Hello! I'm John Russell.
大家好。我是约翰·拉索尔。
In previous videos, we explored word stress — saying a word louder or in a higher pitch.
在之前的视频中，我们探索了单词重音 —— 把某个词说得更大声或声音更高。
Word stress is part of what makes an American sound like an American.
单词重音是美国口音形成的一部分原因。
For today's lesson, imagine you want to describe something — a day, a person, a place.
在今天的课程中，想象一下你要描述某个事物 —— 一天，一个人，一个地方。
Nouns and adjectives play a very important role in such descriptions.
名词和形容词在这种描述中起到了重要作用。
And there are certain ways that Americans stress nouns and adjectives.
In general, when an adjective is followed by a noun, Americans stress the noun.
Here's an example.
It's a nice day.
The sentence has an adjective, nice, and a noun, day.
