Unit 1 Speaking 

A. Sentence stress 句子重音

When we speak, we usually stress the important words (nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs and numbers) in a sentence. We do not usually stress unimportant words, e.g. a, the, he, of, is, and, have and can.

我们说话时，通常会在一个句子中强调重要的词（名词，动词，形容词，副词和数字）。我们通常不会强调不重要的话，例如 a，the，he，of，is，and，have 和 can。

Read the conversation below and stress the underlined words.

阅读下面的对话并且重音强调带下划线的单词。

Daisy: Happy birthday, Benny. This is for you.

Daisy：生日快乐，Benny。这是送你的（礼物）。

Benny: An encyclopaedia? Thank you, Daisy!

Benny：百科全书？谢谢你，Daisy！

Daisy: You're welcome. I'm sure you'll learn many things from it.

Daisy：不客气。我敢肯定，你会从它这学到很多东西。

Benny: Yes, I'm sure I will. It's always useful to have an encyclopaedia around the house.

Benny：是的，我相信我会的。在家里有本百科全书总是大有益处的。

Daisy: True. It'll be a great help with your studies.

Daisy：说得对。它将对你的学习有很大的帮助。

B. Speak up 大声说

What are you interested in? Look it up in on encyclopaedia. In pairs, talk about it Follow the example.

你对什么感兴趣？在百科全书中看看（关于它的描述）。两人合作，像下面的示范的一样谈论一下。

S1: Do you know anything about Leonardo da Vinci?

S1：你知道一些关于达芬奇o莱昂纳多的事情吗？

S2: Yes. He was a great painter. His most famous painting is the Mona Lisa.

S2：是的，他是一个伟大的画家，他最著名的画是《蒙娜丽莎》。

S1: When and where was he born?

S1：他出生在何时何地？

S2: He was born in Italy in 1452.

S2：他 1452 出生在意大利。

S1: Did he do any other things?

S1：他还做过其他什么事情吗？

S2: Yes. He was also an inventor, musician, engineer and scientist.

S2：没错，他还是一位发明家、音乐家、工程师和科学家。