2、中断，使人能完整地理解讲话人的意图和目的。 例如：ÀＩdid not see Mary / at the party . Á Changjing is the longest river / in our country . Â A child begins / to speak / the moment it opens its lips / to utter any acknowledged sound. 注：意群和意群之间并非一定要停顿，根据情况，有些可停也可不停。 例如：上例À Á 就可不停。 ÀＩdid not see Ma
3、ry at the party . Á Changjing is the longest river in our country . 上例 Â 也可少停一次。 Â A child begins to speak / the moment it opens its lips / to utter any acknowledged sound. 现已知停顿的规则，但要准确地运用还必须弄清楚英语中的意群及其划分。 二、 意群（Sense-groups）。 意群指句子可以按照意思和语法结构分为若干段落，每一个段落就称为一个意群
4、。它是在意思上相对完整，在语法上密切联系，不能再分的一个词组。例如 1 .下列句子可分为两个意群： À We study hard / for our country . Á There are only two windows / in that room . 2.下列句子可分为三个意群： À I will be glad / to meet you again / next year. Á He said / that he would do better / in his English study. 3.下列句子可分为四个意群
5、： À We worked / with the workers there / and learned a lot / from them. Á The forest had been green / in the summer / when we had come / into the town.. 三、 意群的划分。 一般规则如下：1.冠词与名词划为同一意群。 À There is an English novel on the bookshelf. Á The film we saw last night is
6、 very interesting. 2.形容词与名词划为一个意群。 À Please pass me that red-blue pencil. Á I have not enough money to buy it. 1.系动词与表语划为一个意群。 À How to go there is a problem. Á To rise early is his custom. 4.介词短语划为一个意群。 À There are some tall trees in front of the building. Á Keep him i
7、n the dark about the matter. 5.动词不定式短语划为一个意群。 À I refused to believe the evil rumor. Á Because he is ill , he feels unable to do it to it 6．分词短语化为一个意群。 À They lived in a room facing the south. Á A letter posted today will reach him the day after tomorrow. 7.动名词短语划为一个意群。
8、 À Seeing him happy made me happy too. Á Have you finished correcting the students’papers? 8.动词及其主语或宾语划为一个意群。
