SensegroupandPause(意群和停顿)Goodmorning,boysandgirls!I’mgladtohavethisEnglishclasswithyou!Thisclasswearegoingtolearnanewruleofpronunciationtogether.Beforelearning,pleaselistentothetape.Thematerialwillbereadinthetapeforthreetimes.Youshouldlistencarefullyandfindwhichtime,thematerialisreadbest.OK,nowwe’vefinishedlisteningtothetape.Canyoutellmethedifferences?Lily,couldyoutellusthedifferences?(停几秒)Verygood.Sitdownplease.Lilysays,inthefirsttime,thematerialisreadwithoutanypause;inthesecondtime,thematerialisreadwithsomepauses,butwecan’tunderstandthesentencebecauseofthepauses.Inthethirdtime,thematerialisreadwithpauses,whichmakesusunderstanditmoreeasily.Isitright?Excellent!Next,let’slistentothethirdmaterialagain.(停几秒)OK.Nowwe’vefinished.Letmeaskyouonequestion.Whereshouldwepausewhenwearereadingasentence?Generally,weusuallypausewhenasensegroupendsandanewsensegroupstarts.Youmayaskmewhatasensegroupis.Inordertomakeusunderstandthelongsentencebetter,weneedtodivideitintopiecesaccordingtoitsstructureandthemeaningsofthewordsinit.Whenthewordsofonepiecehasthesamemeaningandwecan’tseparatethemwhenwearereadingit,itiscalledasensegroup.Asensegroupcanbeasimplesentence,aclause,aphraseoraword.Andafterasensegroup,thereshouldbeashortpause,whichisusuallyshorterthanafterasentence.Areyouclear?OK.Pleaseopenyourbooksandturntopage89,let’sreadaparagraphtogether.Beforereading,I’llgiveyou3minutes.Yourtaskistofindeachsensegroupineachsentenceandunderlinethem.Nowyoucanstart!Timeisup.Next,let’sreadtheparagraphloudlytogether.Whenwearereadingit,youshouldcheckwhetheryourthinkingiscorrectornot.Solet’stakeupourredpenandbegin!(朗读所给材料)Excellent!Allofyouhavedoneagreatjob!Next,I’llshowyousomesentencesonthePowerPoint.Pleasereadthesesentencesandtrytopausebythesensegroup,andthenreadthemtoyourdeskmates.I’llgiveyouanother3minutes,nowstart!Timeisup.Tom,couldyoupleasereadthefirstsentenceforus?Tomsays:XiaoMing,theEnglishteacher,isveryhandsome.Verygood,you’vedoneagoodjob!NowMary,couldyoureadthesecondone?Marysays:theboywho,isinred,isplaying,basketball.CanyouunderstandMary’ssentence?I’msorry,Mary,pleasesitdownandthinkitover.Andweshouldreadthesentencecorrectlylike:theboy,whoisinred,isplayingbasketball.Mary,gotit?OK.Howabouttheotherstudents?Excellent!Next,pleaseopenyourbooksandfindapassageyouareinterestedinfromthebook.Readthepassagetoyourpartnersandpayattentiontotheplaceswhereyoushouldpause.I’llgiveyou5minutes.Nowbegin.Timeisup.Mike,couldyoupleasecometotheplatformandreadyourpassage?(停几秒)welldone.You’vedoneagoodjob!Let’sgivehimabighand!Gobacktoyourseat,please.NowI’llplayanEnglishdramaforyou.Pleaselistentoitverycarefullyandafteritfinished,I’llasksomebodytoimitateitinthefrontofclass.Areyouready?OK.Let’sgo!LucyandJenny,couldyoucomehereandperformthedramatogether?(停几秒)Excellent!Let’sgivethemabighand!Now,guys,whathavewelearnedtoday?Yes,wehavelearnedwhatisasensegroup.Thewordsofasensegrouphavethesamemeaning,anditcanbeasimplesentence,aclause,aphrase,orevenaword.Wealsolearnedhowtodividealongsentencebysensegroups.Finally,herecomesyourhomework.I’llgiveyouapassageofVOAnews.Youarerequiredtolistentothenews,andimitatethepassageandperformitinnextclass.OK.That’sallfortoday’sclass.Thankyouforyourcooperation!Seeyoutomorrow!