A. Sentence stress
A. 句子重音
When we speak, we usually stress the important words (nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs and numbers) in a sentence. We do not usually stress unimportant words, e.g. a, the, he, of, is, and, have and can.
我们说话时,通常会在一个句子中强调重要的词(名词,动词,形容词,副词和数字)。我们通常不会强调不重要的话,例如 a,the,he,of,is,and,have 和 can。
Read the conversation below and stress the underlined words.
阅读下面的对话并且重音强调带下划线的单词。
Daisy: Happy birthday, Benny. This is for you.
Daisy:生日快乐,Benny。这是送你的(礼物)。
Benny: An encyclopaedia? Thank you, Daisy!
Benny:百科全书?谢谢你,Daisy!
Daisy: You're welcome. I'm sure you'll learn many things from it.
Daisy:不客气。我敢肯定,你会从它这学到很多东西。
Benny: Yes, I'm sure I will. It's always useful to have an encyclopaedia around the house.
Benny:是的,我相信我会的。在家里有本百科全书总是大有益处的。
Daisy: True. It'll be a great help with your studies.
Daisy:说得对。它将对你的学习有很大的帮助。
B. Speak up
B. 大声说
What are you interested in? Look it up in on encyclopaedia. In pairs, talk about it Follow the example.
你对什么感兴趣?在百科全书中看看(关于它的描述)。两人合作,像下面的示范的一样谈论一下。
S1: Do you know anything about Leonardo da Vinci?
S1:你知道一些关于达芬奇·莱昂纳多的事情吗?
S2: Yes. He was a great painter. His most famous painting is the Mona Lisa.
S2:是的,他是一个伟大的画家,他最著名的画是《蒙娜丽莎》。
S1: When and where was he born?
S1:他出生在何时何地?
S2: He was born in Italy in 1452.
S2:他 1452 出生在意大利。
S1: Did he do any other things?
S1:他还做过其他什么事情吗?
S2: Yes. He was also an inventor, musician, engineer and scientist.
S2:没错,他还是一位发明家、音乐家、工程师和科学家。