In connected speech we may put stress on any word we wish to emphasize.
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Function words like articles, pronouns, possessives, prepositions, auxiliary verbs, and conjunctions, are commonly unstressed as they are simple words which give the sentence its correct structure.
A. 对
B. 错
Rhythm refers to __________ which occur at roughly regular intervals of time.
A. the unstressed syllables
B. each syllable
C. the stressed syllables
D. the open syllables
Any unstressed syllable(s) that may occur before the first rhythmic group doesn't belong to any rhythmic group. They are / It is __________.
A. the silent beat
B. the rhythm
C. the staccoto
D. the legato
There are three basic rules to divide a rhythmic group. They are __________.
A. If unstressed syllables are part of the stress, they belong to the same rhythmic group.
B. If unstressed syllables are grammatically connected to a stress, although not part of that stress, they belong to one rhythmic group.
C. Whenever you're in doubt as to what a rhythmic group the unstressed syllables belong to, put them after a stress, rather than before it.