英语读音规则

• 假如您想说一口流利、地道的英语，学习和掌握英语的读音规则不仅是必要的，也是必需的。
• 假如您想标准、地道地演唱英语歌曲，最起码要有标准的发音，并了解连读、失去爆破方面的知识。
• 这篇文章介绍英语的意群、气群与停顿。关于连读和失去爆破，请参考前面的介绍。

 意群：一个句子可以按照意义和语法结构分成几个部分，每一个部分称为一个意群。意群可以用“/”符号表示。

 

意群是根据语义、语法和语调来划分的。从语义和语法上讲，意群必须是表达某种意义的一个（组）词、一个短语、一个分句、一个主句或者从句。

 

气群：凡是一口气能说完或者读完的一个句子，或句子一大部分的，称为一个气群。一个气群一般包括若干个意群，说话或者朗读时气长的人可念完一个很长的句子而不停顿，但最短的气群不得少于一个意群。气群用”ll”表示。

 

停顿: 为了使意思表达得更清楚或者是换气的需要，人们在说话或朗读时经常需要停顿。（句子之间的停顿较长，意群之间停顿较短，往往由逗号、分号、冒号等分开。）

 

• When winter comes, / itgets colder and colder, / andthe days get shorter and shorter.

• Reading aloud / isvery important / for beginners.

• Early to bed / andearly to rise / makesa man / healthy,happy, and wise.

• Jane, / who'sa brilliant swimmer, / represented Britain / atthe Olympic Games.

• After he took his bath, / hedressed in a hurry, / ranto catch the bus, / andgot to his appointment / beforeit was too late.

 

练习

1. 递增的意群

1. a dog
2. a black dog
3. a sleeping black dog
4. a sleeping black dog and a cat
5. a sleeping black dog / anda black and white cat
6. a sleeping black dog / anda playing black and white cat
7. a sleeping black dog, / aplaying black and white cat / andtwo grey rabbits
8. a sleeping black dog, / aplaying black and white cat / andtwo hopping grey rabbits
9. a sleeping black dog, / aplaying black and white cat / andtwo hopping grey rabbits / onthe grass lawn
10. a sleeping black dog, / aplaying black and white cat / andtwo hopping grey rabbits / onthe grass lawn / inthe park
11. He saw / asleeping black dog, / aplaying black and white cat / andtwo hopping grey rabbits / onthe grass lawn / inthe park.

2. 短文朗读

Fishing / ismy favourite sport. || Ioften fish for hours / withoutcatching anything. || Butthis does not worry me. || Somefishermen are unlucky. || Insteadof catching fish, / theycatch old boots and rubbish. || Iam even less lucky. || Inever catch anything / …not even old boots. || Afterhaving spent whole mornings / onthe river, / Ialways go home / withan empty bag. ||You must give up fishing! / myfriends say. || It'sa waste of time. || Butthey don't realize / oneimportant thing. || I'mnot really interested | in fishing. || Iam only interested / insitting in a boat / anddoing nothing at all!