In more than three-syllable words, if the primary stress falls on the third syllable or later, the secondary stress are usually marked on one of the preceding syllables, for example, introduction / ɪntrə dʌkʃn/ and education / eʤu keɪʃn/.
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- For good pronunciation, two kinds of stress should be paid attention to. The first is __________ stress which is to stress the proper syllable in multi-syllabic words. The second kind of stress is __________stress and each of them has one syllable that receives greater or more prominent stress than the others.
- The English words consist of at least one syllable, and many words have two, three, or more syllables and so do the Chinese words. ( )
- Secondary stress is more prominent than primary stress.( )
- Secondary stress is more important than primary stress.
- General rules for most English words of two syllables the stress usually falls on the first syllable.