强调是有效地进行思想交流的重要手段之一。人们在交际过

强调是有效地进行思想交流的重要手段之一。人们在交际过内容摘要：

句时，即可称为修辞性疑问句。 需要注意的是：肯定的修辞疑问句其意义相当于强调的否定陈述句；而否定的修辞疑问句其意义则相当于强调的肯定陈述句。 What Mary does every day is (to) give piano lessons. Can anyone doubt the truth of his statement? 谁能怀疑他陈述的真实性。 ＝ Surely no one can / would doubt it.) Who doesn39。 t know the sun rises in the east? ＝ Everyone knows… 谁不知道太阳从东方升起。 颠倒正常语序的手段来进行强调。 Never will China be the first to use nuclear weapons. Example: Happy are those who are content. 知足常乐。 Only in this way can we catch up with and surpass the world39。 s advanced level of science and technology. 1. It is／ was…that… 强调句型的强调部分必须是对 that / who 之后句子的某一成分表示强调，如果把 It is (was)...that 去掉，该句应该意思完整，不缺任何句子成分。 区分下例两句： It was 7 o’clock when he came back. It was at 7 o’clock that he came back. 他回来时 7点钟了 . 他是 7点钟回来的。 2. It is／ was…that… 强调句型的被强调部分如果是原因状语从句，只能由 because引导，不能由 since、 as或 why引导。 It was because the water had risen that they could not cross the river. 正是由于水涨了，他们没有渡过河去。