我们先来梳理一下it引导的形式主语句型有哪些:
动词不定式,动名词或主语从句作主语时,通常用it作形式主语,放到句首,而真正的主语放在句尾,常见句型有如下:
1. It + be + 形容词+主语从句,如:
It is uncertain whether he can come to Jenny’s birthday party or not.
2. It + be + 名词词组 + 主语从句,这类名词有:a fact, a pity, a shame, an honor,a question等,如:
It’s a pity that you missed the exciting football match.
It remains a question whether he will come or not.
3. It + be + 过去分词 + 主语从句,这类过去分词有:announced, believed, expected, hoped, decided, reported, said, shown等, 如:
It is reported that 16 people were killed in the earthquake.
It is not decided who will give the operation to the patient.
4. It + 不及物动词(seem, appear, happen等) + 主语从句, 这类不及物动词有:appear, happen, seem等, 如:
It seemed that he didn’t tell the truth.
It happened that I was out when he called.
5. It + be + 形容词 + for sb.)+ 动词不定式
这类句型常用形容词easy, difficult, hard, important, possible,wise等作表语,有时候为了强调不定式动作的执行者,常在不定式前加for sb,如:
It’s necessary for the young to master two foreign language.
It is unwise to give the children whatever they want.
这类形容词有:easy, difficult, hard, important, possible,wise
6. It + be + 形容词 + of sb. + 动词不定式,这类形容词常是表示心理品质,性格特征的形容词,如:kind, nice stupid, clever, foolish, polite, impolite, silly, selfish, considerate等。某人和这些形容词可以构成主系表结构。如:
It’s very kind of you to help me with the work.
=You are kind to help me.
It seemed selfish of him not to share his dictionary with others.
=He seemed selfish not to share his dictionary with others.
7. It + be +名词词组 + 动词不定式,如:
It is not a good habit to stay up too late.
8. It + be + 名词或形容词 + 动名词,这类名词和形容词常常是:good, no good, no use, a waste of, useless, senseless等,如:
It’s a waste of time talking to her any more.
It is no use arguing about the matter with him.
9. It + take ( sb. )+ 时间(金钱)+ 动词不定式,如:
It took the workers almost three years to finish building the dam.
It will take a whole day to get to the top of the mountain on foot.
而 it 引导的强调句型结构为:It is + 被强调部分 + that …
该句型是强调句型,将被强调的部分放在前面,其他部分置于that之后。被强调部分可以是主语,宾语,表语或状语。如果把那种句型结构划掉后,应该是一个完整无缺的句子。这也是判断强调句型与其他从句的方法。
It was about 600 years ago that the first clock with a face and an hour hand was made.
It was they that cleaned the classroom yesterday.
另外一个it引导的特殊句型为 it is not until + 被强调部分 + that …
该句型主要用于强调时间状语,译成汉语“直到…才…”,可以理解为 not … until 的强调形式:
It was not until she took off her glasses that I realized that she was a famous film star.
= Not until she took off her dark glasses did I realize she was a famous film star.
= I didn’t realize she was a famous film star until she took off her glasses.
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