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1、RulesofWordStressinEnglishTherearetwoverysimplerulesaboutwordstress:1.Onewordhasonlyonestress. (Onewordcannothavetwostresses.Ifyouheartwostresses,youheartwowords.Twostressescannotbeoneword.Itistruethattherecanbea"secondary"stressinsomewords.Butasecondarystressismuchsmallerthanthemain[primary]str
2、ess,andisonlyusedinlongwords.)2.Wecanonlystressvowels,notconsonants.Herearesomemore,rathercomplicated,rulesthatcanhelpyouunderstandwheretoputthestress.Butdonotrelyonthemtoomuch,becausetherearemanyexceptions.Itisbettertotryto"feel"themusicofthelanguageandtoaddthestressnaturally.1Stressonfirstsyll
3、ableruleexampleMost 2-syllablenounsPRESent,EXport,CHIna,TAbleMost 2-syllableadjectivesPRESent,SLENder,CLEVer,HAPpy2StressonlastsyllableruleexampleMost 2-syllableverbstopreSENT,toexPORT,todeCIDE,tobeGINTherearemanytwo-syllablewordsinEnglishwhosemeaningandclasschangewithachangeinstress.Theword pre
4、sent,forexampleisatwo-syllableword.Ifwestressthefirstsyllable,itisanoun(gift)oranadjective(oppositeofabsent).Butifwestressthesecondsyllable,itbecomesaverb(tooffer).Moreexamples:thewords export, import, contractand object canallbenounsorverbsdependingonwhetherthestressisonthefirstorsecondsyllable
5、.3Stressonpenultimatesyllable (penultimate=secondfromend)ruleexampleWordsendingin -icGRAPHic,geoGRAPHic,geoLOGicWordsendingin -sion and -tionteleVIsion,reveLAtionForafewwords,nativeEnglishspeakersdon'talways"agree"onwheretoputthestress.Forexample,somepeoplesay teleVIsion andotherssay TELevision.
6、Anotherexampleis:CONtroversy and conTROversy.4Stressonante-penultimatesyllable (ante-penultimate=thirdfromend)ruleexampleWordsendingin -cy, -ty, -phy and -gydeMOcracy,dependaBIlity,phoTOgraphy,geOLogyWordsendingin -alCRItical,geoLOGical5Compoundwords (wordswithtwoparts)ruleexampleForcompound nou
7、ns,thestressisonthe first partBLACKbird,GREENhouseForcompound adjectives,thestressisonthe second partbad-TEMpered,old-FASHionedForcompound verbs,thestressisonthe second parttounderSTAND,tooverFLOWSIXBASICRULEStohelpyouplacet
