• 2022-06-08
    Rhythm in English speech is based on stress. A rhythm unit is formed by a stressed syllable, together with unstressed syllables which may come before that stress and/or after it.
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      English has the stress-timed rhythm, which means in English stressed syllables occur at roughly regular intervals of time with an uneven number of unstressed syllables between them. ( )

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      The notion of rhythm comes from the unstressed syllables. Word and sentence stress combine to create the rhythm of an English utterance.‏‏‏

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      In connected speech, unstressed syllables before the stress are said very quickly to catch up the beat while the length of the stressed syllables remains more or less the same. ( )

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      The notion of rhythm comes from the unstressed syllables. Word and sentence stress combine to create the rhythm of an English utterance. A: 正确 B: 错误

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      中国大学MOOC: The notion of rhythm comes from the unstressed syllables. Word and sentence stress combine to create the rhythm of an English utterance.