一、定义

强调句是一种修辞，是人们为了表达自己的意愿或情感而使用的一种形式。通过各种方式对句子中的某个部分进行强调，从而起到修饰的作用。英语常用的强调结构是"It is (was)_被强调部分(主语、宾语或状语)+who(that)..."。一般说来，被强调部分指人时，用who指事物时用that，但that也可以指人。在美式英语中指事物时常用which来代替that。

二、简单句与强调句型之间的互换

简单句：主语+谓语+宾语+定语+状语+补语

→It is/was +被强调部分+ that/who+其他部分

被强调部分：只限于主语、宾语或状语

Who:强调主语是人，并仅限于主语

例子：李明五岁那年在同志街邂逅了他一生当中第六个女朋友。

Li Ming encountered the sixth girlfriend in his life in Comrade Street at the age of five .

1)强调主语

It was li Ming who encountered the sixth girlfriend in his life in Comrade Street at the age of five.

2)强调宾语

It was the sixth girlfriend in his life that Li Ming encountered in Comrade Street at the age of five.

3)强调地点状语

It was in Comrade Street that Li Ming encountered in Comrade Street at the age of five.

4)强调时间状语

It was the age of five that Li Ming encountered the sixth girlfriend in his life in Comrade Street .

三、如何强调谓语

借助助动词强调谓语。

助动词包括do/does/did ，根据不同的时态和不同的主语人称有不同选择，助动词接入时谓语动词要变成原形。

(1)主语为第一人称、第二人称或复数主语，时态为一般现在时用do。例如

I appreciate your help.

→I do appreciate your help.

(2)时态为一般过去时，用did。例如

I made a dream last night.

→I did make a dream last night

(3)主语为第三人称或单数主语时，时态为一般现在时，用does。例如

She becomes a man.

→She does become a man.

四、真题中的强调句解析

【2012年考研真题大作文】

Our attitude has changed everything in our life .

→It is our attitude that has changed everything in our life.

【2013年考研真题翻译】

It is this implicit or explicit reference to nature that fully justifies the use of word garden, though in a "liberated " sense , to describe these synthetic constructions.

虽然在某种意义上说有点随性，但是正是这种对自然或明或暗的描述，才使得用"花园"一词来形容这些工人建筑显得那么贴切。