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Hello, I'm John Russell.
大家好，我是约翰·罗素。
What do MBAs and PHDs have in common?
MBAs和PHDs有什么共同点？
Or what about the USA or USE?
USA 和 USE呢？
Or three fifteen and five fourty-five？
3:15或5:45呢？
Many ideas might come to your mind.
你可能会有很多想法。
But one that I would like to explore today has a connection with stress, saying something louder or in a higher pitch.
但我今天想探讨和重音相关的，用更大的声音或更高的音调说一些东西。
MBA, PHD, USA and UAE are all abbreviations.
MBA, PHD, USA 和UAE都是缩写。
Short forms of many words.
许多单词的缩写形式。
What do abbreviations have to do with pronunciation, you ask?
你会问，缩写和发音有什么关系?
In general, Americans stress the ends of abbreviations.
一般来说，美国人会重读缩写的结尾。
So for example, college degrees such as MBA or PHD have stress at the end. MBA PHD
例如，学位MBA 和 PHD会重读末尾的字母。
The same idea holds true for country names.
同样的想法也适用于国家名称。
The end of the abbreviation get stressed. USA UAE
缩写末尾的字母是要重读的。
American airports almost always have three letter abbreviations.
美国机场几乎总是有三个字母的缩写。
So you will often hear about LAX or JFK.
所以你会经常听到LAX 或 JFK。
Remember, I asked you about times at the beginning of the video?
还记得我在视频开始的时候问过你们时间吗?
Or three fifteen and five forty five.
3:15或5:45。
Americans also often stress the ends of times.
美国人也经常强调时间的末尾。
So that is why the fifteen in three fifteen and the forty five in five forty five sounds louder. three fifteen. five forty five.
这就是为什么15在3:15里面，还有45在5:45听起来声音更大。
That's all for today. Keep up the good work.
以上就是本期的全部内容，继续加油吧。
