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重音
一、单词重音
1．双音节词
a) 一般在第一个音节重读。 letter, sorry
b) 有 a-, be-, de-, re-, res-, in-, im-, en-, em-, es-, ex-, con-, com-, dis-, mis-, pre-, per-, pro-, trans- 等前缀的词，第二个音节是重音。 a'bout, be'lieve, ad'dress, de'cide, re'port, con'demn, res'pect, com'pare, in'form, dis'cuss, im'press, mis'take, en'force, pre'pare, em'ploy, per'mit, es'cape, pro'duce, ex'claim, trans'late
c) 有 de-, in-, re-, con-, pre- 等前缀的重音与词义和词类有关, 一般名词的重音在第一个音节上，其它的词性在第二个音节上。
'record, re'cord; 'insult, in'sult; 'conduct, con'duct; 'present pre'sent; 'content, con'tent
d) 有些复合词和带有前缀 re-, ex-, un-, pre-, post-, 等的词，有两个重音。'out'side, 're'tell, 'well-'known, 'un'real, 'fif'teen, 'Chi'nese, 'pre-'war, 'post-'war
2．多音节词
a) 一般倒数第三个音节是重音。
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'difficult, de'mocracy.
'communist, 'family, e'conomy, oppor'tunity,
b) 有一些双音节词，加了前缀和后缀成了多音节，但这些词按原来词根的重音读音。
'carefully, in'definite, 'comfortable, con'ductor, ac'cording,
dis'turbance, 'complicated,es'tablishment,
c) 词尾有-eous, -grahpy, -ial, -ian, -ic, -ics, -ience, ient, -ify, -ion, -ious, -ity, ive 后缀的词，重音在这些后缀的前一个音节上。
cour'teous,
cal'ligraphy,
edi'torial,
his'torian,
peri'odic,
mathe'matics, ex'perience,suf'ficient, i'dentify, trans'lation, re'ligious, curi'osity, pro'tective
d) 词尾有 -ain, -ee, -eer, -ese, -ette 后缀的词，重音在该后缀上，而且有一个次重音，次重音一般在主重音前第二个音节上。enter'tain, emplo'yee, mountai'neer, Japa'nese, ciga'rette, economical
二、句子重音
1．英语的节奏：（轻）-轻-重-轻-（轻）或重-轻-（轻）（轻）重
2．英语句子的读音长短是由句子中的重读词的数目决定的，而不是象汉语那样由句子中的汉字数目决定的。
3．实词重读（副词重读），虚词轻读 (冠词，单音节介词，单音节连词，人称代词，反代词，物主代词，关系代词，相互代词，助动词，情态动词和系动词be
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4．实词不重读的特殊情况
a) 实词第二次出现 He thinks of that as a child thinks.
b) 一个名词被第二个名词修饰 I met her in the railway station. c) 代替词 Which book do you want? The small one.
d) 感叹词中的 what 和how：What a good day it is! How beautiful she is!
e) this在这些短语中，this morning/afternoon/evening 5．虚词重读的特殊情况
a) 情态动词，助动词和系动词be在句首，句尾和否定时。 Do you like it? Yes, I do. Are you a doctor? Yes, I am. b) 情态动词表示可能，惊奇和肯定时。 They may come this evening. Can it be five already? c) 介词在句首和句尾。
In the box, he found a letter. He is the person I talked with. d) 引导复合句的连词在句首。
If you wish, I'll visit you. When he comes, I'll tell him. e) 反身代词表示强调。He couldn't come himself.
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