WORK ON SENTENCE AND WORD STRESS

OVERVIEW

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POINTERS AND GUIDES

http://www.really-learn-english.com/english-pronunciation-lesson-02-word-stress-and-syllables.html

http://usefulenglish.ru/phonetics/stress-in-compound-words

http://www.pronuncian.com/Stress/default.aspx

http://usefulenglish.ru/phonetics/listening-for-word-str ess

PRESENTATIONS

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INTONATION

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EXAMPLE

I didn’t say we should kill him. = Someone else said we should kill him.

I didn’t say we should kill him. = I am denying saying it.

I didn’t say we should kill him. = I implied it / whispered it / wrote it down.

I didn’t say we should kill him. = I said someone else should kill him /you should kill him, etc.

I didn’t say we should kill him. = I said we shouldn’t kill him / we must kill him, etc.

I didn’t say we should kill him. = I said we should take him to dinner /take care of him / send him on a diving holiday.

I didn’t say we should kill him. = We should kill someone else.

I don't think he should get the job.

Meaning: Somebody else thinks he should get the job.

I don't think he should get the job.

Meaning: It's not true that I think he should get the job.

I don't think he should get that job.

Meaning: That's not really what I mean. OR I'm not sure he'll get that job.

I don't think he should get that job.

Meaning: Somebody else should get that job.

I don't think hes hould get that job.

Meaning: In my opinion it's wrong that he's going to get that job.

SENTENCES

Why must I go now ? I have been there ten times already, it’s a complete waste of time

Its an absolute digrace the bill for this year is completely ridiculous

An extra discount will be available to all customers in the New year.How amazing and what a relief

My watch is accurate , yours is way too slow

Can you really promise a result by next Friday ?

Joe is 32 Annie is almost 45 , much older and wiser.

All the guidelines clearly recommend safety precautions

Annie bought a blue car last week for ony fifty t housand dollars

How much is your electric bill, mine is ridiculous

POEM

It was MANY and MANY a year ago,

In a KINGdom by the SEA,

That a MAIden THERE lived WHOM you may KNOW

By the NAME of ANnabelle LEE;

And this maiden SHE lived with NO Other thought

Than to LOVE and BE loved by ME.

I was a CHILD and she was a CHILD,

In this KINGdom by the SEA;

But we LOVED with a LOVE that was MORE than love -

I and my ANnabelle Lee;

With a LOVE that the WINged SEraphs of HEAven

COveted HER and ME.

But our love was STRONger by FAR than the LOVE

Of THOSE who were OLder than we

Of many FAR WIser than we

And NEIther the ANgels in HEAven aBOVE,

Nor the DEmons down UNDER the SEA,

Can EVER disSEver my SOUL from the SOUL

Of the BEAUtiful Annabelle Lee.

ComPUter, comPUter,

I LOVE my comPUter.

My PRINter, my KEYboard, my MOUSE.

I NEver have PROblems,

I use it ALL DAY.

I NEver go OUT of the house!

ComPUter, comPUter,

I HATE my comPUter.

My MOdem, my DISK DRIVE, my SCREEN.

I ALways have PROblems,

It’s DRIving me CRAZY.

CompPUters MAKE me want to SCREAM!

PASSAGE We Could Talk with the Animals …

Dr. Dolittle | is able to talk to| —and under stand—animals. | This has long been a dream of many ′ ′ ′ ′people—to be able to communicate with animals and know what they’re thinking. For almost as long, scientists have wondered if animals actually have language. It seems clear to anyone who has a dog or cat or who closely observes animals that there is certainly communication going on. But how do animals communicate? What do they “say”? And is it truly language?