さて、フレーズ（語のまとまり）について、どこで区切るのか、下の例文を参考に説明をします。
①を見てください。まず主語と述語で区切ります。英語と日本語の決定的な違いは、主語と述語の使われる位置にあるからです。主語と述語で区切って意味をつかみ、次の言葉を連想していく習慣をつけましょう。「～は、～する」（何を、誰に、何と）などのように。
① I would like to tell / you / one / of the stories / that /① I really experienced / in my life. / This is the story / a little bit long time ago. / When I was a university student / in Tokyo, / ①I lived / alone / in an apartment / which was two stories. / ①It happened / in the early summer morning. / ①Thirty years has passed / since then. / However, / ①I can recall / the season / vividly / because it got bright / before six / in the morning./
①An ambulance siren sounded / in my dream. /① It came / close / to me / and stopped / just in front of my room. / ①That made / me / wake up. / ①I saw / water marks / coming / from the ceiling / and partially down the wall / in my room. /① I just wondered / if ①anyone knows / what can be causing / this? /
After opening / the window, / ①I noticed / the fire engine / there / out of my room. / One / of the firefighters / asked / me / loudly, " Is there / any problem / with you?" / I answered,/ " ①Water is coming / down the wall / in my room."/ "Are you safe?", / asked he. / "Yes." / I answered./ "It is very good. / You are lucky / having / no problem /without water / because the room / right over yours / is on fire / now."/ he said. /
②を見てください。be動詞（is, am, are, was, were, be, been)が使われる場合は、be動詞の後の語までで一区切りにします。これは、be動詞は＝の意味だからです。そすすめなだけで、be動詞で区切ることも可能です。
I would like to tell / you / one / of the stories / that / I really experienced / in my life. / ②This is the story / a little bit long time ago. / ②When I was a university student / in Tokyo, / I lived / alone / in an apartment / which was two stories. / It happened / in the early summer morning. / Thirty years has passed / since then. / However, / I can recall / the season / vividly / ②because it was bright / before six / in the morning./
An ambulance siren sounded / in my dream. / It came / close / to me / and stopped / just in front of my room. / That made / me / wake up. / I saw / water marks / coming / from the ceiling / and partially down the wall / in my room. / I just wondered / if anyone knows / what can be causing / this? /
After opening / the window, / I noticed / the fire engine / there / out of my room. / One / of the firefighters / asked / me / loudly, " Is there / any problem / with you?" / I answered,/ " Water is coming / down the wall / in my room."/ "Are you safe?", / asked he. / "Yes." / I answered./ "It is very good. / You are lucky / having / no problem/ without water / because the room / right over yours / is on fire / now."/ he said. /
③のように主語が前置詞句などで後ろから修飾される場合は区切って考えた方がいいと思います。（このような長い主語と述語の組み合わせをひとまとめににしてしまうと、簡単なうちはいいですが、難しい言い回しになればなるほど意味がわからなくなります。）
I would like to tell / you / one / of the stories / that / I really experienced / in my life. / This is the story / a little bit long time ago. / When I was a university student / in Tokyo, / I lived / alone / in an apartment / which was two stories. / It happened / in the early summer morning. / Thirty years has passed / since then. / However, / I can recall / the season / vividly / because it got bright / before six / in the morning./
An ambulance siren sounded / in my dream. / It came / close / to me / and stopped / just in front of my room. / That made / me / wake up. / I saw / water marks / coming / from the ceiling / and partially down the wall / in my room. / I just wondered / if anyone knows / what can be causing / this? /
After opening / the window, / I noticed / the fire engine / there / out of my room. / ③One / of the firefighters / asked / me / loudly, " Is there / any problem / with you?" / I answered,/ " Water is coming / down the wall / in my room."/ "Are you safe?", / asked he. / "Yes." / I answered./ "It is very good. / You are lucky / having / no problem /without water / because③ the room / right over yours / is on fire / now."/ he said. /
④を見てください。関係詞（関係代名詞、関係副詞）の前で区切ります。左から右へと読む場合、関係代名詞は、ただの代名詞になってしまいます。
I would like to tell / you / one / of the stories / ④that (それを）/ I really experienced / in my life. / This is the story / a little bit long time ago. / When I was a university student / in Tokyo, / I lived / alone / in an apartment / ④which（それは） was two stories. / It happened / in the early summer morning. / Thirty years has passed / since then. / However, / I can recall / the season / vividly / because it got bright / before six / in the morning./
An ambulance siren sounded / in my dream. / It came / close / to me / and stopped / just in front of my room. / That made / me / wake up. / I saw / water marks / coming / from the ceiling / and partially down the wall / in my room. / I just wondered / if anyone knows / what can be causing / this? /
After opening / the window, / I noticed / the fire engine / there / out of my room. / One / of the firefighters / asked / me / loudly, " Is there / any problem / with you?" / I answered,/ " Water is coming / down the wall / in my room."/ "Are you safe?", / asked he. / "Yes." / I answered./ "It is very good. / You are lucky / having / no problem/ without water / because the room / right over yours / is on fire / now."/ he said. /
⑤を見てください。前置詞の前で区切ります。前置詞を先頭に意味のまとまりを作っているからです。
I would like to tell / you / one / ⑤of the stories / that / I really experienced / ⑤in my life. / This is the story / a little bit long time ago. / When I was a university student / ⑤in Tokyo, / I lived / alone /⑤ in an apartment / which was two stories. / It happened / ⑤in the early summer morning. / Thirty years has passed / since then. / However, / I can recall / the season / vividly / because it got bright / ⑤before six / ⑤in the morning./
An ambulance siren sounded / ⑤in my dream. / It came / close /⑤ to me / and stopped / just ⑤in front of my room. / That made / me / wake up. / I saw / water marks / coming / ⑤from the ceiling / and partially down the wall / ⑤in my room. / I just wondered / if anyone knows / what can be causing / this? /
⑤After opening / the window, / I noticed / the fire engine / there / ⑤out of my room. / One / ⑤of the firefighters / asked / me / loudly, " Is there / any problem / ⑤with you?" / I answered,/ " Water is coming / ⑤down the wall / ⑤in my room."/ "Are you safe?", / asked he. / "Yes." / I answered./ "It is very good. / You are lucky / having / no problem/ ⑤without water / because the room / ⑤right over yours / is on fire / now."/ he said. /