Sentence stress and natural speech

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weaker

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paying close attention to them will help

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you to sound more natural when you speak

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you can learn more about stressed

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syllables here in this

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lesson right now you're ready to imitate

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me

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remember there will be a pause after

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each clause or sentence and that's when

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you need to imitate what i said

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exactly as i said it exactly how i said

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it so try to copy the intonation and the

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tone in my voice

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even the expression on my face or the

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gestures i make with my hands

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well actually

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i'm not even supposed to be attending

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this conference

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but my boss offered me his ticket

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and i didn't want to turn it down

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i really need to brush up on my project

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management