So we say each thought group with one intonation pattern.

所以我们说每个意群的时候用一种语调模式。

The last content word of a thought group is the focus word.

一个意群的最后一个实义词是它的中心词。

And we can also break these sentences into what we call thought groups.

我们也可以把这些句子归类为我们所说的意群。

Just think, group A consists of Austria. China, and Saudi Arabia, all of which are minnows.

想想看吧，A组另外三支球队是奥地利，中国和沙特队，清一色的鱼腩球队。

My model sentences are getting longer now, so I'm using thought groups or intonation groups.

我的例句现在越来越长了，所以我用的是意群或者语调群。

I don't really, I think a small group of people that have very very serious problem.

我不认为有一小部分人有非常非常严重的问题。

Again, a longer thought group, starts really quietly. 'And I was', 'and I was', 'and I was'.

这里也是一个比较长的意群，开头声音非常低。And I was，and I was，and I was。

Each thought group has its own focus words.

每个意群有它的中心词。

Well, if you've watched my Oral Reading Fluency series, you know about thought groups.

如果你看过我的流利朗读系列，你就知道意群。

I'll mark the thought groups, show the focus words, and also show where we rise and fall.

我会把意群，中心词以及需要升调和降调的地方都标注出来。

So, I think groups and teams are so important.

所以，我认为团体和团队非常重要。

Another long thought group here. I'm sorry.

另一个长期的思想小组在这里。对不起。

Maybe you haven't finished thinking the problem through, or you want to get a clearer sense of what the group thinks.

你或许尚未把问题完全考虑清楚，或者你想更清楚地了解团队的想法。

Which means and then he puts a little thought group in here breaking it up, which means.

这意味着然后他在这里放了一个小思想组来分解它，这意味着。

Let's just look at the first part of this thought group.

让我们看看这个思想组的第一部分。

So let's look at this first thought group.

那么让我们看看这个第一个思想组。

And then, and then, and then, a little break  here, breaking it up into two thought groups.

然后，然后，然后，在这里稍作休息，将其分成两个思想组。

There's more than one intonation pattern we can use in longer sentences. Either in that first thought group or a middle thought group.

在长句中我们可以用不止一种语调模式，无论是在第一个意群还是中间的意群。

Okay then we have the word 'uh', just a little filler word as he's thinking, and then a three word thought group.

好吧，那么我们有“呃”这个词，只是他在想的一个小填充词， 然后是一个三词思维组。

Now, I'm not going to talk about thought groups today because they're a little bit more in-depth and that's saved for my pronunciation course.

我今天不打算讲意群，因为这方面的知识会更深入一点，我会留到我的发音课上讲。