强调句

表强调的手段有词汇手段，语法手段和修辞手段。

一  词汇手段

1 用助动词do（does，did ）强调谓语，相当于汉语中的“确实，的确，真的“

I do enjoy the dishes you cook.

He does enjoy listening to music.

2 用very，just，only，single强调名词或代词

That‘s the very thing I have been looking for.

The peasant cannot undestnd a single word.

3 用much,still, a lot/lots, a kuttke, far/by far, a good/great deal来强调形容词,副词比较级.

I feel lots/a lot better today.

The room is far/by far larger than that one.

4 用very,by far强调形容词的最高级.

This is the very lowest price.

二 语法手段

1 “it is {was}…that(who,whom)…”句型常用来强调主语,宾语,状语.

They will have a meeting tomorrow.

(强调主语) It is they who(that) will have a meeting tomorrow.

(强调宾语) It is a meeting that they will have tomorrow.

(强调时间状语) It is tomorrow that they will have a meeting.

就是说强调的部分放在that之前,其它部分在that之后.

一般疑问句? 特殊疑问句?

例1： It was about 600 years ago ________ the first clock with a face and an hour hand was made. (NMET 1997)

A. that B. until C. before D. when

当强调主语时that / who后的谓语动词与主语的人称和数保持一致。如：

It is he who / that often helps me with my English.

注意:

1) It was 9 o'clock when we came back.

2) It was 3 hours before we came back.过了三个小时我们才回来。

3) It was 3 hours since we had come back.我们回来已三个小时了。

例2：It was only when I reread his poems recently ________ I began to appreciate their beauty. (NMET 1998)

　　A. until B. that C. then D. so

2 “it was not until…that…”句型常用来强调表示时间的名词和时间状语，意为”直到…才….”   

It was not until ten o’clock that he went to bed.

It was not until police came that their quarrel stopped.

例3：It was not until 1920 ________ regular radio broadcasts began.(NMET 1995)

　　A. while B. which C. that D. since

例4：It was not ________ she took off her dark glasses________ I realized she was a famous film star.(NMET 1992)

　　A. when; that B. until; that C. until; when D. when; then

疑问句结构 

例5：Was it during the Second World War ________ he died? (NMET 1988)

A.    that B. while C. in which D. then

三 修辞手段

1)附加疑问:”陈述句+附加问句”结构

It is cold today, isn’t it?

You have written the composition, haven’t you?

2)反意疑问:肯定问句表示强烈的否定;否定问句表示强烈的肯定。

Isn’t the answer obvious?

Is that a reaon for despair?

练习1 it was the training that he had as  young man  ______   made him such a good engineer.

A that B has C what D which

2 it was in March ______  you met him.

A When  B that   Csince  D which

3 compared with the past,she works ______  now.

A Very hard  B hardest C much harder  D more hardly

4 joan recognized you,  ______?

 A  did she  B didn’t she  C hasn’t she  D has she

5 smith seldom falls ill, ______?

A  does he B  hasn’t he  C has he   D didn’t he

6 I    go to see him, but he wasn’t in.

A do    B does   C did    D had