PTE口语：Read Aloud 的停顿几个要点

　　参加PTE考试的小伙伴都清楚，Read Aloud需要抑扬顿挫，有起有伏，但如何做到呢？下面，我们就一实例讨论文章里的停顿。在句子中在判断停顿的最大原则，是根据句子意思来判断，一个相对完整的意义的结束，就是一个意群，我们在一个意群结束的地方可以选择停顿（当然也不是非要停顿）。那么常见的停顿的点有哪些呢？

　　一、标点符号

　　这是最容易判断到的点，也是大多数同学都知道的点，但是还有很多同学为了追求速度把标点符号的停顿也省略掉了，想一口气读到底，结果往往因为没有时间换气，导致了发声效果的下降。标点符号一般可以比下面我们讲的几点停顿更久的时间，大家可以正好利于标点符号的节点“克制”一下自己的速度。

　　二、连接词的前面

　　这点也是很容易判断的，比如and, but 等等，句子与句子之间往往是一个语义的终结，我们可以稍作停顿举个例子：Smoking would kill us / but we didn't know for sure.

　　三、从句

　　一般常见以that引导的从句也是可以停顿的点Scientists argued /that smoking would kill us /He said / that he would do better

　　四、介词

　　常见的介词有at, on, in, to, into, by, over, down, up ，我们也可以选择在这些词之前停顿一下Carr said she had confidence / in a federal investigation / into whether her son’s civil rights were violated.

　　叶子分割线

　　下面是一些常用句子停顿划分的实例，大家可以看看自己的停顿的位置对不对1.They live in that large house / on the other side / of the bridge. //

　　2.In the morning / the boy goes to school early. // Sometimes / he was late, /because his mother was in poor health. //3.It is very important for us / to take part in manual labour / from time to time. //

　　4. However, whether it comes from the common ancestor / that the species had 35 million years ago, / is, / as yet, /an unanswered question.//5. What is harder to establish / is whether the productivity revolution/ that businessmen assume they are presiding over/ is for real.//

　　6. She sells sea shells / by the sea shore. //The shells she sells / are surely seashells. // So / if she sells shells / on the seashore, I'm sure / she sells seashore shells.

　　上面就是为大家盘点的最常见的停顿的点，大家在平时练习RA时多加实践。更多PTE考试报名流程、PTE考试难度等问题，可以咨询我们。