为了突出句子的某个部分,我们可以使用强调句式。
! M* I1 f# s" [. y 常见的强调句结构是it 引导的句子。
1 ^ b( j" c9 }. e9 V# l. K It is (was) 被强调部分+ that (who) + 句子其他部分。
4 Q5 g- h1 x: c7 X- V1 v9 X 此结构强调的成分仅限于主语,宾语和状语。
: |! x3 K) O `1 S+ d7 q It is from the sun that we get light and heat.& i4 {0 [+ Z( l5 ^- j4 ?1 p
It was not until I had read your letter that I understood the true state of affairs.
' U4 B! }2 X- V( y! v 使用此句型时, 应注意以下几点。
: ^7 O9 q8 T) R% k (1) 一般情况用It is(was)……that…如:
+ P2 l& B& d2 v) O; n6 g He read three books in the library yesterday.
# q9 Q8 C: i1 U( f( q) z) b 我们分别可以强调主语、宾语、地点状语和时间状语。如:
! u5 \" V7 ~% r3 d It was he who(that)read three books in the library yesterday. (强调主语)
1 ^3 z! B) M' b' m( V3 N# Y It was three books that he read in the library yesterday. (强调宾语)
% @) v7 J+ W6 o$ j/ ]0 ^ It was in the library that he read three books yesterday. (强调时间状语)
5 j' }) l [, c: p% P (2) 当被强调部分指人时, 可用that, 也可用who; 指物时, 只用that, 如:( l2 y9 U. l4 w7 y* v5 J5 \
It was Tom who(that)I met last week.. @ m/ @8 ~7 ?+ S% X7 F
It is a new boke that his brother wants to buy.
1 @! x3 _5 K8 Y (3) 强调状语时, 只用that, 不用when、where. 如:
& @! x [: ? z, |& m2 ~ It is at 5 o'clock that the train will arrive.
$ \- A. ?# U- D/ s9 m% r (4) 被强调的部分是主语时, 注意句子的谓语动词和被强调的主语保持一致。如:
& [2 ?1 n# R2 F1 n6 J It is he who is late. It is they that were late.
& g3 Q" h i* C) I: s (5) 一般疑问句的强调句为"Is (was) it + that…?"; 特殊疑问句为: "特殊疑问词+ is (was) +that…?"结构。如:( r& u0 s1 d5 j9 G. G9 @% {
Was it ten years ago that his father died?他的父亲是十年前去世的吗?
! H) C- q8 R4 c When is it that you will set off?你到底什么时候出发?, h2 i& A, C) t: p2 v
(6) "not…until…"句型的强调结构为"It is not until…that…"应注意把否定词not转移到until前面。如:) ^& ]; L# i# A, e a- Z* U
I didn't go home until rain stopped. 直到雨停了我才回家。
4 b; p. h8 d8 U3 H7 h 强调句为: It was not until rain stopped that I went home.! Y( }1 B" U+ S
I didn't know the news until yesterday. 直到昨天我才知道那个消息。! d6 o6 ?) ~! ^: D
强调句为: It was not until yesterday that I knew the news.2 V) c5 Z: i/ \8 j
原句: My father did the experiment in the lab yesterday evening.8 a% k% |5 `( F1 |9 Y# r+ L* h
强调主语: It was my father who did the experiment in the lab yesterday evening." f! k0 Y: }7 g
强调宾语: It was the experiment that my father did in the lab yesterday evening.
# m9 a' Q7 d; q. y0 R$ V, ` 强调时间: It was yesterday evening that my father did the experiment in the lab. (注意不用when)
+ |! X' {: _; N 强调地点: It was in the lab that my father did the experiment yesterday evening.
* u* m8 Y. A, M0 X% n1 o C.倒装句:(这是我们在阅读文章时常见到的句式。)5 r. G- A. ?, K. P" J
英语中主语在前谓语在后的语序称为自然语序。由于语法、修辞的需要谓语置于主语之前,称为全部倒装; 助动词、情态动词等移到主语之前而主要动词仍然在主语之后的,称作半倒装。 全部倒装和半倒装的句子统称倒装句。 |