实荆州职院：《用英语语音学》（英文版） Chapter 8 Sense Groups and Pausing

Chapter 8 Sense Groups and Pausing continuously. These groups of words which are closely connected in meaning and in grammar are nse group is a tone-group(语调群) In intonation. A long sentence cut up into two or more tone-groups. We may make a short pause after each group, but not during the group. Such pauses help to make reading or speaking easier and to convey one's ideas more clearly 1)In cutting speech up into small groups, speed at which you are speaking is one of the actors. The following sentence may be read in either way a)All of the students in this class 'study English b)' All of thestudents in'this class 'study English You may be reading the second sentence more slowly than the first. Besides, you may want to give some emphasis to the idea"all of the students in this class 2)The following sentences get progressively longer and it would be convenient to cut up the onger ones into small groups according to their grammatical structure Note: the single bar()is used to mark pause (1)All of them study English (2)All of the students in this department study English and other subjects (3)All of the students in this department study English and other subjects for a course of fou years 3)Short pauses may be made between tone-groups within a sentence, but they are not al ways Here are more examples If he comes, I tell him to do it On the table i there were no books go to bed early, I as a general rule Usually I He takes the bus to work Last Wednesday II wanted to get to London early I So I caught a train I a bout an hour before my usual one I and I got to work I about half past eight

Chapter 8 Sense Groups and Pausing When we talk ， we don’t talk in single words but in groups of words spoken continuously．These groups of words which are closely connected in meaning and in grammar are called sense groups．A sense group is a tone-group (语调群) in intonation．A long sentence can be cut up into two or more tone-groups．We may make a short pause after each group，but not during the group．Such pauses help to make reading or speaking easier and to convey one’s ideas more clearly． 1) In cutting speech up into small groups，speed at which you are speaking is one of the factors．The following sentence may be read in either way． a) `All of the `students in `this class `study `English． b) `All of the `students in `this class ︱`study English． You may be reading the second sentence more slowly than the first．Besides，you may want to give some emphasis to the idea “all of the students in this class” ． 2) The following sentences get progressively longer and it would be convenient to cut up the longer ones into small groups according to their grammatical structure． Note: the single bar (/) is used to mark pause． (1) `All of them `study `English． (2)All of the students in this department study English and other subjects. (3) All of the students in this department study English and other subjects for a course of four years 3) Short pauses may be made between tone-groups within a sentence , but they are not always necessary . Here are more examples: If he comes, I tell him to do it On the table , I there were no books . I go to bed early, I as a general rule. Usually I He takes the bus to work . Last Wednesday I I wanted to get to London early .I So I caught a train I a bout an hour before my usual one I and I got to work I about half past eight