“I`can't go on Saturday, but I can `go on Sunday.”

If you want to understand whether someone is saying he can or can't do something, you have to be listening for a stressed “can't” or a verb stressed after “can”. What does this mean?

“I can `speak Japanese, but I `can't speak Taiwanese.”

That's right, I can speak Japanese, but I cannot speak Taiwanese. When you arespeaking it is very important that you follow this rule too. When learners of English say I `can help you, native speakers often unsure what is meant because of improper stress. So remember, you can stress “can't”, but you `can't stress “can”.

This has been today's tip on learning English. Tune in tomorrow for another tip.

李延隆，新东方教育集团首届十大演讲师之一，“相信未来”“梦想之旅”大型公益讲座全国巡讲师，集团20周年功勋教师奖得主，集团教学培训师，集团北美考试管理中心演讲师，北京新东方学校元老级资深名师，首届赴美国访问团成员，在“新东方在线”及“步步高学习机”录制的系列英语考试和《新概念英语》课程深受广大英语学习者喜爱，现旅居澳大利亚美丽的悉尼。

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