經典電影《終極追殺令》(英文原名Leon)中有這麼一個場景:
Mathilda去警察局找殺了她弟弟的仇人Stan警官,Mathilda在廁所撞見了Stan,Stan拿著槍,低著身對Mathilda說了一句話:
It’s when you start to become really afraid of death that you learn to appreciate life.
人只有開始變得非常害怕死亡的時候才能學會珍惜生命。
這個句子不僅充滿了哲理,而且是學習托福寫作的好題材,因為這是一個強調句。強調句可以為小夥伴們的托福獨立寫作增添色彩,讓考官覺得:“這個人肚子裡有點東西。”
現在就來看看強調句的寫法,其實強調句的公式非常簡單,就是:
It is/was + 強調部分 + that + 剩餘部分.(當謂語動詞是過去式的時候用was)
但要注意一個規則:強調人可以用that或who,但強調其他成分要用that,也就是說,強調時間不能用when,強調地點不能用where,下面我們就來強調一下以下句子的各個部分——
I ran into my ex-girlfriend in the park this morning.
今天早上我在公園撞見了我的前任女友。
It was I that/who ran into my ex-girlfriend in the park this morning.
It was my ex-girlfriend that/who I ran into in the park this morning.
It was in the park that I ran into my ex-girlfriend this morning.
It was this morning that I ran into my ex-girlfriend in the park.
如果要檢驗一個句子變為強調句是否變對了,那就是把it is/was和that都去掉,看是否能還原原句。
現在我們把電影中的那個句子的縮寫打開,變為:
It is when you start to become really afraid of death that you learn to appreciate life.
把it is和that都去掉,得到:
You learn to appreciate life when you start to become really afraid of death.
這就是原始的句子。小夥伴們,你們學會了嗎?*_*
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