Hello! I'm Emma from mmmEnglish and in this lesson we're focusing on your pronunciation, specifically syllable stress, which is very important. It's the difference between the noun, present and the verb, present.
嗨！我是 Emma 來自mmmEnglish，本節課我們將主要說的是發音問題，特別是格外重要的音節重讀問題。它在名詞和動詞之間是不同的，比如名詞/preznt/，動詞/przent/。
Hear the difference? These two words look exactly the same but they're pronounced differently.
聽清楚不同了嗎？這兩個單詞看起來完全一樣，但是它們的發音不同。
And that's all because of syllable stress. First thing!
這都是音節重讀的原因。首先！
What's a syllable? A syllable is a part of an English word and it's created by a vowel sound.
什麼是音節？音節是英語單詞的一部分，是根據元音劃定的。
Take the example from before. Present. It has two vowel sounds in it/e/and//.
拿之前的單詞為例。/preznt/。它有兩個元音，/e/和//。
Present. Thus, there's two syllables.
所以，這裡有兩個音節。book /bk/ 這個單詞只有一個音節。
The word book has only one syllable. The word date has only one syllable.
date /det/ 也只有一個音節。你可能會有些困惑，因為這裡有兩個元音字母。
It's tricky because there are two vowel letters. … …
但如果你仔細聽就會發現只有一個元音/e/，/det/。
But if you listen carefully you'll hear there is only one vowel sound/e/, date. The 'e' is silent and in the word my, there's only one syllable.
'e' 在這個單詞中是不發音的，而單詞 /ma/，只有一個音節。儘管這個單詞裡只有輔音字母，還是有一個元音。
Even though there's only consonants in this word there is still a vowel sound. The 'y' makes a vowel sound/a/, my.
'y' 發元音/a/，/ma/。單詞 apple 有多少音節？/pl/。
How many syllables does the word apple have? Apple. Two.
兩個。單詞 banana 有多少音節？/bnɑn/。
How many syllables does the word banana have? Banana. Three.
三個。那麼 beautiful 呢？/bjutfl/。
What about beautiful? Beautiful. Three.
三個。economical 呢？/iknmkl/。
And economical? Economical. Five.
五個。很好！
Great! Notice that I'm saying ba-NA-na, not ba-na-na.
注意，我說的是ba-NA-na，而不是ba-na-na。音節不都是一樣的！
Not all syllables are equal! If there is only one syllable in the word then of course, it will be the stressed syllable.
如果單詞裡只有一個音節，那麼它當然是重讀音節。如果單詞裡有一個以上音節的話，那麼會有一個音節比其他音節語氣強烈，清楚，醒目。
If there is more than one syllable in the word, then there will be one syllable that is stronger, clearer and bolder than the others. The pronunciation of that syllable is clearer.
重讀音節的發音較為清楚。這是一些例子：/pfkt/。
Here are a few more examples: Perfect. Can you hear how the first syllable is clearer and stronger than the second?
你能聽清第一個音節比第二個音節更清楚更強烈嗎？第二個音節是/fkt/。
/p: /. /p: /. The second syllable is/fkt/.
所以毫無疑問第一個音節更強烈。真是完美的一天。
Perfect. Perfect. So the first syllable is definitely stronger.
看看你是否能猜出每個單詞的哪個音節是重讀音節。第一個音節是重讀音節。
It's been a perfect day. See if you can guess which syllable in each of these words is the strongest?
多美的日落啊。我們用重音使句子增加強調語氣。
Beautiful. Beautiful. The first syllable is the strongest syllable.
特別是對於形容詞。多美的日落啊。
What a beautiful sunset. We use this stress to add emphasis to our sentences as well.
那條裙子真美。
Especially with adjectives. It's a beautiful sunset.
哪個音節被強調了？
That's a beautiful dress. Ridiculous. Ridiculous.
第二個音節是重讀音節。
Which syllable is stressed? Ridiculous.
我不能穿它！我會看起來很荒唐的！
The second syllable is the stressed syllable. Ridi. . ridi. . culous. Ridiculous.
第四個音節是重讀的。我們非常熱衷於這個想法，直到我們發現它會花費多少錢！
I can't wear that! I'll look ridiculous!
那麼你是怎麼知道哪個音節重讀的呢？不幸地是，沒有簡單的規則供你遵循，但是你可以通過簡單的方法發現信息！
Enthusiastic. Enthusiastic. It's the fourth syllable.
當你在字典裡查生詞時，你會發現單詞邊上有注音符號。它會告訴你哪個音節重讀，就像這樣標註出來：/kmplketd/，/iknmkl/，/nteldnt/。
En-thu-si-A-stic, Enthusiastic. We were really enthusiastic about the idea, until we found out how much it would cost!
當然如果你用的是在線詞典的話，也可以聽發音。一些長單詞，還會有第二個重音，但是最強烈的重音，主要重音，是這個標註。
So how do you know which syllable to stress? Unfortunately, there is no simple rule that you can follow but there is an easy way that you can find out this information!
你需要記住的是什麼？一個單詞裡總有一個主要的音節是重讀的。
When you're looking up a new word in the dictionary you'll see the phonetic script next to that word. It will tell you what syllable to stress and it will be marked like this: Complicated. Economical. Intelligent.
它比其他音節更強烈。如果錯讀了它會造成困解。
Of course you can also listen to the pronunciation if you're using an online dictionary. Some longer words will also have a secondary stress but the strongest stress — the main stress — is this symbol.
學會在最有力的音節上重讀，會幫助你的演講和發音更有節奏。
So what do you need to remember? There is always one main syllable in a word that is stressed.
它會幫助你聽起來更真誠，有趣和自然！我真的喜歡它。
It's stronger than the others. Pronouncing it incorrectly can be confusing.
你的家很漂亮。多麼完美的下午。
Present. Present. Object. Object.
清楚自信地說英語不僅要注重單詞發音。單詞重音和音節重音一樣重要。
Contract. Contract. Learning to push down on the strongest syllable will help you to add emphasis to your speech and your pronunciation.
我希望你們喜歡本節課，而且你們不應該止步於此！在我的 Youtube 頻道上可以獲取更多視頻。
It will help you to sound more sincere, more interesting and natural! I really like it.
來我的 Facebook 打招呼吧，或者瀏覽我的網頁 mmmEnglish. com 發現更多在線課程。感謝觀看，我們下次再見。
Your home is beautiful. What a perfect afternoon.
再見！
Speaking English clearly and confidently is about more than just the pronunciation of sounds. Word stress and syllable stress are just as important.
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