“what”引导的强调句结构

 　　用“what从句 + be + 被强调成分”或“被强调成分 + be + what从句”表示强调。

　　John wants a good rest. 约翰想要好好休息一下。

　　--What John wants is a good rest. 约翰想要的是好好休息一下。

　　或： A good rest is what John wants. 好好休息一下正是约翰想要的事。（比较少见）

　　I'd like you to work on Exercise Two on Page 38. 我要你们做38页上的练习二。

　　-- What I'd like you to work on is Exercise Two on Page 38. 我要你们做的作业是38页上的练习二。

　　I need two books. 我要两本书。

　　-- What I need are two books. 我要的是两本书。（注意谓语动词的数）

　　注意：

　　在这种强调句型中，除了what外，人们很少使用其他连词。

　　避免说：Where you should play football is the play ground¹, not the classroom.

　　最好说：The place where you should play football is the playground, not the classroom. 你们踢足球的地方是操场，而不是教室。

　　避免说：When I read English aloud² is early morning.

　　最好说：The time I read English aloud is early morning. 我是在清晨朗读英语。

　　避免说：Why she was³ absent⁴ from class was that she was feeling⁵ unwell.

1 ground   

n.土地，战场，场地；adj.土地的，地面上的；v.放在地上，使...搁浅，打基础

参考例句：

• The baby is playing on the ground.婴儿正在地上玩。
• He picked a pen from the ground.他从地上捡起一支钢笔。

2 aloud   

adv.出声地；高声地

参考例句：

• He called aloud for help.他高声喊叫救命。
• Read it aloud before you write it down.抄写前，大声读出来。

3 was   

v.(is,am的过去式)是，在

参考例句：

• He said he was right.他说他是正确的。
• He was cold and hungry.他又冷又饿。

4 absent   

adj.缺席的，缺少的；vt.使缺席；prep.没有

参考例句：

• I was absent last week.我上星期缺席了。
• Some students are absent today.今天有些学生缺席了。

5 feeling   

n.感觉，知觉，感情

参考例句：

• I am feeling better now.我现在觉得好些了。
• I'm feeling kind of tired.我感到有点累。