胡成誠(chéng)
在英語(yǔ)中,我們常用“It is/was + 被強(qiáng)調(diào)部分+that/who/whom+ 句子其他部分”這一句型結(jié)構(gòu)來突出強(qiáng)調(diào)句子的某一成分,但是在教學(xué)中發(fā)現(xiàn)學(xué)生對(duì)強(qiáng)調(diào)句型是“學(xué)起來容易但真正掌握卻很難”,出現(xiàn)很多各種各樣的使用錯(cuò)誤。下面就對(duì)強(qiáng)調(diào)句型的重難點(diǎn)和易錯(cuò)點(diǎn)作一個(gè)歸納和點(diǎn)撥:
1. 誤選強(qiáng)調(diào)句型結(jié)構(gòu)詞
由于受從句等影響,學(xué)生在使用it強(qiáng)調(diào)句型時(shí)往往在選擇結(jié)構(gòu)詞時(shí)出現(xiàn)錯(cuò)誤。那么如何才能正確選擇結(jié)構(gòu)詞呢?記住這規(guī)則:不管被強(qiáng)調(diào)部分是什么,都可以用that來構(gòu)成強(qiáng)調(diào)句型,但當(dāng)被強(qiáng)調(diào)部分指人時(shí),可以用who(m)來代替that,whom作賓語(yǔ)。
(1)被強(qiáng)調(diào)部分為時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)、地點(diǎn)狀語(yǔ)或者原因狀語(yǔ)等情況時(shí)不能誤用when、where或why等,只能用that。
It was in the street that I met him yesterday.
(2)被強(qiáng)調(diào)部分既包括人又包括物,用that不用who(m)。
It was the good teachers and the latest equipment that we talked about yesterday.
正確選擇結(jié)構(gòu)詞的關(guān)鍵還在于要能夠正確判斷“it強(qiáng)調(diào)句型”,可采用“還原法”判斷:若去掉“It is/was——that”剩下的可以重組成一個(gè)句子時(shí)是強(qiáng)調(diào)句型。試比較:
It was in 1949 that the PRC was founded.(it強(qiáng)調(diào)句型)
It was 1949 when the PRC was founded.(when時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)從句)
2. 萬能化強(qiáng)調(diào)句型
強(qiáng)調(diào)句型的功能很強(qiáng)大但它不是萬能的,不可以強(qiáng)調(diào)句子的任何成分。強(qiáng)調(diào)句型通常用來強(qiáng)調(diào)句子的主語(yǔ)、賓語(yǔ)和狀語(yǔ)。下面列舉不適宜用it強(qiáng)調(diào)句型的常見情形:
(1)it強(qiáng)調(diào)句型不能強(qiáng)調(diào)句子的謂語(yǔ)部分
英語(yǔ)中可用“助動(dòng)詞do、does、did+原形動(dòng)詞”來強(qiáng)調(diào)謂語(yǔ)。
He did go to the airport yesterday, but he didnt find you.
(2)某些狀語(yǔ)從句不適宜使用it強(qiáng)調(diào)句型強(qiáng)調(diào)
① 不能強(qiáng)調(diào)條件、讓步狀語(yǔ)從句。
It is if it rains that we wont go out. (ⅹ)
It is though we are short of money that well try to do it well. (ⅹ)
② 可強(qiáng)調(diào)because引導(dǎo)的原因狀語(yǔ)從句,但通常不能強(qiáng)調(diào)由since或as引導(dǎo)的原因狀語(yǔ)從句。
It was because he loved my money that he married me. (√)
It is since he can walk around without my help that he is better today. (ⅹ)
③ 可強(qiáng)調(diào)so that引起的目的狀語(yǔ)從句,但不能強(qiáng)調(diào)so that 引起的結(jié)果狀語(yǔ)從句。例如:He didnt plan his time well, so that he didnt do well in his subjects.這一句子中so that引導(dǎo)的從句表示結(jié)果,不可以用強(qiáng)調(diào)句型強(qiáng)調(diào)。
3. 不清楚強(qiáng)調(diào)until時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)(從句)的特別點(diǎn)
強(qiáng)調(diào)“not...until...”結(jié)構(gòu)中的時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)時(shí)強(qiáng)調(diào)句型結(jié)構(gòu)為“It is not until...that...(直到……才……)”,即在強(qiáng)調(diào)until時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)(從句)時(shí)要注意否定前移:若主句為否定句要把謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞的否定詞not提到until之前,主句由否定句改為肯定句。例如:He didnt go to bed until his father came back. 變?yōu)閺?qiáng)調(diào)句型為:It was not until his father came back that he went to bed.
4. 錯(cuò)用被強(qiáng)調(diào)的人稱代詞的格
被強(qiáng)調(diào)的部分為主語(yǔ)或賓語(yǔ)且其為人稱代詞時(shí),應(yīng)注意其格的形式仍用主格或賓格形式。
【錯(cuò)誤】It was her that told me the news.
→改正:It was she that told me the news. (“她”作主語(yǔ))
【錯(cuò)誤】It is I who the teacher has criticized.
→改正:It is me whom the teacher has criticized. (“我”作賓語(yǔ))
5. 混淆強(qiáng)調(diào)句型中的主謂一致
(1)it后的be動(dòng)詞有兩種時(shí)態(tài)變化,沒有數(shù)的變化,不管被強(qiáng)調(diào)的部分是單數(shù)還是復(fù)數(shù)只能用單數(shù)形式is 或was:強(qiáng)調(diào)句型原句的謂語(yǔ)是現(xiàn)在時(shí)或?qū)頃r(shí)的各種形式,就用it is—,是過去時(shí)的各種形式,則用it was—。
I studied at this school three years ago.
→It was at this school that I studied three years ago.
Tomorrow were going to have a party.
→It is tomorrow that were going to have a party.
(2)強(qiáng)調(diào)主語(yǔ)時(shí),who 或that后面的謂語(yǔ)形式須與被強(qiáng)調(diào)的主語(yǔ)保持一致。
【錯(cuò)誤】It is you who is wrong.
→【正確】It is you who are wrong. (are與you保持一致)
【錯(cuò)誤】It is my friends that helps me with English.
→【正確】It is my friends that help me with English.(help與my friends保持一致)
6. 總結(jié)
以上是對(duì)it強(qiáng)調(diào)句型的重難點(diǎn)和易錯(cuò)點(diǎn)的總結(jié)和分析點(diǎn)撥。雖然這些“很好懂”,但還是非常需要多多練習(xí)、不斷使用,才能全面正確掌握。
參考文獻(xiàn)
[1]張道真. 實(shí)用英語(yǔ)語(yǔ)法[M]. 外語(yǔ)教學(xué)與研究出版社, 2002.
[2]薄冰. 高級(jí)英語(yǔ)語(yǔ)法[M]. 商務(wù)印書館, 2018.
(作者單位:山東省無棣第一中學(xué))
中學(xué)生英語(yǔ)·外語(yǔ)教學(xué)與研究2020年7期