舌尖上的美国(64):强烈语气(下)

使用祈使句和感叹句

1 Don’t smoke in the classroom!

2 What a lovely baby!

3 How I want to have a sister!

4 How ambitious the young graduate is!

显而易见，祈使句和感叹句都是强调句，它们的强调语气都很强，但是过多地使用祈使句和感叹句也会给人一种语言不自然的感觉，从而削弱表达效果。

适当地使用短句

1 When she comes out of the car we will beat her up, make red marks on her white skin, and she will cry and ask us if we want her to pull her pants down. We will say no.

2 In the last two decades there has occurred a series of changes in American life, the extent, durability, and significance of which no one has yet measured. No one can.

长短句结合使用会有特殊的表达效果，尤其是长句后的短句往往言简意赅、一针见血，给人的印象非常深刻。

使用简练的句子

1a The problem in this particular situation is that we owe more money than we can afford under present circumstances.

1b The problem is that we owe more money than we can afford.

2a In my opinion, the competition for grades distracts many students from their goal of obtaining a good education.

2b I think the competition for grades distracts many students from their goal of obtaining a good education.

2c The competition for grades distracts many students from their goal of obtaining a good education.

语言罗嗦的句子容易分散读者的注意力，可有可无的词语和必要的词语混在一起影响读者对句子的理解，不易于读者抓住重点。1a和1b意思完全相同，但表达效果却有差异，1b句子简练，重点突出，而1a语言罗嗦，句子冗长，重点不突出。2a，2b和2c三句话意思没有区别，但表达效果却不相同。2a表达效果最差，句首的短语in my opinion削弱了句子的说服力。2b表达效果稍好，但句首的I think并不是重要的信息。2c最为简洁，表达效果最好。

使用表示强调的词语

1 He is the very candidate they are looking for.

2 Do tell us your experience in Tibet.

3 What on earth are you talking about?

4 I didn’t like the movie at all.

表示强调的词语还有whatever, by all means, particularly, especially, above all, most importantly, greatly, totally, completely, extremely, really, absolutely, quite, rather等等。