1、强调句,EMPHATIC SENTENCES,人们在交际过程中，为了使自己的思想能为别人恰当的理解，往往突出重要的内容，这种突出重要内容的行为就是强调。,1 什么是强调？,2. 强调的手段,可以通过语音手段、词汇手段、语法手段来进行强调。,(1) 语音手段,人们可以通过语句重音来进行强调。,He speaks English well.,这句话，可以通过语句重音来分别对不同的词进行强调,A: We need a good student to host the evening party. B: Well, he speaks English well. A: Hes been living
2、in Canada for years. B: He speaks English well but his writing is not very good.,Example:,A: He speaks fluent French. B: He speaks English well, too. A: Do you think he is fit for the job? B: Certainly. He speaks English well.,(2) 词汇手段,人们常用一些形容词、副词、 否定词等词汇手段来加强语气。,This is a most interesting TV play.
3、,Grace is tall, but Catherine is still taller.,Shes not in the least angry with me.,War and peace is the best novel that l have ever read.,The last thing that a lazy student wishes is examination.,At that very moment the policemen came.,I cant even remember the name of that old friend of mine.,What
4、on earth are you doing?,(3) 语法手段,1 用It iswasthatwho句型表示强调。,被强调的部分（不能是谓语）放在iswas的后面，如被强调的是人，则后面可用who/that；如被强调的是物，则后面只能用that 。,He met an old friend in the park yesterday.,强调主语,It was he who/that met an old friend in the park yesterday.,强调宾语,It was an old friend that/who he met in the park yesterday.,
5、He met an old friend in the park yesterday.,It was in the park that he met an old friend yesterday.,强调地点状语,强调时间状语,It was yesterday that he met an old friend in he park.,关于It iswasthat 这个强调句型，如果把“It is (was).that ”去掉，还应该是个完整的句子，不缺任何成分。,由as，since引导的原因状语从句（通常是已知信息，不需强调）或though，although引导的让步状语从句一般不做被强调部
6、分。,区分下例两句：,It was 7 oclock when he came back.,It was at 7 oclock that he came back.,他回来时7点钟了 .,他是7点钟回来的。,注意 “ not . until “ 强调句型,Compare the following：,She didnt remember her appointment with the doctor until she had arrived home.,It was not until she had arrived home that she remembered her appoint
7、ment with the doctor.,Not until she had arrived home did she remember her appointment with the doctor.,如果强调的是特殊疑问词，要用“特殊疑问词+is/was + it + that +”结构。,Who was it that you want to see?,Where was it that you saw the teacher?,Why is it that you want to change your mind?,你究竟为什么要改变主意？,2 用助动词do, does或did来强调
8、谓语动词。,Do come early.,He did send you a letter last week.,Were pleased that she does intend to come.,3.还可以通过颠倒语序来进行强调。,Never will China be the first to use nuclear weapons.,Example:,Only in this way can we catch up with and surpass the worlds advanced level of science and technology.,Exercises:,1. It
9、 _ Mike and Mary who helped the old man several days ago .was B. are C. were D. had been,I. Fill in the blanks,2. It was not until 1920 _ regular radio broadcasts began.which B. when C. that D. since,3. She said she would go and she _ go.A. didnt B. did C. really D. would,4. It was the training _ he had as a young man _ made him such a good engineer.A. what; that B. that; what C. that; which D. which; that,5. - Were all three people in the car injured in the accident? - No, _ only the two passengers who got hurt.A. there were B. it were C. there was D. it was,
