准备高口时自己总结的tips，希望对托福听力有所帮助。[b][b]How to distinguish Can and Can’t[b]Can do sth 的重音在do上， Can’t do sth的重音在Can’t 上。Can的a发成e的音。[b][b]Thirteen and Thirty[b]Thirteen的重音在teen，Thirty的重音在第一个音节。当发某一个元音为重音时，这个音发的比较长，比较重。否则，比较轻，短。通常没有发成重音的元音会发成e或i. [b][b]音节的重轻音会改变词的词性。当重音在第二个音节时，为动词。若在第一个音节，为名词或形容词。’permit n. per’mit v. ’perfect adj. per’fect v[b][b]voiced and voiceless consonants d—t b—p [b]辅音对元音发音长短的影响 eyes长， ice短[b][b]sound linking 连音 以辅音结尾的词碰到元音开始的词时，连[b]I’d like another bowl of rice. k a l o[b][b]重要!!! 08 H 在he，him，his，her中省略，剩下的元音与前面的词连读 Give her a book.[b]Tell him to ask her. Where will he go? Has he gone? Must he go? Can, should等auxiliary词同上。[b][b]09 four apples two apples 中间有w音 three apples 中间有y（发i）音[b]当d, t 遇见y （i）Did you?? Would you? Should, could. Do it? [b]Can’t you? Didn’t you? Couldn’t, wouldn’t, shouldn’t. It’s nice to meet you.[b][b]Pronounce identical or similar consonants in a row, those sounds are not pronounced. [b]Stop Peter. It’s a big cake. “g” is not released. I like goats.[b]I love France. She is Susan. The garage should be cleaned. Dad told me.[b][b]I ate hamburger. 我吃碎牛肉。[b][b]When an item is very familiar to the listener, or very frequently referred to, or the only one present at the time, we use the article “ the”. [b][b]Content words are stressed. n, main verbs, adj, adv, that this, these, those, who when how which where, what[b]Function words are not stressed. articles: a, the; possessive adj: his, her, mine; prep: in, on, of; conjunctions: and, but; personal pronouns: I, he, she; the be verbs: is, am are, was auxiliaries: do, does, did[b]Andrew brushes his teeth. “his” should be unstressed[b]Andrew brushes her teeth “her” stressed[b]Stress the important words if you want the listener to know the information you wanna stress.[b][b]长句的pause: My mother listens to the radio in the evening. [b]Pauses come between thought groups, groups of words that express one thought.[b]短句的pause：[b]What time do you come in in the morning?[b]Look your papers over over the weekends.[b][b]When to use pauses before adj clauses[b]My sister who lives in NY, is a doctor. more than one sister[b]My sister, who lives in NY, is a doctor. only one sister, she is a doctor and she is in NY[b][b]Intonation of questions 语调[b]1. Yes-no questions rising[b]Do you like Taiwan?[b]2. “wh” questions who, what, where, when, why, which, how falling[b]Where do you live? What time is it?[b]3. Choice questions rising for every choice except the last choice which is falling[b]Would you like juice, tea, or coffee?[b][b]Intonation of tag questions 附加问句[b]如果问句是事实，或要求对方同意自己的看法，用降调[b]She is beautiful, isn’t she?[b]完全不知道事实或答案，ask for information时，用升调[b]She is beautiful, isn’t she? [b][b]助动词的强调，尤其在强调句中[b]He’s done his homework. He has done his homework.[b]Emphatic sentences are usually used after someone has expressed the opposite meaning.[b]Maybe he doesn’t know how to drive. On the contrary, he does know how to drive.[b]! Don’t use emphatic sentences unless you have a reason. Or other people will think “Why is that so important?”[b][b]--Did you eat dinner? --No, I didn’t. --You didn’t eat dinner? --That’s correct.[b][b]“t” is pronounced“d” if it comes between two voiced sounds或者比较快时。[b]15 voiced consonant sounds b d g m n z l r u 等 还有元音[b]matter What’s the matter?[b]atom The first atom was dropped in [b]twenty That’ll be twenty dollars, please.[b]little He gotta a little angry.[b]city Did you grow up in the city or the country?[b]butter Pass the butter, please. [b][b]当说的很慢或者要强调时t发轻音。 Also if it comes before a stressed vowel as in “return”.[b][b]Infinitive: to do sth gerent: doing sth[b]有9个动词接两者皆可且意义不变：begin, start, continue, like, love, hate, prefer, can’t stand, can’t bear[b][b]5个动词接两者皆可但意义改变： remember, forget, regret, try, stop[b][b]forget doing sth 都是用否定形式 never/ won’t forget doing sth = remember doing sth[b][b]regret to do sth do 必须是表示“tell”的词 tell, inform, announce, report[b][b]try to do sth to make an effort to do it[b]try doing sth to experiment with a new or different approach to see if it works[b]I’m trying to learn Chinese. I tried to open the window.[b]I tried opening the window. Meaning: I did open the window. And I opened it for a reason. It’s hot. I tried turning on the fan. I tried taking off my clothes. I experimented with many things to see which one worked.[b][b]make, have, get, let sb to do sth 语气程度不同 I * him to carry my luggage.[b]make 长辈要求，或用武力，有力量去要求 insist, no choice, using force[b]have 有关系，平辈，不是很重要的事情 He did it just because I asked.[b]get 利用种种方法（哭，钱）等 I managed to persuade him to do it.[b]let He wanted to carry. He asked if he could help. I gave my permission to let him carry it. = allow, permit[b][b]expressing ability in the past[b]can, could be able to[b]否定句中两者无差别。[b]肯定句中，could usually means used to be able to. The use of could usually indicate the ability existed in the past, but not now.[b]When I was young, I could run fast.[b]If the speaker is talking about an ability to do sth at one particular time in the past, “was/ were able to” can be used in affirmative sentences; “could” can not.[b][b]I have been looking for a CD for a long time. I was not able / couldn’t find it. But yesterday I was able to find it. Yesterday I managed to find it.