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English intonation and rhythm. I'm sure you've been wondering "Why people don't understand me! I say all the right words, I put them in the right order in the right form." This is all because of the English intonation and rhythm. You have to sound like them. Let me show how they do it. Ready? Here you are. I marked all pauses and the stressed words, showed the intonation going up and down. Let’s look closer. - Hi! I’m Doctor Brown. So, the nurse said that your ear hurts. "Hi" is stressed. “I'm” are linked. They are pronounced together, with lowered tone and a bit quicker than the rest of the sentence. "Doctor" is stressed, "Brown" - intonation goes down. Pauses are after "so" and "said". "The nurse" are linked, "nurse" is stressed, "said" - intonation goes up. "Your ear" are linked, "ear" is stressed, "hurts" - intonation goes down. - Yes, doctor. It hurts bad enough that I had to take a painkiller. Pause is after "Yes", intonation goes down. "Doctor" - intonation goes up. Pause is after "enough". "It hurts" are linked. "Bad" is stressed, "enough" - intonation goes up. "That I had" are linked, "had" is stressed, "take" - intonation goes up. "Painkiller" is stressed, intonation goes down. - What did you take? "What did you" are linked, "what" is stressed, "take" - intonation goes down. - I took some Advil. "Took" is stressed, "Advil" - intonation goes down. If you are interested in learning more about English intonation and Rhythm, you can download free English Intonation and rhythm checklist. I put the link below the video. Please like, comment and share. Thank you. 
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