M8U4 Grammar and Usage
Emphasis
Teaching aims:
(1) Master the usage of Emphasis.
(2) Practice Emphasis.
Important points & difficult points:
Master and learn to use the pattern “ It is/was…that…”
Procedures:
Step 1 Lead-in
Read the following two groups of sentences and find the differences between them.
It is an interesting film. I want to see it again. I am glad to have got a ticket for it.
It is such an interesting film. I really want to see it again. I am so glad to have got a ticket for it.
Step 2: Introduction
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
1. 用助动词“do（does／did）＋动词原形”来表示强调：
We do want you to come to my son’s birthday party.
我们确实很希望你来参加我儿子的生日晚会。
He did come to the party last night.
他昨天晚上确实到了舞会上。
2. 用形容词very，only，single，such, so等修饰名词或形容词来加强语气：
That is the very textbook we used last term．这正是我们上学期用过的教材。
You are the only person here who can speak Chinese.
你是这里唯一会讲汉语的人。
Not a single person has been in the shop this morning．
今天上午这个商店里连一个人都没有。
How dare you buy such expensive jewels？你怎么敢买这么贵的宝石呢？
3. 用ever，never，very，just等副词进行强调：
Why ever did you do so？ 你究竟为什么要 这么做？
He never said a word the whole day．一整天，他一句话也没说。
You’ve got to be very，very careful．你一定得非常、非常小心。
This is just what I wanted．这正是我所要的。
4. 用倒装句（即将要强调的句子或被强调的部分置于句首）来加强语气：
On the table were some flowers．桌上摆着一些花。（强调地点）
Many a time have I climbed that hill．我多次翻过那座山。
Only in this way，can we solve this problem．只有这样我们才能解决这个问题。
5. It is / was …that /who…用来强调一个句子中除谓语以外的任何句子成分。
I bought this car in that shop last month. (原始句) It was I who/that bought this car in that shop last month. (强调主语)
It was this car that I bought in that shop last month. (强调宾语)
It was in that shop that I bought this car last month. (强调地点状语) It was last month that I bought this car in that shop. (强调时间状语)
注意：
(1) 强调句型的时态要以原句的时态为依据。原句用现在时，强调句用is；若原句为过去时，强调句中则要用was。
(2)要注意主谓一致性。
(3) 强调时间、地点状语时不得用when和there取代that，也应避免使用which。
(4) 被强调的是疑问句，改为强调句后仍用疑问句结构。
(5)被强调的如果是not …until; because；only after等状语从句时，习惯上用 “It is/was not until… that…”; “It is (was) because …that…”, “It was only after …that …”结构。
Step 3: Practice
I met Tom in the street yesterday.
My father did not come back until 8p.m.
I didn’t know what to do until you told me.
Step 4: multiple choices
Step 5: Further practice
Translate some sentences into English, using the pattern.
Step 6: Language points
Step 7: Homework
1. Finish the exercises of Parts C1 and C2 on page 126 of the Workbook.
2. Prepare for the Task Part.
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