Inthelastlessonwewentoversomebasicsentenceintonationpatterns.Todaywe’llbreakitdownfurtheranddiscussfourwordstressrulesofthumbtohelpyoustresstherightsyllableinaword.Butbearinmindthatthereareexceptions.不過注意，某些單詞的重音會(huì)有例外。不過作為總體指導(dǎo)，以下的規(guī)律還是非常有效的！Thefirstsyllableisstressed以下情況，第一個(gè)音節(jié)發(fā)重音Allone-syllablewords.Ifawordonlyhasonesyllable,itcanonlybestressedMosttwo-syllableExamples:PRE-sent,CON-tract,KNOW-ledge,CHI-na,EX-port,WEA-Mosttwo-syllableExamples:HAP-py,NAR-row,RAIN-y,CLEV-er,PRET-ty,FUN-Therearemanytwo-syllablewordsthatchangemeaningdependingonwhereyoustresstheword.Let’staketheword“present”forexample.IfwestressthefirstsyllableasinPRE-sent,itiseitheranoun(gift)oranadjective(oppositeofabsent).Ifwestressthesecondsyllable,however,it esaverb(tooffer).Otherwordssuchascontract,export,import,project,progress,andobjectfallunderthisruleaswell.Thelastsyllableisstressed以下情況，最后一個(gè)音節(jié)發(fā)重Mosttwo-syllableExamples:pre-SENT,con-TRACT,ex-PORT,per-FORM,de-CIDE,re-Stressthesecondfromlastsyllable以下情況，倒數(shù)第二音節(jié)發(fā)重Wordsthatendin以-ic結(jié)尾的單詞Examples:GRAPH-ic,TOP-ic,sym-ME-tric,PLAS-tic,a-CID-ic,alpha-BET-Wordsthatendin–sionor以–sion或–tion結(jié)尾的單詞Examples:VI-sion,SES-sion,pro-FES-sion,AC-tion,e-LEC-tion,edu-CA-ThereareafewwordsthatnativeEnglishspeakersdon’talwaysagreeonintermsofwhichsyllabletoemphasize.Forexample,somepeoplewillsay-evision,whereasotherswillsaye-VI-sion.Incaseslikethese,justgowithwhateverfeelsnaturaltoyou.這些單詞，很多本身就存在不同發(fā)音。比如evision,有人說(shuō)-evision，有人說(shuō)e-VI-Stressthethirdfromlastsyllable以下情況，倒數(shù)第三音節(jié)發(fā)重Wordsthatendin–cy,–ty,–phy,–cy,–ty,–phy,–gyExamples:PO-licy,PRI-vacy,a-BIL-ity,so-CI-ety,phi-LO-sophy,pho-TO-graphy,EN-ergy,a-PO-logyWordsthatendinal.––al結(jié)尾的單詞.Examples:AN-imal,alpha-BET-ical,DI-gital,ex-CEP-tional,FEST-ival,HOS-Compound復(fù)合詞ThesearewordswithtwopartsthatcanbebrokenintotwostandaloneFornouns,thestressisonthefirstpart.Examples:BLACK-bird,GREEN-house,EYE-名詞復(fù)合詞的重音通常在第一個(gè)單詞上Foradjectives,thestressisonthesecondpart.Examples:bad-TEM-pered,old-FASH-ioned,good-NAT-ured.形容詞復(fù)合詞重音通常在第二個(gè)部分Forverbs,thestressisonthesecondpart.Examples:under-STAND,over-FLOW,動(dòng)詞復(fù)合詞，重音通常在第二部分Rememberthatthesearegeneralguidelinestohelpyoupronouncemostwordscorrectly.Therewillalwaysbeexceptionstotherule,andevennativespeakerswilloftenmispronouncenewwordsincorrectly.ExposeyourselftomorenativespeakersbylisteningtothelessonsonOpenLang