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强调句型重点用法例析
巩 勃
英语中“It is/was +被强调局部+who/that+其它〞是强调句型的根本构成。这种结构在
中学英语课本中频频出现,引起高考命题者的格外关注。
强调句的根本句型是:“It is/was+被强调局部+that/who 从句。〞可强调的句子成分通
常为主语,状语,宾语等,不能用来强调谓语动词, 表语(主语补语), 定语,让步状语, 条件状
语等。被强调局部可以是单词,短语,也可以是从句。
一、具体用法:
强调句的根本构成:It is/was + 被强调的局部 + who〔主要指人时〕/that + 其余局部
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这种结构可以强调句子的主语、宾语、状语〔包括时间,地点,方式,原因等〕,但
是不能强调谓语动词。
原句的谓语动词如果是现在或将来时态,用 It is…that/who….;
原句的谓语动词如果是过去时态,用 It was…that/who….;
强调时间、地点、原因或方式时不要用 when, where 或 how, 必须用 that。
[例句 1]
I saw him in the street yesterday afternoon.
→It was I who saw him in the street yesterday afternoon.〔强调主语〕
→It was in the street that I saw him yesterday afternoon.〔强调地点状语〕
→It was yesterday afternoon that I saw him in the street.〔强调时间状语〕
→It was him that/who I saw in the street yesterday afternoon.〔强调宾语〕
[例句 2]
He didn’t go to bed until his mother came back.
→It was not until his mother came back that he went to bed.
He didn’t do his homework until his father came back from work.
→It wasn’t until his father came back from work that he did his homework.
[例句 3]
Only when you nearly lose someone do you fully realize how much you value him.
→It is only when you nearly lose someone that you fully realize how much you value him.
只有你快要失去某个人时,你才意识到你是多么尊重他。
[例句 4]
I was late again because the traffic was very heavy during the rush hour.
→It was because the traffic was very heavy during the rush hour that I was late again.
强调句中只能强调由 because 引导的原因状语从句,because 不能换成 since, as, for, now that
等。
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