托福学习:《这个杀手不太冷》电影解析
经典电影《这个杀手不太冷》(Leon)中有这么一个场景:
Mathilda去警察局找杀了她弟弟的仇人Stan警官,Mathilda在厕所撞见了Stan,Stan拿着枪,低着身对Mathilda说了一句话——
It’s when you start to become really afraid of death that you learn to appreciate life.
人只有开始变得非常害怕死亡的时候才能学会珍惜生命。
这个句子不仅充满了哲理,而且是学习托福写作的好材料,因为这是一个强调句。强调句可以为小伙伴们的托福独立写作增添色彩,让考官觉得:“这个人肚子里有点货。”
现在咱们就来看看强调句的写法,其实强调句的公式非常简单,就是:
It is/was + 强调部分 + that + 剩余部分.(当谓语动词是过去式的时候用was)
但要注意一个规则:强调人可以用that或who,但强调其他成分要用that,也就是说,强调时间不能用when,强调地点不能用where,下面我们就来强调一下以下句子的各个部分:
I ran into my ex-girlfriend in the park this morning.
今天早上我在公园撞见了我的前任女友。
It was I that/who ran into my ex-girlfriend in the park this morning.
It was my ex-girlfriend that/who I ran into in the park this morning.
It was|H
in the park that I ran into my ex-girlfriend this morning.
It was this morning that I ran into my ex-girlfriend in the park.
如果要检验一个句子变为强调句是否变对了,那就是把it is/was和that都去掉,看是否能还原原句。
现在我们把电影中的那个句子的缩写打开,变为:
It is when you start to become really afraid of death that you learn to appreciate life.
把it is和that都去掉,得到:
You learn to appreciate life when you start to become really afraid of death.
这就是原始的句子。小伙伴们,你们学会了吗? 处处留心,皆是托福学问/贼笑/贼笑
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