The trick to speaking American English is to pretend your sentences are just one long word.

说美式英语的一个诀窍就是假装你说的句子是一个长单词。

People who use short, punchy sentences often sound more confident.

使用简短有力句子的人通常听起来更自信。

In the film, Andy was convicted of a double homicide and sentenced to two life sentences in prison.

在电影中，Andy被判犯有两起杀人罪，被判处两次终身监禁。

It's kind of difficult to come up with example sentences using "kind of", since it's such a common phrase!

kind of是一个很常见的短语，所以要拿它造句有点难！

Many native speakers will shorten common phrases and sentences by combining the liaison rules.

很多母语者会通过运用连读规则，来简化一些常见的词组和句子。

Well, you might want to break these long sentences into shorter ones. It will help you communicate more clearly.

嗯，你可以考虑把这些长句子切分成短一点的句子，这能使你沟通地更加清晰。

Let's listen to a couple pairs of sentences so you can hear the difference:

我们来听几个例句，听一下区别：

Sentences can be broken up into clauses.

句子可以分成从句。

Spoken language contains many incomplete sentences.

口语中有很多不完整的句子。

Here we have several sentences incorrectly joined by commas.

这里有几个误用逗号连接的句子。

Many judges deal out harsher sentences to men than to women.

许多法官对男性比对女性的判决更严厉。

Basically, the article can be summarized in three sentences.

基本上，这篇文章可用3句话概括。