内容正文:
人们在交际过程中,为了使自己的思想能为别人恰当的理解,往往突出重要的内容,这种突出重要内容的行为就是强调。
1 什么是强调?
2. 强调的手段
可以通过语音手段、词汇手段、语法手段来进行强调。
(1) 语音手段
人们可以通过语句重音来进行强调。
He speaks English well.
这句话,可以通过语句重音来分别对不同的词进行强调
A: We need a good student to host the evening party.
B: Well, he speaks English well.
A: He’s been living in Canada for years.
B: He speaks English well but his writing is not very good.
Example:
A: He speaks fluent French.
B: He speaks English well, too.
A: Do you think he is fit for the job?
B: Certainly. He speaks English well.
(2) 词汇手段
人们常用一些形容词、副词、 否定词等词汇手段来加强语气。
This is a most interesting TV play.
Grace is tall, but Catherine is still taller.
She's not in the least angry with me.
War and peace is the best novel that l have ever read.
The last thing that a lazy student wishes is examination.
At that very moment the policemen came.
I can't even remember the name of that old friend of mine.
What on earth are you doing?
(3) 语法手段
1 用It is/was…that/who…句型表示强调。
被强调的部分(不能是谓语)放在is/was的后面,如被强调的是人,则后面可用who