Академический Документы
Профессиональный Документы
Культура Документы
He's waiting
He's waiting / for his friend
He's waiting / for his friend / at the station.
That was a difficult test. - Standard statement
That was a difficult test. - Emphasizes how difficult the test was
Contrastive stress : is used to point out the difference between one object and another.
Information Stress : When asked a question, the requested information is naturally stressed more
strongly.
Word connection :
John is coming over tonight. We are going to work on our homework together.
Ecstasy is an extremely dangerous drug.
We should have visited some more castles while we were traveling through the back roads of
France.
Jack bought a new car last Friday.
They are looking forward to your visit next January.
Exciting discoveries lie in Tom's future.
Would you like to come over and play a game of chess?
Shakespeare wrote passionate, moving poetry.
As you might have expected, he has just thought of a new approach to the problem.
Instructions: Read the sentences in less than 5 seconds. Make sure to connect words and use proper
intonation and stress while keeping the accent and speed.
Read the sentences again on your own. Keeping note of speed, accent, intonation, word connection