About this time, you're coming to the point where you may be wondering, what exactly are the mechanics of intonation『发音的技巧(秘诀)在哪里』? What changes when you put stress on a word? There are three ways to stress『强调』a word.

　　1.The first way is to just get louder『大声』or raise the volume『提高音量』. This is not a very sophisticated『复杂的』way of doing it, but it will definitely command attention『但它确实可以吸引注意力』.

　　2.The second way is to stretch『延伸』the word out or lengthen『延长』the word that you want to draw attention to『引起注意』.

　　3.The third way, which is the most refined『精确的』, is to change pitch『改变音调』, although pausing just before changing the pitch is effective『在改变音调之前停顿也是一种有效的方法』, you don't want to do it every time, because then it becomes an obvious technique. However, it will make your audience stop and listen because they think you're going to say something interesting.

　　[BRIAN小结]

　　1、stress:压力；重点；强调

　　经典例句：Brian likes to work under stress. /布莱恩喜欢在压力下工作。

　　2、sophisticated:复杂的

　　经典例句：This achitech drawing is too sophisticated for me to read. /这张建筑图纸太复杂了，我看不懂。

　　3、refined:精确的，提炼的

　　经典例句：These kind of refined food is not good for your health. /这种提炼过的食品对你的健康不好。