PTE口语考试中,断句也非常重要的一个方面。考试评分系统中没有给出断句的评分,这项评分隐含在oral fluency里头看不出来。有些人不免疑惑,有时候我说得挺好的呀,一口气不喘,从头说到尾,为何考试分数还是不理想呢?其实错就错在从头一口气说到尾上了。任何native speaker说话,都不可能一个句子从头说到尾不带喘。相反,他们说话是有节奏的,在该停的地方停,该说的地方说。当电脑识别语音的时候,也把断句的间隔识别出来了,这个间隔也隐含在评分标准里。没有间隔,对不起说不到79分以上了。然而断句又是一个难点,应该在什么时候说,什么时候断呢?小编这里给大家一个小窍门:
1. 标点符号前停顿
这一点就不用讲了吧。给个例子吧:
"If you ask people whether they want to beating or drinking plastic,/ they just say,/ 'No, that's a dumb question,‘/ said Sherri Mason,/ one of study's authors and a chemistry professor at the State University of New York.//
2. 连接词前停顿
连接词往往会是并列句(比如 and, or, but)或者是复合句主从之间连接比如although, when, what这些词的前面当然要停顿了。比如:
Not for signs of winter’s approach, / although the cold winds are already blowing, / but for the barrel bombs, / mortars and shellfire they know will not distinguish between military targets and their families’ homes. //
3. 介词前停顿
在句子中介词短语前面的停顿往往是最明显的。在PTE考试练习中应该形成一种直觉看到 ‘in’啦,’on’啦,‘at’啦就知道此处前面要断句,这也不难,给个例子吧:
Severe flooding was reported/ in many other cities and towns /along Florida’s Gulf of Mexico coastline. Flooding also was reported/ in Jacksonvilleon Florida’s eastern Atlantic coast. The storm damaged power lines/ and some building cranes.
4. “that”前停顿
在口语中经常听到有些人在‘that’接一个从句的时候,从‘that’后面停顿。其实这是不正确的。‘that’正确的停顿方式是在其前面停顿。举个例子吧:
Various leaks have indicated the new phone will feature a sharper display, a so-called OLED screen / that will extend from edge to edge of the device, thus eliminating the exterior gap, or "bezel," / that currently surrounds most phone screens.
当然,值得注意的是,当“and”连接两个短单词的时候中间不需要停顿哦。好吧,今天就到这里吧,我们下期再见!