7 bi quyet cho nguoi hoc tieng anh[easyvn net]

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(7 bÝ quyÕt cho ng−êi häc tiÕng Anh)

***from Josef Essberger http://englishclub.com/***

Secret 1: LEARN ABOUT WORD STRESS

(BÝ quyÕt 1: T×m hiÓu träng ©m cña tõ)

Word Stress is golden key number one for speaking and understanding

English. Word Stress is “very important” ... This is one of the “best” ways for you

to understand spoken English – especially English spoken fast.

(Träng ©m cña tõ lµ ch×a khãa vµng sè 1 ®Ó nãi vµ hiÓu tiÕng Anh. Träng ©m

cña tõ rÊt quan träng ... §©y lµ mét trong nh÷ng c¸ch hay nhÊt ®Ó b¹n hiÓu tiÕng

Anh ng−êi ta nãi - ®Æc biÖt lµ tiÕng Anh nãi nhanh).

What is Word Stress? (Träng ©m cña tõ lµ g×?)

Take 3 words: photograph, photographer and photographic, for example. Do

they sound the same when spoken? No! They sound different, because “one”

syllable in each word is “stressed” (stronger than the others).

(H1y lÊy vÝ dô 3 tõ: photograph, photographer vµ photographic. Khi nãi lªn,

chóng nghe cã gièng nhau kh«ng? Kh«ng! Chóng nghe kh¸c nhau v× trong mçi

ch÷ cã mét vÇn ®−îc nhÊn m¹nh h¬n c¸c vÇn kh¸c).

PHotograph

phoTOgrapher

photoGHRAPHic

This happens in ALL words with 2 or more syllables: TEACHer, JaPAN,

CHINa, aBOVE, converSAtion, INteresting, imPORtant, deMAND, etCETera.

The syllables that are not stressed are ‘weak’ or ‘small’ or ‘quiet’. Native

speakers of English listen for the stressed syllables, not the weak syllables. If you