(单词翻译:单击)
Hello! I'm John Russell.
大家好！我是约翰·拉塞尔。
When is the last time you used an internet search engine? You know, like Google?
你上一次使用互联网搜索引擎是什么时候呢？比如谷歌？
Perhaps you were interested in learning American English.
也许你对学习美式英语感兴趣。
You could have typed the following in a Google search: learn American English, learn American English.
你可以在谷歌搜索中输入以下内容：学习美式英语，学习美式英语。
A complete sentence would have been something like this: "I want to learn American English. I want to learn American English." or "How do I learn American English? How do I learn American English?"
一个完整的句子应该是这样的：“我想学习美式英语。我想学习美式英语。”或者“我如何学习美式英语？我如何学习美式英语？”
You might be asking yourself about the connection between internet searches and pronunciation.
你可能会问自己互联网搜索和发音之间的联系。
The answer comes down to word stress.
答案可以归结为单词重读。
Americans often stress - or say louder or more forcefully - content words.
美国人经常重读——即说得更大声、更有力——实词。
These are words such as nouns, verbs, adjectives.
实词包括名词、动词、形容词等。
In our example, "How do I learn American English?" note that I stress the words "learn American English".
在例句“我如何学习美式英语？”中，注意我重读了“learn American English（学习美式英语）”这几个词。
These are content words that have the most meaning.
这些都是最有意义的实词。
What about other words - pronouns, prepositions, determiners, and so on?
那其他词呢——代词、介词、限定词等等？
These are called function words.
这些叫做虚词。
Americans generally do not put as much stress on these words.
美国人通常不重读这些词。
Let's explore some examples.
我们来探索一些例子。
Imagine you are outside on a winter day.
想象你身处冬日的户外。
You might say: It's cold! It's cold! It's cold!
你可能会说：很冷！很冷！很冷！
The stress is on cold.
重音放在了“cold”上。
It is a content word.
它是一个实词。
Now consider this statement: She bought a car. She bought a car.
现在以这句话为例：她买了一辆车。她买了一辆车。
The stress is on the content words - bought and car.
重音放在实词上——“bought”和“car”。
She bought a car. She bought a car.
她买了一辆车。她买了一辆车。
Word stress can be difficult.
单词重读可能很难。
But the next time you listen to Americans speak, pay careful attention to content words.
但下次你听美国人说话的时候，要认真注意听实词。
These are the words that are more likely to be stressed.
这些词更有可能被重读。
That's all for today! Keep up the good work.
以上就是本期视频的全部内容！继续加油吧。
