復(fù)雜的強調(diào)句的理解 例314

例314　As we discussed before, it was not until the 19th century that the newspaper became the dominant pre-electronic medium, following in the wake of the pamphlet and the book.

【結(jié)構(gòu)分析】這是個典型的時間強調(diào)句，是It is not until sometime that...這種句型，表示直到某個時間才出現(xiàn)某個現(xiàn)象，比如It is not until the end of the century that we can produce a new robot. As we discussed before是個介詞短語，承上啟下的作用，被強調(diào)的成分是the 19th century，后面是真正的強調(diào)句that the newspaper became the dominant pre-electronic medium，后面是分詞狀語following in the wake of the pamphlet and the book。

【亮點回放】此句話的亮點在于強調(diào)句套上分詞狀語following的超級的使用，這種it is not until sometime that...句型很經(jīng)典，作文寫上可以妙筆生輝。

【核心詞匯】

dominant　主要額

pre-electronic medium　電子出現(xiàn)前的媒體

following in the wake of　緊跟著

the pamphlet　宣傳冊

【參考譯文】正如我們前面討論的，正是到了十九世紀(jì)，報紙才成為電子媒體出現(xiàn)之前的主導(dǎo)性的媒體，報紙是緊跟著宣傳冊和書出現(xiàn)而出現(xiàn)的。