一個英語句子可以按照意思和結(jié)構(gòu)被劃分為若干成分，每個成分即稱為一個意群。一個意群可以是一個詞、一個詞組或短語，可以是并列句的一個分句，也可以是復(fù)合句的一個主句或從句等。劃分英語句子意群的一般原則如下：

1.一個詞組或短語可劃分為一個意群：

(1)名詞詞組。如：a ountry（冠詞+名詞）；some bread（不定代詞+名詞）：this book（指示代詞+名詞）：myfriend Li Ming （名詞+名詞）：atural science（形容詞+名詞）：the working class（作形容詞用的名詞+名詞）thirty-two books（數(shù)詞+名詞）。

(2)介詞短語。如:from now on :withglses.

(3)副詞短語。如day and night ;first of all.

(4)副詞+介詞短語。如 :early in the morning;yar into the night.

(5)副詞+動詞短語；動詞+副詞短語。如；如quite understand；stuy hard。

(6)固定的動詞詞組。 如; take a rest;have breakfast。

(7)系動詞+表語。如:be atschool;grow quite well。                        2 一個句子可被劃分為若干個意群；

(1)主語+謂語的簡單句可被劃分為一個意群。如；Hestands up . Sheruns fast.

(2)主語+謂語+賓語的簡單句可被劃分為一個意群 。如 ；l can speak English  they boughtsome books.

(3)并列句中的各個分句均可作為一個意群。如；She is still waiting /, but he won’t come. He took out a key /, oened the door / . And went into the house.

(4)復(fù)合句中的從句和主語均可作為一個意群。如：He can ，t come / because he is ill .             They told me / where l could find my book.  l waited / till he came back.

須注意：在朗讀英語文章的過程中，我們要把文中的句子劃分意群，意群進行停頓。除此之外，我們還要在句中標(biāo)點符號的文章位置作停頓。

【鞏固練習(xí)】

根據(jù)意群符號”/’的提示 朗讀下面短文。 

     Last week/ everone was trying to cheer up Jimmy /,the Bike Boy .Bot this wwek /. the Bike Boy .But this week / , Jimmy is happy again .On Monday / hetold a radio interviewre /  the he had run out of money to buy old bikes. He also put up some signs asking for old bikes /  and called up all his friends / and told them about the problem .He even handed out adcertisements / at a local supermarket.  Then he told the teachers at school about his proberme / adn thry set up a call -in centre for parents. The  strategies/ that he came up with / worked out fine . He now has sixten bikes to fix up /adn give away to children /who don’ t have bikes.