7-2 Sentence stress (II)数字时代的商务英语写作.pdf

Unit 7 Sentence Stress Weak Forms 7.2 Sentence Stress (II) Summary of sentence stress 选题背景与依据 When words are arranged together in a sentence or in an utterance, only content words that express independent meaning will be stressed. Function words will be unstressed because they have little or no meaning in themselves, but express grammatical relationship. Summary of sentence stress 选题背景与依据 With sentences, we must distinguish between four levels of stress: major stress, emphatic stress, contrastive stress and new information stress. Achievement tests 选题背景与依据 Identify the major sentence stress in each dialogue. Underline the most strongly stressed word in each sentence and explain very briefly the stress type, namely, major stress, emphatic stress, contrastive stress or new information stress. Achievement test 1 选题背景与依据 1. Teacher: We are studying phonetics. 2. There are weekly exams. 3. The exams are every Thursday. 4. Student: Did you say Tuesday or Thursday? 5. Teacher: I said Thursday. Achievement test 2 选题背景与依据 A: What are you doing? B: I’m listening. A: Who’s listening? B: I’m listening. A: Why aren’t you listening? B: I am listening! Achievement test 3 选题背景与依据 A: It was a sunhat. B: What colour sunhat? A: It was white. │White with stripes. B: There was a white hat with stripes in the car. A: Which car? B: The one I sold. Achievement test 4 选题背景与依据 A: What are you doing? B: I ca