谈谈中学英语中的强调句型
It is not only blind men who make such stupid mistakes.(SBI,P28) 决不只是盲人才犯这样愚蠢的错误。
It was the goat’s eyes that he had en in the darkness.(SBI,P211) 他在黑暗中看到的就是这只山羊的眼睛。
It-type强调句的特征是:如果我们把"It be…that…"从句中划去,所剩 的正好是一个完整的句子。例如 上面第一句经过处理后就成了:
鳝鱼的营养价值Not onlt blind men make such stupid mistakes.
它的意思仍然是完整的,只是强调意味已经失去。实际上"It be…that…" 只不过是一个框架而已,它的各 部份在句子中均不担任成份。
It-type强调句通常可用来强调句子的主语、宾语、状语。但强调状语时, 有几个方面是必须注意的:
1.条件,让步状语从句不能强调,例如:
If it rains,we won’t go out.
如果下雨,我们就不出去。
We’ll try to finish the work in time though we are short ofman power. 虽然我们缺乏人力,我们还是要设法按时完成这项工作。
不能强调为:
It is if it rains that we won’t go out. It is though we are short of manpower that we’ll try to finish the work in time.
2.It-type强调句可强调becau引导的原因状语从句,但不可强调 as,since发菜羹引导的原因状语从句,例如:
I do it becau I like it.因为我喜欢,我才干。
可强调为:
It is becau I like it that I do it.
下面这个句子则不可以强调:
Since no one is against it,we’ll adopt the proposal. 既然没有人反对,这个议案我们就通过了。
3.It-type强调句可强调so that引起的目的状语从句,但不能强调so that 引起的结果状语从句,例如:液晶显示屏
The six blind men asked the driver to stop the beast so that they could have a "look".
六个盲人要求赶象人让这头巨兽停下来,以便他们能"看一看"。 可强调为:
It was so that they could have a "look"that the six blindmen asked the driver to stop the be ast.
下面这个句子则不可以强调:
He didn’t plan his time well,so that he didn’t finish thework in time. 他没有把时间计划好,结果没有按时完成这项工作。
4.对由until引起的短语或从句强调,要注意否定前移,例如:
I didn’t learn it until yesterday.
直到昨天我才知道这件事。
写成强调句型应该是:
It was not until yesterday that I learned it.
在中学英语课本中还多次出现"What…be…"结构的句型(简称wh-type强调 句),它同样具有很浓的强调意 味,例如:
What we need is more time.(SBI,P126)
我们需要更多的时间。
我们可以用对待It-type强调句的方法,把"What…be…"小蓝车怎么收费作为一个框架而划 去,所剩的也是一个完整的句子 :We need more time.
不同的是,what和be在句子中都可以担任成份。上面这个句子可以看成是 What引导一个主语从句,而be则 带鸟字的成语是系动词,后接表语。
Wh-type强调句可用来强调主语、宾语、表语,例如:
But what surprid me most was to e some of the villagepeople ated on the benches at the end of the room.(SBII,P166)
然而,最使我奇怪的是看到村子里的一些人坐在教室后头的长凳上。
But what he was really interested in was beautiful paiutings.(高 中起始本SBⅣ,P170)
但是他真正感兴趣的是美丽的画。
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What I feel is hungry.
我所感到的就是饿。
wh-type强调句还可以通过使用代动词do来强调句中的谓语动词或作宾语 补足语的非谓语动词,例如:
What I did was (to) turn off the tap.
我所做的就是把水龙头关了。
What I want you to do is (to) clean the room.
我要你做的就是打扫房间。
注意,这一句型中be后面作表语的不定式可以省略to,如果所强调的动词 是进行体,那么be之后用-ing形 式和它相配,例如:
Whta I’m doing is teaching him a lesson.
我现在这样做是为了给他一次教训。
Wh-type强调句中的what从句,间或也作表语,例如:
This was what they had posted on the bulletin board then!This was what the black smith was r eading!
原来贴在布告牌上的就是这么回事!铁匠在看的原来就是这个! Wh-type强调句的wh-从
句,有时可能是以who,where或when引起的,它们 通常只用作表语,例如:
The headmaster was who I meant. 我指的就是校长。
Here is where the accident took place. 这儿就是事故发生的地方。
(On)Saturday is when the houwivues are busiest. 星期六是家庭主妇们最忙的日子。360翻译在线翻译
另外也值得一提的是"A is A"这一结构的强调句型,这类句子的语势是很强 的,例如:
You are quite right.Teacher is teacher. 你说得完全对,老师毕竟是老师。
Business is business.One can’t too particular. 公事公办,谁也不能特殊。
当名词前带有修饰语时,表语常含有"真正的"的意思,例如: Spoken English is English.
英语口语才是真正的英语。
A friend in need is a friend indeed.(JBII,P5) 患难朋友才是真朋友。 秀的组词
这种句型中的A,如果是who,what,which,则具有"分辨出"的意思,常作 动词tell,know等动词的宾语,例 如:
The two brothers are so nearly alike that I can’t tell whois who. 这两兄弟长得太相象了,我简直区分不了。
He’s very clear and knows what’s what. 他很聪明,懂得是非曲直。