意群和停顿

Sense group and Pause

（意群和停顿）

Good morning, boys and girls! I’m glad to have this English class with you! This class we are going to learn a new rule of pronunciation together.

Before learning, please listen to the tape. The material will be read in the tape for three times. You should listen carefully and find which time, the material is read best.

OK, now we’ve finished listening to the tape. Can you tell me the differences? Lily, could you tell us the differences? (停几秒) Very good. Sit down please. Lily says, in the first time, the material is read without any pause; in the second time, the material is read with some pauses, but we can’t understand the sentence because of the pauses. In the third time, the material is read with pauses, which makes us understand it more easily. Is it right? Excellent!

Next, let’s listen to the third material again. (停几秒) OK. Now we’ve finished. Let me ask you one question. Where should we pause when we are reading a sentence? Generally, we usually pause when a sense group ends and a new sense group starts. You may ask me what a sense group is. In order to make us understand the long sentence better, we need to divide it into pieces according to its structure and the meanings of the words in it. When the words of one piece has the same meaning and we can’t separate them when we are reading it, it is called a sense group. A sense group can be a simple sentence, a clause, a phrase or a word. And after a sense group, there should be

a short pause, which is usually shorter than after a sentence. Are you clear? OK.

Please open your books and turn to page 89, let’s read a paragraph together. Before reading, I’ll give you 3 minutes. Your task is to find each sense group in each sentence and underline them. Now you can start!

Time is up. Next, let’s read the paragraph loudly together. When we are reading it, you should check whether your thinking is correct or not. So let’s take up our red pen and begin!

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Excellent! All of you have done a great job! Next, I’ll show you some sentences on the PowerPoint. Please read these sentences and try to pause by the sense group, and then read them to your deskmates. I’ll give you another 3 minutes, now start!

Time is up. Tom, could you please read the first sentence for us? Tom says: XiaoMing, the English teacher, is very handsome. Very good, you’ve done a good job! Now Mary, could you read the second one? Mary says: the boy who, is in red, is playing, basketball. Can you understand Mary’s sentence? I’m sorry, Mary, please sit down and think it over. And we should read the sentence correctly like: the boy, who is in red, is playing basketball. Mary, got it? OK. How about the other students? Excellent!

Next, please open your books and find a passage you are interested in from the book. Read the passage to your partners and pay attention to the places where you

should pause. I’ll give you 5 minutes. Now begin.

Time is up. Mike, could you please come to the platform and read your passage? (停几秒) well done. You’ve done a good job! Let’s give him a big hand! Go back to your seat, please.

Now I’ll play an English drama for you. Please listen to it very carefully and after it finished, I’ll ask somebody to imitate it in the front of class. Are you ready? OK. Let’s go!

Lucy and Jenny, could you come here and perform the drama together? (停几秒)Excellent! Let’s give them a big hand!

Now, guys, what have we learned today? Yes, we have learned what is a sense group. The words of a sense group have the same meaning, and it can be a simple sentence, a clause, a phrase, or even a word. We also learned how to divide a long sentence by sense groups.

Finally, here comes your homework. I’ll give you a passage of VOA news. You are required to listen to the news, and imitate the passage and perform it in next class. OK. That’s all for today’s class. Thank you for your cooperation! See you tomorrow!