英语停顿规则

英语语法规定，可以根据阅读或者句子的长短情况，按照意群进行停顿。意群是英语句子停顿的参照，同一意群的各个单词是不能停顿的，是应该一口气一次性全部读完的，以便整体意思完整，使听者能够完整的理解说话人的意思表示。

意群是指句子可以按照意思和语法结构分为若干个段落，每一个段落就称之为一个意群。它在意思上相对完整，在语法上面且练习，不能再分的一个词组。

例如：

1、I did not see Mary / at the party .

2、Changjiang is the longest river / in our country .

3、A child begins / to speak / the moment it opens its lips / to utter any acknowledged sound.

下列句子可分为两个意群：

We study hard / for our country .

There are only two windows / in that room .

I like coffee/ but I don’t like tea.

Would you bring me/ some bread, please?

I don’t know/ what to say.

I got my first job/ last month.

2.下列句子可分为三个意群：

I will be glad / to meet you again / next year.

He said / that he would do better / in his English study.

3.下列句子可分为四个意群及以上：

We worked / with the workers there / and learned a lot / from them.

The forest had been green / in the summer / when we had come / into the town.

She is going to set out/ from the French coast/ at five o’clock/ in the morning.

I love waking up/ in the morning/ and not knowing/ what’s going to happen/ or who I’m going to meet.

The most valuable gift / I have ever received/ was a photo album/ from my best friend Kevin.