Nationalities When you are in a foreign country, the subject of nationalities naturally comes up a lot. It would be nice if there were a simple rule that said that all the words using nationalities are stressed on the first word. There isn't, of course. Take this preliminary quiz to see if you need to do this exercise. For simplicity's sake, we will stick with one nationality—American.
Exercise 1-33: Nationality Intonation Quiz CD 2 Track 1 录音下载
Pause the CD and stress one word in each of the following examples. Repeat after me. 1. an American guy 2. an American restaurant 3. American food 4. an American teacher 5. an English teacher
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