谈谈中学英语中的强调句型

2013-04-29 21:13李跃春
教育界·上旬 2013年7期
关键词:中学英语谓语状语

李跃春

在中学英语教学中,提到强调句型时,通常指的是:"It be…that…"这一结构(简称It-type强调句)。 这确实是一个非常有用的句型,在中学英语课本中也多次出现,例如:

It is not only blind men who make such stupid mistakes.(SBI,P28)决不只是盲人才犯这样愚蠢的错误。

It-type强调句的特征是:如果我们把"It be…that…"从句中划去,所剩的正好是一个完整的句子。例如上面第一句经过处理后就成了:

Not onlt blind men make such stupid mistakes.

它的意思仍然是完整的,只是强调意味已经失去。实际上"It be…that…"

只不过是一个框架而已,它的各部分在句子中均不担任成分。

It-type强调句通常可用来强调句子的主语、宾语、状语。但强调状语时,有几个方面是必须注意的:

1.条件,让步状语从句不能强调,例如:If it rains,we won't go out.

如果下雨,我们就不出去。

We'll try to finish the work in time though we are short of man power.

虽然我们缺乏人力,我们还是要设法按时完成这项工作。

不能强调为:

It is if it rains that we won't go out.

It is though we are short of manpower that we'll try to finish the work in time.

2.It-type强调句可强调because引导的原因状语从句,但不可强调as,since引导的原因状语从句,例如:

I do it because I like it.因为我喜欢,我才干。

可强调为:

It is because I like it that I do it.

下面这个句子则不可以强调:

Since no one is against it,we'll adopt the proposal.

既然没有人反对,这个议案我们就通过了。

3.It-type强调句可强调so that引起的目的状语从句,但不能强调so that引起的结果状语从句,例如:

The six blind men asked the driver to stop the beast so that they could have a "look".

六个盲人要求赶象人让这头巨兽停下来,以便他们能 "看一看"。

可强调为:

It was so that they could have a "look"that the six blindmen asked the driver to stop the be ast.

下面这个句子则不可以强调:

He didn't plan his time well,so that he didn't finish the work in time.

他没有把时间计划好,结果没有按时完成这项工作。

4.对由until引起的短语或从句强调,要注意否定前移,例如:

I didn't learn it until yesterday.

直到昨天我才知道这件事。

写成强调句型应该是:

It was not until yesterday that I learned it.

在中学英语课本中还多次出现"What…be…"结构的句型(简称wh-type强调 句),它同样具有很浓的强调意 味,例如:

What we need is more time.(SBI,P126)

我们需要更多的时间。

我们可以用对待It-type强调句的方法,把"What…be…"作为一个框架而划去,所剩的也是一个完整的句子 :We need more time.

不同的是,what和be在句子中都可以担任成分。上面这个句子可以看成是What引导一个主语从句,而be则是系动词,后接表语。

Wh-type强调句可用来强调主语、宾语、表语,例如:

But what surprised me most was to see some of the village people seated on the benches at the end of the room.(SBII,P166)

然而,最使我奇怪的是看到村子里的一些人坐在教室后头的长凳上。

But what he was really interested in was beautiful paiutings.(高中起始本SBⅣ,P170)

但是他真正感兴趣的是美丽的画。

What I feel is hungry.

我所感到的就是饿。

wh-type强调句还可以通过使用代动词do来强调句中的谓语动词或作宾语补足语的非谓语动词,例如:

What I did was (to) turn off the tap.

我所做的就是把水龙头关了。

What I want you to do is (to) clean the room.

我要你做的就是打扫房间。

注意,这一句型中be后面作表语的不定式可以省略to,如果所强调的动词是进行体,那么be之后用-ing形式和它相配,例如:

What I'm doing is teaching him a lesson.

我现在这样做是为了给他一次教训。

Wh-type强调句中的what从句,间或也作表语,例如:

This was what they had posted on the bulletin board then! This was what the black smith was reading!

原来贴在布告牌上的就是这么回事!铁匠在看的原来就是这个!

Wh-type强调句的wh-从句,有时可能是以who,where或when引起的,它们通常只用作表语,例如:

The headmaster was who I meant.

我指的就是校长。

另外也值得一提的是"A is A"这一结构的强调句型,这类句子的语势是很强的,例如:

You are quite right.Teacher is teacher.

你说得完全对,老师毕竟是老师。

当名词前带有修饰语时,表语常含有"真正的"的意思,例如:

Spoken English is English.

英语口语才是真正的英语。

这种句型中的A,如果是who,what,which,则具有"分辨出"的意思,常作动词tell,know等动词的宾语,例 如:

The two brothers are so nearly alike that I can't tell whois who.

这两兄弟长得太相像了,我简直区分不了。

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