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節奏(rhythm)
1 斷句的原則(grouping
of words)：
英語要講出節奏，可先從斷句開始。也就是說，美國人是一群一群字的說，而不是一個一個字的說。每一組字群都要用同樣的速度講完，就可以自然產生節奏感。斷句的方式只有三種：
(a) 短句；如
I
like you.
(b)片語；如
in
the morning
(c)長名詞；如
The
American president Bill Clinton
2. 斷句的認知
下面請一邊聽一邊閱讀這一段文章(錄音已預留5秒空檔，可先開檔。：(錄音)
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One
morning last April, Susan was still sleeping when the doorbell rang.
It was her friend Dave inviting her to go to the beach for a picnic.
Later that morning, Susan left her house and walked to the station
to catch the bus. She was wearing a T-shirt and shorts, since it was
quite warm. As she sat on the bus, she looked out the door. She saw
some sheep in a field. It was starting to snow.
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聽完之後，感覺和平常沒有兩樣，但請再一邊閱讀下文，一邊重聽一次；您會發現說話者似乎照著
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符號斷句，而斷句的原則與上列的(1)，(2)，及(3)等三項，大致上是一致的。說的時候，每一組字群無論是兩個字或四個字均大致以相同的時間講完；原理與歌唱的分節類似。如此，我們可認知，講英語是不能隨意停頓的；大致上，必須遵循基本的這三項斷句法，而節奏感就在這斷句中自然產生。
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One
morning ◎
last
April, ◎
Susan
was still sleeping ◎
when
the doorbell rang. ◎
It
was her friend Dave ◎
nviting
her ◎
to
go to the beach ◎
for
a picnic. ◎
Later
that morning, ◎
Susan
left her house ◎
and
walked to the station ◎
to
catch the bus. ◎
She
was wearing a ◎
T-shirt
and shorts, ◎
since
it was quite warm. ◎
As
she sat ◎
on
the bus, ◎
she
looked out the door. ◎
She
saw some sheep ◎
in a field. ◎
It was starting to snow.
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Paragraph
and recording adapted from Unit 4, in Pronunciation Plus: Practice
through Interaction, by Martin Hewings and Sharon Goldstein
(Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998), 11.
3.
斷句練習：
下列每一節均以音樂之一拍講完，至於吸氣動作，亦如唱歌一樣，視說話者的氣息調節情況而定。分字群發音練習如下：
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