在翻译过程中，我们会经常使用强调句，译声翻译公司与您一起重新温习一下强调句的用法。 强调”就是使句子的某一部分比一般情况下显得更加重要。英语表达中，要强调句子的某一成分，一般可用强调句型“It is (was) +that (who) +句子的其余部分”。It在句中无意义，只起引出被强调部分的作用。被强调的部分指人时，除可用that外，还可换用who(强调宾语指人时也可用whom)。 强调句型：It is/ was + 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。 强调主语： e.g. It was Li Ming who locked the class door last night. 强调宾语： e.g. It was a deer that I saw in the park yesterday. 强调时间状语：（状语分为时间状语、地点状语、原因状语、目的状语等） e.g. It was yesterday that he met Li Ping. 强调时间状语： It was in New Zea land that Mike first met Mr. Smith. 注： 强调主语时，that或who后面的谓语动词的形式仍然取决于原句中的主语;be的变化只有is和was两种形式，如果要表示现在时将来时的其它各种形式时，就用It is…, 表达过去时的各种形式时，用It was….一般要与谓语动词的时态一致。如: 1.It is I who/ that am an English teacher. 2.It is the boy who/ that speaks English best in the class. 3.It was on Sunday that he gave George this ticket. 4.It is the little girl who/ that has broken the glass. 如果强调时间、地点、原因或方式状语时，不可用when,where, why或how，而仍用that 试比较:It was because of the accident why he was late. (误) It was because of the accident that he was late. (正) 再如: 1.It was not until midnight they reached the camp site. (08重庆) A. that B.when C.while D. As 答案A。该题强干扰项是B，考生容易因强调时间状语until midnight而误选。 2. It was after he got what he had desired ____he realized it was not so important. A.that B.when C.since D. As 答案A。该句强调时间状语从句after he got what he had desired，题干意思是“得到他所梦寐以求的东西后他才意识到一切都不那么重要”。不要误选B。 3.It was in New Zea land ___ Elizabethfirst met Mr. Smith. (08全国II) A. that B.how C.which D.when 答案A。 判断一个句子是否是强调句 去掉强调结构It is (was) … that(who)…后，剩下的词仍能组成一个完整的句子。这是判断是不是强调句型的关键。 试比较: 句1. It is strange that he didn’t come yesterday. 句2. It is you and Tom that didn’t come yesterday. 显然：句1去掉It is…that …后，句子结构不完整，是主语从句; 句2去掉It is… that …后，句子变为 you and Tom didn’t come yesterday. 仍是一个表意完整的句子，这是一个强调句。
