甘雪梅
為了突出我們想表達的內容,我們通常會采用一些方法讓其他人注意到這個部分,而強調句就是這樣的一個手段。本文總結了強調結構的基本用法和使用時應注意的十個細節。
基本用法
為了強調句子的某一成分(通常是主語、賓語或狀語)常用強調結構:
It is(was)+被強調部分+that(who)...
例如:
I met Li Ming at the railway station yesterday.
強調主語:It was I that(who) met Li Ming at the railway station yesterday.
強調賓語:It was Li Ming that I met at the railway station yesterday.
強調地點狀語:It was at the railway station that I met Li Ming yesterday.
強調時間狀語:It was yesterday that I met Li Ming at the railway station.
十個細節
1. 一般來說,原句的謂語動詞如果是現在時或將來時,用It is ... that(who)... 結構;如果是過去的各種時態用It was... that(who)... 結構。如:
It is Tom that /who goes to school on foot every day.
It was Tom that /who broke the window yesterday.
2. 強調主語時,that/who后面的謂語動詞要與被強調部分的人稱與數要保持一致。如:
It is I that/who am a teacher.
3. 即使被強調的部分是復數,也用it is或it was。如:
It is they what/ who often help me with my homework.
4. 在強調時間、地點,方式或原因狀語時,不要用when, where, how, why, 而用that;另外,只有強調人時,才可以用who代替that。如:
It was in front of the bank that the old lady was robbed.
5. 被強調的部分是代詞,主語用主格,賓語用賓格。如:
It was he that helped me yesterday.
It was me that he helped yesterday.
6. 在強調一般疑問句中的某一成分時,把is/was提前。如:
普通句:Did this happen in Beijing?
強調句:Was it in Beijing that this happened?
7. 特殊疑問句的強調句結構是:
被強調部分(通常是疑問詞)+is/was it that+... 如:
普通句:Where are you born?
強調句:Where was it that you were born?
8. 強調部分既包括人又包括物時,用that不用who。如:
It was the things and people that they remembered that they were talking about.
9. not ... until ... 句型的強調句,用It is/ was not until + 被強調部分 + that + 其他部分。如:
普通句:He didnt go to bed until/ till his wife came back.
強調句:It was not until his wife came back that he went to bed.
此句型只用until,不用till。但如果不是強調句型,till, until可通用;因為句型中It is/ was not ... 已經是否定句了,that后面的從句要用肯定句,切勿再用否定句了。
10. 強調謂語動詞,不可用It is/ was ... that ... 結構,而要用助動詞do/ does或did,其后用原形,相當于漢語的“的確”“真的”“一定”“務必”。如:
Do sit down.
He did write to you last week.
Do be careful when you cross the street.
注意:此種強調只能強調謂語動詞為一般現在時或一般過去時的情況,進行時或完成時是不能用do, does, did來強調的。
強調句是一種非常好用的句型,能夠清楚明確地指出你想要表達的重點。
因此,建議考生在寫作中恰當運用。endprint