首先，你需要知道什么样的词通常会重读什么样的词不重读。基本上重读的都是有实际意义的词，如

* Nouns e.g. kitchen, Peter

名词。 例如：kitchen, Peter

* (most) principal verbs e.g. visit, construct

大部分重要的动词，例如：visit, construct

* Adjectives e.g. beautiful, interesting

形容词，例如：beautiful, interesting

* Adverbs e.g. often, carefully

副词，比如often, carefully

Non-stressed words are considered FUNCTION WORDS such as

不重读通常都是功能性的词，如：

* Determiners e.g. the, a, some, a few

限定词，比如the, a, some, a few

* Auxiliary verbs e.g. don't, am, can, were

助动词，如don't, am, can, were

* Prepositions e.g. before, next to, opposite

前置词，如before, next to, opposite

* Conjunctions e.g. but, while, as

连词，如but, while, as

* Pronouns e.g. they, she, us

代词，如they, she, us

Let's return to the beginning example to demonstrate how this affects speech.

现在让我们回到开始的例子来看看这些是怎么影响我们说话的。

The beautiful Mountain appeared transfixed in the distance . (14 syllables)

He can come on Sundays as long as he doesn't have to do any homework in the evening . (22 syllables)

第一个句子有14个音节，第二个句子有22个音节。

Even though the second sentence is approximately 30% longer than the first, the sentences take the same time to speak. This is because there are 5 stressed words in each sentence. From this example, you can see that you needn't worry about pronouncing every word clearly to be understood (we native speakers certainly don't). You should however, concentrate on pronouncing the stressed words clearly.

即使第二个句子比第一个长了差不多30%，两个句子说出来用的时间都是差不多的，这是因为他们都有5个重读的词（划线的部分）。从这个例子中，大家就可以看出你不见的要把每个词都清晰的说出来（我们英语母语的人从来不这么说）。你应该把注意力放在应该重读的词上，把这些词说清楚。