1、Unit 7 Word Stress in English,What is Word stress?,P.44: Word stress is the relative degree of force used in pronouncing the different syllables of a word of more than one syllable.,How to pronounce word stress?,When a syllable is stressed, it is pronounced longer in duration higher in pitch louder
2、in volume,An example: the word teacher,Degrees of word stress,Primary stress主重音（ “）： e.g. /bi“said/ Secondary stress 次重音（%）：e.g. /ig%zmi“neiSn/ Weak stress轻音 （unmarked）：e.g. /“bet/Exercises: P.45, 1-3,Stress patterns of two-element compounds（复合词）,Examples: chairman, postman, first-class, second-hand
3、, English teacher, evening paperTwo stress patterns: 1. primary stress on the 1st component: “postman, “earth%quake 2. primary stress on the 2nd component: %first-“class, for“ever. Exercises: P.46, 4-5,Distinctive word stress patterns 用于区分意义的单词重读模式,Some 2-syllable words distinguish their noun/adjective forms from their verb forms by different stress patterns. The verb forms have primary stress on the second syllable. e.g. “import (n.) and im“port (v.) Exercise: P.46-7, 6 Some other examples: see the next page,Review of sounds:,P.47, II, Listen and repeat.,
