练习数字的发音

1、数词的重音1. 数字在名词前面要重读。2. 像twenty-one, thirty-six, and forty-nine这样的数词，往往重读后面的部分。Examples：1. This book has ninety-six pages. 2. There are about ninety-six pages in this book. 3. We have fifty-three students in this class. 4. There are about seventy-nine floors in the building. 5. Take the No. twenty-thr

2、ee bus. 6. You are the 14th of the visitors today. 7. Five of the blue ones are my brothers. 8. Today is March the tenth. 9. The cost has been reduced by 40 per cent. 10. Its grain output went up 16 percent last year. 11. It is one-third smaller than our country. 练习数字的发音The United States is a land o

3、f great differencesdifferences in climate; in landscape; in altitude. The continental United States, the countrys territory on the North American continent, stretches about 4,500 kilometers from the eastern coast, that is, the Atlantic Coast, to the Pacific Ocean on the West; and it extends 2,557 ki

4、lometers from the northern boundary to the southern tip of Texas. The country borders Canada on the north and goes down south to Mexico and the Gulf of Mexico. Including the States of Alaska and Hawaii, the United States covers an area of nine million square kilometers, or, to be more exact, 9,191,8

5、43 sq. km., a little less than the area of the Peoples Republic of China, which is 9,600,000 sq. km. There are altogether 50 states in the United States, the largest of which is Alaska (1,518,807 sq. km.). It was well known as Russian American until purchased by the Untied States from Russia in1867.

6、 It was linked to the United States by the Alaska Highway in 1942, and became the 49 the state of the in 1959. Texas is second in size (692,563 sq. km.), which is larger than France, but is only a little less than half of the area of Chinas Xing Jiang Uighur Autonomous Region. Hawaii lies in the tro

7、pical zone of the Pacific, 3,200 km. away from the North American Continent. It is a group of islands, which became the 50 the state of the United States in 1959. Hawaii was made very famous by the Japanese attack, on December 7, 1941, on one of its islandsPearl Harbor which is situated near Honolul

8、u, the capital of Hawaii. A jet plane can fly over the continental United States from the east coast to the Pacific Ocean on the west in about five hours; it will take a little more than two days to travel by train from Los Angeles on the west to New York City on the east coast. And I think that is

9、about the same, or a little more than the time required to travel from Chinas Beijing to Quangdong. Of course the actual distance of the former is much greater, since the train travels almost 100 km. an hour in the United States while your train here, I believe, normally travels no more than 70 km.

10、an hour. 在对比句中，通常分别代表所对照内容物的不同单词会收到相等程度的重音。1. 通常的重读（重音落在最后一个名词、动词、形容词或副词上）情况下，出现在短语或句子末尾并代表所对照内容物的两个实词自然收到相等程度的重读。Listen and repeat, paying particular attention to the two contrastive content words. (adj.) Johns táll, but his brothers shórt. My coat is réd, but his coat is whíte.

11、 (noun) Shes going to wear a scárf not a sweater. He likes cóffee, but I like téa. (verb) He often cólls, but he never wrítes. You must stay at home, but you sister can gó out. (adv.) He isnt coming nów, hes coming láter. I met him in the clássroom, not i

12、n the dórmitory. 2. 代表所对照内容物的两个单词不在短语或句子末尾或为非实词时，重音也要转移到这两个单词上，不论这两个单词的词性、位置如何。Read these sentences, stressing the contrasting demonstratives or possessive forms. 1. Do you want thís pen, or thát one? 2. Who said that, yóur teacher or mine? 3. Does thís car or thát one

13、have more safety features?4. Those arent my glasses. Theyre yóurs. 5. Yóur car wasnt damaged, théirs Was. Mother：Go wash your hands, Danny. Dinner is ready. Danny ：Yes, Mom. Mother：All right, everybody. Time for dinner! Father ：It makes my mouth water, Mother. Mother：Set a good exampl

14、e for the kids, Father. (Danny stands up and reaches for the saltshaker.) Dont do that, Danny. Danny ：But I want the salt. Mother：You can ask Fanny to pass the saltshaker. Danny ：All right. (To Fanny)Will you please pass me the saltshaker? Fanny ：Sure. Here you are. Danny ：Thank you. Fanny ：Youre we

15、lcome.Shall I serve the soup, Mother? Mother：Yes, please.(Fanny serves everybody soup.) Danny! Danny ：What is it this time? Mother：Dont make any sound when you have your soup. Danny ：Yes, Mother. Father ：Dont be so hard on him, Mother. Hes only a child. Mother ：Hes old enough to learn table manners.

16、 Father ：You can teach him in a more pleasant way. Youll spoil his appetite. Mother：Maybe youre right. I shouldnt have blamed him before.什么样的单词在句子中不重读？英语中很多单词在句子中都不被重读。大部分的这类单词都是较短的功能词（也叫语法词）。在英语中，这类单词出现频率极高，一般包括介词、助动词和be动词、冠词、和连 词。同时，一部分实词在某些特殊用法也不被重读。另外，代词在句子中一般不被重读。某些特殊用法中不被重读的实词 1. 名词 当某一名词在句中重复

17、出现时，不重读。 E.g.：The girls in red are playing with the girls in green. This bag is more expensive than that bag. 当某一名词表示整体概念且其前面有一修饰语时，通常不重读。E.g.：Why do you solve the problems in this way? Thats your own business. 名词在句末用做称呼语时，不重读。E.g.：Follow me, please, Bob. This is my classmate, Juliet. 2. 实义动词 实义动词在句

18、中重复使用时，不重读。E.g.：He did that as a child did. He reads the book just as I read it. My sister listens to the music as a singer listens to 3. 形容词用做问候时，不重读E.g.：Good afternoon, Mr. Wang. Nice to see you again, Jane. 4. 副词 程度副词：as, about, a little, almost, much, too, very, hardly, pretty, rather, slightly,

19、 etc. E.g.：Im too excited today. The house is pretty small. My school is about 3 miles away from my home. 关系副词：why, where, when E.g.：Thats the reason why I am late. Is this the university where you studied years ago? 副词位于句末且跟在一重读词后时，有时不重读。E.g.：We let the fire out.5. 代词 指示代词：this, that, these, those

20、E.g.：This is my sister. Those people are working very hard. 反身代词：myself, yourself, himself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves E.g.：I will go to Beijing myself. He himself opened the window. 名词性物主代词：mine, yours, hers, his, ours. E.g.：This is my book, that is yours. How about ours? 不定代词：some,

21、any, all, both, either, neither, none, another, few, a few, little, a little, many, much, other, somebody, someone, something, anything, everybody, everything, everyone, anybody, anyone, nobody, no one E.g.：I have some books. They got none of these. Everybody thought that this is a myth. He has publ

22、ished another book. I want to buy them all. Everything is ok. 疑问代词：when, how, who, whom, whose, what, which, where E.g.：Who can tell me the right answer? Whose cup is this? Where are you going? What do you think of this matter? Which store is better? 人称代词及物主代词E.g.：We have seen the picture. My name i

23、s Hellen. He is one of my classmate. It is very important to tell him the fact. Could you lend me your bike? 相互代词及反身代词E.g.：God helps those who help themselves. One should not live for oneself alone. He himself finished the task on time.虚 词 1. 冠词：E.g.：This is a bed. That is a chair. The person over t

24、here is my teacher. 2. 介词：at, by, for, of, to, in, from, into, near, ect. E.g.：He is going to New York next Sunday. My little sister is sitting on a chair. He is one of my classmates. There is a coin in the water. I do this for the sake of my mother. 3. 助动词（and be）：is, are, does, will, can, ect E.g.

25、：He is studying English. They are my friends She often does her homework at that cafeteria. I will take the rest work back to home. You can do it. 4. 连词：and, but, or, so,ect E.g.：I need pencil and paper. I know you are right, but he wont listen to your advice. Do you want coffee or tea? I didnt like

26、 the way hes talking, so I got angry.其他例外的情况 1. 副词 “again”用于强调对比时，不重读。E.g.：Put up your hand again. Repeat your words again. 2. 感叹词 为了强调形容词时，次重读。E.g.：What a beautiful garden! What a clever boy! 3. 主语位于动词之后时，动词一般不重读。E.g.：“Ok”, I agreed finally. After the war came the problems of employment? 1. a. Pant

27、 Malik is a téacher. b. Shes an English teacher. 2. a. I work in an office. b. Im a bookkeeper. 3. a. Marias Spanish. b. She lives in Madrid. 4. a. He is waiting for his friend. b. He is a student. 5. a. He would come very soon. b. He came to fetch his wallet. 6. a. These are good pens.b. They

28、cost fifty cents.7. a. Were going to London.b. We leave tomorrow.8. a. My brothers an airline pilot.b. Hes in South America now.9. a. He has written many poems. b. He is a poet.10. a. There are many dogs around.b. The dogs are barking at each other.H. Read the following paragraph.DOGS AND THEIR OWNERSFour men were talking about how smart their dogs were. The first man was an engineer, who said his dog “T Sq