连读是在一个意群中.词与词之间的连读,它是简化发音动作, 提高语速,突出节奏感的重要手段之一.如: This is an egg.
.节奏指语句中各个音节的轻重,快慢之间的关系,
它们包括重音,轻音和连读.英语计算节拍的时间 以重音为主,而汉语以音节的数量为主. 英语讲 求轻重音节电的搭配,而汉语则讲究各种声调的 搭配.英语的语句以重音为骨干,以轻音为陪衬, 而重音与轻音又是交替出现.如果一句话出现几 个重音,各个音节之间的时间间隔要保持大致相 等.要取得这种间隔相等,说话,朗读时就得采用 各种方法来调整.首先要注意各个重读音节之间 的轻音数量.轻音少,就得念得慢点,轻音少,就必 须念得快点, 如: It ’s half past one. It’s a quarter past eleven.
Two times/ three plus five /equals sixteen. Two times three/plus five/ equals eleven. They are flying kites in the sky. They are flying kites.
The goal of teaching pronunciation
We should consider following situations when we teach pronunciation. 1. Personal feathers; 2. Social factors; 3. Environments.
Why can most learners of English as a foreign language not acquire native-like pronunciation?
1. Because they have not enough chance to talk with native speakers. 2. Teachers teach pronunciation in a wrong way. 3. Ss do not follow English rhythms. 4. Ss passed Critical Period Hypothesis. 5. Local pronunciation influences Ss’ pronunciation of English.