UNIT 9 Sentence emphasis思维导图

Unemphatic: I value a friend who is loving, virtuous,and sweet. Revised: I value a friend who is sweet, loving,and virtuous.

主动语态是物体动作的发出者，比被动语态更有力度，因为被动语态是承受者，

Unemphatic:Let our object be our country,and nothing else. Revised: Let our object be our country, our whole country, and nothing but our country.

平行结构将相反或相似的思想内容放到相同的语法结构中，语气强劲有力，节奏和谐悦耳，从而可以给读者留下深刻的印象。

United, we stand; divided, we fall. To be French is to be like no one else; to be American is to be like everyone else.

长句常用于复杂的描述、解释与论证，而短句常用于预先概述与总结。长句和短句交替使用可增加句式的多样性。在一系列长句之后使用短句可以引起读者的注意，使表达更为明确、有力。

It +be +subject/object/adverbial/complement + that/who-clause. Subject as focus: It was John who/that ordered the tropical fruit pizza. Object as focus: It was the tropical fruit pizza that John ordered. Adverbial as focus: It was on Tuesday night that John ordered the pizza. Complement as focus: It is green that we will paint our bathroom.

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