強調句是一種修辭,是人們為了表達自己的意愿或情感而使用的一種形式。通過各種方式對句子中的某個部分進行強調,從而起到修飾的作用。英語常用的強調結構是“It is (was)_被強調部分(主語、賓語或狀語)+who(that)...”。一般說來,被強調部分指人時,用who指事物時用that,但that也可以指人。在美式英語中指事物時常用which來代替that。
二、簡單句與強調句型之間的互換
簡單句:主語+謂語+賓語+定語+狀語+補語
→It is/was +被強調部分+ that/who+其他部分
被強調部分:只限于主語、賓語或狀語
Who:強調主語是人,并僅限于主語
例子:李明五歲那年在同志街邂逅了他一生當中第六個女朋友。
Li Ming encountered the sixth girlfriend in his life in Comrade Street at the age of five .
1)強調主語
It was li Ming who encountered the sixth girlfriend in his life in Comrade Street at the age of five.
2)強調賓語
It was the sixth girlfriend in his life that Li Ming encountered in Comrade Street at the age of five.
3)強調地點狀語
It was in Comrade Street that Li Ming encountered in Comrade Street at the age of five.
4)強調時間狀語
It was the age of five that Li Ming encountered the sixth girlfriend in his life in Comrade Street .
→It is our attitude that has changed everything in our life.
【2013年考研真題翻譯】
It is this implicit or explicit reference to nature that fully justifies the use of word garden, though in a “liberated ” sense , to describe these synthetic constructions.