一、朗读句子，根据意群，用“/”标出停顿的地方。
1. My father has had that old watch since he was twenty years old.
2. We plan to give away these toys to the children in the village.
3. There is a big yard sale in our neighborhood every weekend.
4. This sweater looks a bit small now but I've kept it for five years.
5. Have you decided what to do with your old camera?

1. My father / has had that old watch / since he was twenty years old.
2. We plan to give away these toys / to the children in the village.
3. There is a big yard sale / in our neighborhood / every weekend.
4. This sweater looks a bit small now / but I've kept it for five years.
5. Have you decided / what to do with your old camera?

意群停顿需依据句子的语法结构和语义单元划分，通常在主语与谓语之间、从句引导词前后、动词短语与宾语之间、介词短语与前面成分之间等位置停顿，符合八年级英语朗读的意群规则。

二、根据语境及所给汉语提示，写出所缺单词。
1. (如今), thousands of people go to the Summer Palace every year.
2. It's a (遗憾) that I don't have the time.
3. There is a big garden on the (对面的) side of the street.
4. I love my (家乡) and all the people there.
5. The policemen set out to (搜寻) for the lost child at once.

1. Nowadays 2. pity 3. opposite 4. hometown 5. search

1. 此处需填副词，“如今”对应的英文副词为Nowadays，位于句首首字母大写；2. 此处需填名词，固定句型It's a pity that...表示“遗憾的是……”，“遗憾”对应名词pity；3. 此处需填形容词修饰名词side，“对面的”对应形容词opposite；4. 此处需填名词，形容词性物主代词my后接名词，“家乡”对应名词hometown；5. 固定搭配set out to do sth表示“着手做某事”，此处需填动词原形，“搜寻”对应动词search。