首先read aloud有三个评分项，分别为流利度，发音和内容。在这三个评分项里，重要性排序分别为发音，流利度和内容。有些同学一味的求快，强迫自己在20秒甚至15秒内读完一句很绕口的句子，这种练法是完全错误的。因为太快会影响某些单词的发音，造成吞音，漏读或者读错，从而影响了内容和发音的分数，同时念太快会影响心态，一旦错误，会很紧张，影响后面的发挥，最后，念太快会增加对句子的把握程度，没法做到兼顾整个句子的结构，包括并列句，从句等等。

那么我们如何能够将一句句子读的轻松流利，并且发音饱满呢？

我们一定需要有个意群的概念，我们那一题真题来作为示例。

A young man from a small provincial town — a man without independent wealth, without powerful family connections and without a university education — moved to London in thelate 1580’ and, in a remarkably short time, became the greatest playwright notof his age alone but of all time. How did Shakespeare become Shakespeare?

(A young man from asmall provincial town) — (a man without independent wealth↑, without powerful family connections↑ and without a university education↓) — (moved to London in the late 1580’s) (and, in a remarkably short time), (became the greatest playwright not of his age alone but of all time).(How did Shakespeare become Shakespeare?)

分析一下这句话，首先 A young man from a small provincial town作为句子的主语部分，属于一个单独的意群，其次破折号之间的插入语有个并列的结构，我们需要注意一下它的语调上升，上升，下降。然后看到后面有个逗号，又是一个停顿的地方，in a remarkably short time是一个时间状语，又是被逗号隔开的，属于一个意群，最后一句疑问句单独作为一个意群。