☆強調構文(基本型)
・It is ~ that….
~に主語、目的語、副詞(句、節)を入れて強調
✕動詞、形容詞、Cになる名詞
✕ It is 形容詞 that….
✕ It is p.p that….
→仮SのIt
It is adults who create the world where our children will grow up.
私たちのこどもが育つ世界を創るのは(こどもたち自身ではなく)大人である!
※こどもと大人の対比が含まれている可能性を考える
☆強調構文は【対比】を前提に使う!
・It is not A but B that ~
・It is not A that ~, but B .
・It is not A that ~, B (肯定文).
・~ not A(否定文). It is B that.
・It is B that~, not A.
・It is not only A that, but B
・It is not so much A that ~,as B.
・It is not until ~ that
・It is B as well as A that~.
・It is B rather than A that ~.
It is not what you have, but you are that matters.
重要なのは持っているものではなくて、人間性である。
It wasn’t until the dawn of IT Revolution around 1995 that human growth and its impact on information industry began to explode.
1995年ころにIT革命がはじまってはじめて、情報産業への影響が爆発し始めた。
☆その名の通り強調
・It is only B that ~.
・It is really B that ~.
・It is indeed B that ~.
・It is mainly B that ~.
・It is the very B that~.
・It is this B that~.
・It is because S V that~.
※こんな形での強調も
This is exactly what has been happening over the past decades.
これこそがまさに過去10年に起きてきたことである
2.強調構文にとっておきのツイートが在りましたので添付
ヘラクレイトスの言葉ですね。
省略部分を足せば
It is disease that makes health pleasant and good, and it is hunger that makes satiety pleasant and good, and it is weariness that makes rest pleasant and good.のようになり、わかりやすいです。
— ユウ@ハーバード大学(HKS) (@harvard_you) May 29, 2020