英语强调句的七种方式
■用what从句来强调
当what的意思是表示“所……的……”时,它通常具有强调意味,此时的what通常相当于“先行词+关系代词”结构。如:
This is what I have to say. 这就是我所要说的话。
句中的what相当于the thing that。
What he says is not important. 他说的话并不重要。
句中的what也相当于the thing that。
He is no longer what he was. 他已经不是以前的他了。
句中的what相当于the person who。
另外,what从句有时还可以用于强调动词。如:
What we can do is (to) write to him. 我们唯一能做的事是给他写信。
What you do is (to) mix the eggs with flour 你要做的事是把面粉和鸡蛋搅和在一起。
■用强调结构来强调
英语中表示强调时有一个很重要的句型,那就是“it is (was)+被强调成分+that (who)+其他”结构。比较:
It was in the office that he was killed. 他是办公室被杀害的。
It is the children who broke the window. 是孩子们打破窗户的。
第一句的被强调的成分的是in the office,第二句的被强调成分是the children。其中that和who的区别是:当强调人时,可用that或who,当强调其他成分时,用that。注意,当强调时间和地点时,不能用when和 where 代替that。
在具体使用时,要特别注意这类强调句的疑问句形式。比较:
陈述句:It is because he is ill that he can’t come. 是因为生病他才没有来。
一般疑问句:Is it because he is ill that he can’t come? 是因为生病他才没有来吗?
特殊疑问句:Why is it that he can’t come? 他为什么不能来?
另外,还要注意not...until…这一句型的强调句莆式,它的基本形式是It is (was) not until…that…。如:
直到我遇到你以后,我才真正体会到幸福。
正常:I didn’t know real happiness until I met you.
强调:It was not until I met you that I knew real happiness.
直到吃完饭他才现身。
正常:He didn’t turn up until the meal was over.
强调:It was not until the meal was over that he turned up.
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