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1、大学英语高级I：大学学术英语College English Advanced Level I:English for General Academic PurposesLecture 7.3:Lecture 7.3:Making Presentations Making Presentations Using Your Voice(II)Using Your Voice(II)StressWords that provide information are generally stressed.l nounsl adjectivesl verbsl adverbsGrammar words a
2、re generally not stressed.l articles(the,a,an)l prepositions(in,at)l pronouns(he,she,it)StressA Tip for YouWe stress words that occur before a pause or at the end of an utterance,because new information often occurs at these two places in English.Stress in Individual WordsIf the word has only one sy
3、llable,such as the word“love”,the whole word is stressed in the following sentence:This is love.If the word has two syllables,we have two conditions to consider.The first is the two-syllable nouns and adjectives,they have stress on the first syllable,such as student,honor,language.The second one is
4、the two-syllable verbs,they usually have the stress on the second syllable,such as present,review,research.Stress in Individual Words0102Sometimes both syllables are stressed,one with heavier,or primary,stress,and the other with lighter,or secondary,stress,as in“worldwide”.This is world/WIDE.In word
5、s with three syllables,two syllables will also be stressed,one with primary stress and the other with secondary stress.One example is the word“violin”,the stress falls on the first syllable and the last syllable,with the middle syllable is unstressed.This is a vi/o/LIN.01.01.Speakers most frequently
6、 use mid-level pitch.02.02.Rising from mid level,we are telling the audience that we have reached a word that we want to highlight.The rising and falling intonation occur on a highlighted word in a sentence,no matter it is a short and simple one or a longer,complicated one.For exampleThen after this
7、 step,the cooled vapor travels to a condenser.Fluency There are three particular areas of pronunciation that you can also There are three particular areas of pronunciation that you can also work on to improve your performance.work on to improve your performance.Weak formsThe joining of the wordsThe
8、consonant clusters010203Example 1.Im going to talk about a number of issues and ideas.Example 2.My presentation is divided into three parts.Listen to the two examples and pay attention to the underlined words.Listen to the following sentences to find out which sounds in the underlined words are not pronounced.1.We asked them to complete the questionnaire within a week.2.We cant be sure of the exact number.谢谢观看Thanks