英语中加强语气的表示法语言是交际的工具，而语气的强弱通常又表示说话者的不同的含义和不同的侧重点。英语中加强语气(即强调语气)的表现法多种多样。英语中加强语气的最简单的形式就是重读想要加强语气的字眼儿，在书写中大都写成斜体或粗体或大写体，例如：AmperenoticedthatitwasNotablackboardandthatitwasthebackofacarriage.Thereisonlyonewayoftreating“men”----withtheironhand.HealwaysworkshardatEnglish.用一个单纯的副词，如：so,very,quite,terribly等，或形容词real,extreme,very等来加强语气，这在英语中极其普遍，不胜枚举,如：ThisistheverybookthatIamlookingfor.Itissointerestingabook.把only置于被加强语气的字眼儿前可用来加强语气，如对下句IsawLiPinginthestreetyesterday可用only来强调每个成分，如：OnlyIsawLiPinginthestreetyesterday.IonlysawLiPinginthestreetyesterday.IsawonlyLiPinginthestreetyesterday.IsawLiPingonlyinthestreetyesterday.IsawLiPinginthestreetonlyyesterday.有时使用倒置也能起到加强语气的作用，如：Onlybychangingthewaywelivecanwesavetheearth.NeverhaveIrealizedthatwaterissoprecious.Atthetopofthehillstandsabigtree.在语法上谓语动词的语气加强常采用助动词do/does/did或重叠的方法来表示，如：EinsteindidurgetheUnitedStatestobuildanatomicbombtodefeattheNazis,butwhenhesawtheeffectofthebomb,heregrettedhisactions.MarylikesJohnverymuchandshedoeswanttomarryJohn.Lastmonthitrainedandrained.形容词、副词比较级和名词重叠也用来加强语气，如：Ourcountryisbecomingstrongerandstronger.Hemademistakeaftermistake.Theyfoughtbattleafterbattle.“单数可数名词+after+同一单数可数名词”这种重叠的方法表示“很多，一个接一个”，用以加强语气，等于“one+单数可数名词+after+another”。因此：Hemademistakeaftermistake.=Hemadeonemistakeafteranother.(他一次又一次地犯错误。)Theyfoughtbattleafterbattle.=Theyfoughtonebattleafteranother.(他们打了一仗又一仗。)又如：Theymetwithfailureafterfailure,buttheypersisted,andfinallysucceeded.=Theymetwithonefailureafteranother,buttheypersisted,andfinallysucceeded.(他们一次又一次地失败，但仍然坚持，最后成功了。)类似的词组还有：yearafteryear=oneyearafteranother年复一年地monthaftermonth=onemonthafteranother一个月一个月地weekafterweek=oneweekafteranother一个星期接一个星期defeatafterdefeat=onedefeatafteranother一个挫折接一个挫折achievementafterachievement=oneachievementafteranother一个成就接一个成就busafterbus=onebusafteranother一辆接一辆公共汽车timeaftertime=onetimeafteranother一次又一次地这种结构一般可用作状语或宾语，如：Theydidexperimentafterexperimentandfinallytheysucceeded.(作宾语)Iwaiteddayafterday,andnoonecametomyshop.(作状语)形容词、副词比较级语气的加强还可以通过把even/still/byfar/much等置于形容词、副词比较级之前来进行，如：Workhardandmakestillgreaterprogressinthefuture.ThePacificOceanisbyfarlargerthantheIndianOcean.Thisproblemismuchmoredifficultthanthatone.有时，形容词和副词的原级重叠也用来加强语气，如：Ourworldisavery,verywideworld.Ihavetoldhimmany,manytimes.从修辞角度来看，“It’s…that(who)…”结构是英语中广为接受的加强语气的表现法。“It”用在强调结构中常被称作强调it,这种结构可细化为“Itis(was)+被强调成分+that(who)+其它成分”，可用来强调主语、宾语或状语，不能强调谓语。该强调结构和从句的搭配是高考单项选择题型的热点。下面以“ImetMaryinthestreetyesterday.”这一句为例来看强调各个成分的用法：ItwasIwho(that)metMaryinthestreetyesterday.(强调主语)ItwasMarythat(who)Imetinthestreetyesterday.(强调宾语)ItwasinthestreetthatImetMaryyesterday.(强调地点状语)ItwasyesterdaythatImetMaryinthestreet.(强调时间状语)...
