A: Hello, Harry1. Where are you off to?
B: I'm going home to study my English lesson.
A: English lesson?
B: Yes. I'm trying to learn a little more. I don't always understand
what people say, and they don't always understand me.
A: What're you learning about?
B: Well. For instance, some words in a sentence. The time between
two of these stressed words is always about the same, no matter how
many words there are. This is what makes English sound jerky. First
you go very fast, and then perhaps you slow up.
A: Hmmmm. I never noticed that. Give me an example.
B: Sure, Here's a sentence we memorized for class. You told me last
night not to let you argue me out of getting you up on time.It
takes just as long to saynot to let you argue me out of getting you
up on timeas it does to sayyou told me last night
Notes
Accented-stressed
Jerky 不规则地跳动
A：你好，哈里，你到什么地方去？
B：我回家去温习英语课。
A：英语课？
B：是的，我想尽可能多学一点。我一直听不懂人家讲的话，其他人也听不懂我讲的话。
A：我在学习什么呢？
B：嗯，比如，在一句话中的有的词是加重语气的，读音较重。不论一句中有多少加重的词，其中两个词间隔的时间一直几乎一样的。这就使英语的音调看上去不平稳。开始你说得非常快，后来可能慢下来。
A：哦，我倒从来没注意到这点。给我举例。
B：可以。这儿有一句大家在上课时应记住的话：You told me last night not to let you argue
me out of getting you up on time.在说not to let you argue me out of
getting you up on time这段话的时间就和说you told me last night这句话一样长
