example: The girl gave the money to her father. The Greens will never agree to that. . The GREENS will never agree to that. The Greens will NEVER agree to that. The Greens will never AGREE to that. The Greens will never agree to THAT. 漢語(yǔ) : 聲母 +韻母 +聲調(diào) ——單音節(jié)詞 ( 決定了它只有聲調(diào), 沒(méi)有重音) 英語(yǔ): 輔音 +元音 ——單音節(jié)詞,雙音節(jié)詞,多音節(jié)詞 ( 決定了它必須有重音) Example: ing letter beautiful report myself fet remember explosion modernization Word Stress Sentence stress In a normal English sentence certain words are stressed and certain words are unstressed. Normally stressed are content words. Normally unstressed are form words. Examples: 1. Ja has gone to the Baker’s. 2. I saw your brother yesterday. 3. Would you like a glass of beer? 4. I must be going. My wife’s waiting for me at the corner of the street. Stress gives a natural rhythm to spoken English. Stress and Rhythm Rhythm The rhythm