



【知识精要】
当句子中的主语、宾语、状语、主语补足语、宾语补足语、从句需要强调时,就要使用强调句。强调句句型可以分为以下三类:
1 陈述句的强调句型
It is/ was+被强调部分(通常是主语、宾语或状语)+that(which,who, whom)+其他部分。被强调的指人时,要用who或that;被强调的指物时,要用which或that;被强调部分是状语时,只能用that。此外,如果被强调的是主语,使用主格;如果强调的是宾语,使用宾格。
例: ①It is you who are to blame.
该被责怪的人是你。
②It isProfessor Wang whom we called on at his office yesterday.
昨天我们在他的办公室拜访的是王教授。
③It is yourintelligence that cuts the Gordian knot which we cannot untie.
是你的智慧一举解开了我们无法解开的难题。
④It is thisbook that (which) ranked first on the sales list.
在销售榜上排行第一的就是这本书。
2 一般疑问句的强调句型
Is/ Was it+被强调部分(通常是主语、宾语或状语)+that/who(当强调主语且主语指人)+其他部分。
例: Was it you thattalked to Professor Li yesterday? 昨天是你和李教授谈话吗?
3 特殊疑问句的强调句型
被强调部分(特殊疑问词)+is/ was+it+that/who+其他部分。
例: Why is it that youput off the meeting? 你为什么延期举行会议?
【专项练习】
1.Itis not who is right ______(而是什么是对的尤为重要).
2.______(是在得到他梦寐以求的东西后) thathe realized it was not so important.
3.______(是从事该工作的能力有关紧要), not where you came from or what you are.
4.Was it in 1969 ______(美国宇航员成功地登上月球吗)?
5.______(与其说是语言不如说是背景知识)thatmakes the book difficult to understand.
6.It was in the small house which was built withstones by his father ______(他度过了短暂且无忧无虑的童年).
7.It was this scene of failure ______(使他决定在新生活中不遗余力地争取成功).
8. ______(是在当地导游的帮助下)that themountain climber was rescued.
9.It’s my mother ______(一直鼓励我不要灰心)when I have difficulties in my studies.
10.______(是为了帮助灾区人们)that Meimeihas contributed her money given to her as lunar New Year gift.
11.______(是因为恶劣的天气)that thefootball match had to be put off.
12.It ______(真正重要的在于对树木的保护),rather than how many trees are planted.
13.When I try to understand ______(到底是什么妨碍了美国人不能那么幸福)one might expect, it seems to me that there are two causes.
14.______(是面试时的紧张)that probablylost him the job.
15.I don’t mind her criticizing me, but ______(我反对的是她批评我的方式).
【答案与解析】
1.[答案] but what is right that is of importance
[解析]考查it is…that强调句型。①“不是…而是…”为not…but…;②“尤为重要”的表达为be of importance;③强调结构中缺少强调连词that,翻译时不要忘记。
2.[答案] It was after he got what he had desired
[解析] 考查由it is…that引导的强调句型,强调时间状语“在得到梦寐以求的东西后”,该句可以用after引导的时间状语从句表示。
3.[答案] It is the ability to do the job that matters
[解析] 考查强调句。①“从事该工作的能力”可译为theability to do the job;②“有关紧要”的常用表达为动词matter。
4.[答案] that the American astronaut succeeded inlanding on the moon
[解析] 考查强调句型。①it was in 1969 that…强调时间状语;②“成功地做某事”为succeed in doing sth.;③“登上月球”一般译作land on the moon;④注意“宇航员”astronaut的拼写。
5.[答案] It is not so much the language as the background
[解析] 考查强调句型。“not so much …as…”意为“与其说是…,还不如说是…”。
6.[答案] that he spent his short and carefree childhood
[解析]考查强调句型。“度过童年”可译为spend one’s childhood;“暂的且无忧无虑的”可用short and carefree 表示。
7.[答案] that made him determine to make no efforts to strive for success inhis new life
[解析] 考查强调句型。①“使某人做某事”makesb. do sth.;②“决定做某事”determine to do sth.;③“不遗余力地做某事”make no efforts to do sth.;④“争取成功”可译为strive for success。
8.[答案] It was only with thehelp of the local guide
[解析] 考查强调句型it is…that的用法。“在…的帮助下”一般译为with the help of …。
9.[答案] who/that keeps encouraging me not to lose heart
[解析] 强调句型it’s… that/who…;鼓励某人(不)做某事为“encourage sb. (not)to do sth.”;“灰心”用词组lose heart表示
10.[答案] It is for helping thepeople in disaster area
[解析]翻译部分是强调目的状语从句,“为了做”用for doing表示;“灾区”用disaster area表示。
11.[答案] It was because of badweather
[解析]强调原因状语从句;“因为”用because of表示。
12.[答案] is the protection forthe trees that really matters
[解析]强调句,“重要”用matter表示;“对…的保护”用protection for...表示。
13.[答案] what it is thatprevents so many Americans from being happy
[解析]“prevent sb. from doingsth.”表示妨碍(阻止)某人做某事;强调部分本为:it is what that prevents so many...,又因为句中有疑问词,应写为: what is it that prevents so...,但强调句式在句中作宾语成分,故正确写法为:what it isthat...。
14.[答案] It was his nervousnessin the interview
[解析]强调句型;“在面试中”用in the interview表示;“紧张”是nervousness。
15.[答案] it is how she does itthat I object to
[解析]考查it is ...that...这一强调句句型;“她批评我的方式”可用how/the way she does it表示;“反对”常用固定搭配object to。