英语重音位置语调技巧教程—第6课：描述性短语（英语句子中重音位置）

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一、解释：
两种短语结构
1、Descriptive Phrase （描述性短语） 
Nouns are “heavier” than adjectives; they carry the weight of the new information. An adjective and a noun combination is called a descriptive phrase, and in the absence of contrast or other secondary changes, the stress will always fall naturally on the noun. In the absence of a noun, you will stress the adjective, but as soon as a noun appears on the scene, it takes immediate precedence-and should be stressed.

名词比形容词“重”；它们负担着承载新信息的重任。形容词和名词的组合叫做描述性短语，在没有对比或其他次重音变化时，重音总是自然地落在名词上。如果没有名词，你会重读形容词，但名词一旦出现，你就需要立即将它放在优先地位——并重读它。

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Sentence stress with descriptive phrases
1.
It’s short. （重音在词尾：形容词） 
It’s a short nail. （重音在词尾：名词） 

2.
It’s chocolate. 
It’s a chocolate cake.

3.
It’s good. 
It’s a good plan.

4.
It’s guarded. 
It’s a guarded gate.

5.
It’s wide. 
It’s a wide river.

6.
There’re four. 
There’re four cards.

7.
It was small. 
It was a small spot.

8.
It’s the best. 
It’s the best book.


Two types of descriptive phrase
1.
It's a short nail. (重音在词尾：名词)
It's really short. (重音在词尾：形容词。如不需要特别强调，副词不是重要信息) 

2.
It’s a chocolate cake. 
It’s dark chocolate.

3.
It’s a hot bath. 
It’s too hot.

4.
It’s a hard drive. 
It’s extremely hard.

5.
It’s the back door. 
It’s far back.

6.
There are four cards. 
There are only four.

7.
It’s a small spot. 
It’s laughably small.

8.
It’s a good book. 
It’s a mazingly good.
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英语重音位置语调技巧教程—第6课：描述性短语（英语句子中重音位置）