Lecture 17：强调句

17.1 什么是强调句

引入

基本句型

注意：强调句有两样不可强调的事情

举例

We hear the more honest argument only in recent years -> It is only in recent years that we hear the more honest argument…

强调句的变化

举例

It is they, not America, who have become anti-intellectual.
It was not until the 19 th century that the newspaper becamethe dominant pre-electronic medium...
过去的事情，使用 It was；
强调时间：not until the 19 th century
It was only after I started to write a weekly column about the medical journals, and began to read scientific papers frombeginning to end, that I realised just how bad much of the medical literature frequently was.
这里使用 It was 表示过去的事情；
强调：
only after I started to write a weekly column about the medical journals, and began to read scientific papers frombeginning to end -> 强调的对象也可以作为从句；

判断：是不是强调句

方法一：还原法
强调句是通过将完整的句子拆成两半，放进来的。此时可以把 it is that，看拆完后的句子是不是一个完整的句子，如果是完整的句子，则是强调句；
举例：It is this implicit or explicit reference to nature that fully justifies the use of word garden...
将 it is that 去掉后，得到：this implicit or explicit reference to nature fully justifies the use of word garden...，这个句子有主有谓，是完整的句子；
方法二：排除法
强调句不能强调形容词和副词，如果 It is 和 that 中间的部分是一个形容词或者副词，则表示当前句子不是强调句；
举例：It is worrisome that society is medicalizing more and more behavioral problems...
worrisome 是一个形容词 -> 是主语从句后置；

虚拟：表示非真实

倒装

强调