谈谈英语中的强烈语气
强调语气的作用是使某个观点或意思更加突出，增强感染力，给人留下更深刻的印象。人们在说话时通常借助提高话音、放慢语速、说话简练或打手势等方式来突出重点，强调主要的意思。为了达到更好的表达效果，我们应该学会如何在说话中使用强调语气来突出主要的意思，增强感染力。
把主要的意思放在句首或句末，尤其是句末，这是最容易引起读者注意力的地方
1 Education remains the most important single means of economic advancement, in spite of all its shortcomings.
2 In spite of all its shortcomings, education remains the most important single means of economic advancement.
3 Education remains, in spite of all its shortcomings, the most important single means of economic advancement.
whatever什么意思
以上三句话用词完全相同，但是词序的变化引起读者对三句话不同的理解。第一句话把in spite of all its
shortcomings在句末，强调的是教育的缺憾，淡化了教育的重要性；第二句话把in spite of all its shortco
mings放在句首，强调了教育的缺憾，但是把教育的重要性放在句末，更加突出了教育的重要性。第三句话把in spite of all its shortcomings放在句中，淡化了教育的缺憾，把教育和教育的重要性分别放在句首和句末，突出了二者的重要性。
偶尔使用掉尾句（the periodic sentence）来代替累加句（the loose sentence）
1The jury found him guilty, though his lawyer defended him eloquently.
2 Though his lawyer defended him eloquently, the jury found him guilty.
1句是累加句，主要意思（主句）在前，次要意思（从句）在后，但是把次要意思放在句末，容易给读者造成强调次要意思的印象。2句是掉尾句，次要意思（从句）在前，主要意思（主句）在后，突出了主要意思，符合句子的原意，即主要意思用主句表达，次要意思用从句表达。
表达并列的意思时，根据意思的重要性由低到高依次排列，由此来强调最重要的意思
1 Urban life is unhealthy, morally corrupt, and fundamentally inhuman.
2 The storm knocked down many trees in town, ripped the roofs off several buildings, and killed ten people.
3 Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
以上三句话中，并列成分按重要性从低到高排列。句1中，unhealthy, corrupt和inhuman三个词程度越来越严重地描述了城市生活，并强调了城市生活非人性的一面。句2描述了暴风雨造成的损害：刮倒了许多树，刮跑了几个房顶，十人丧生。显然损害程度越来越强，给人们造成的影响越来越严重。句3反映了西方人心目中获得healthy, wealthy和wise的难易程度，healthy最易获得，wise最难获得，也最重要。
使用主动语态，少用被动语态
1a A number of parking spaces are always needed by commuting students.
1b Commuting students always need a number of parking spaces.
2a For energy conservation it is urged that all lights be turned off when not being used.
2b To save energy, students should turn off all lights they are not using.
以上两组句子中，a句是被动语态，b句是主动语态。被动语态强调状态，淡化动作的执行者，主动语态使用动作动词来强调动作，句子意思更直接，表达更有力度。此外，使用主动语态的句子往往比使
用被动语态的句子更简练，而简练的句子比不简练的句子给读者留下的印象要深刻的多，从而达到强调的作用。
使用表达有力的动词，少用be动词和have
1a Our college is always the winner of the conference.
1b Our college always wins the conference.
2a The meat has a rotten smell.
2b The meat smells rotten.
以上两组句子中，a句使用了动词be和have的相应形式，b句使用了表达有力度的动作动词win和smell。不难看出，动作动词往往使一个句子简练，而简练的句子能达到强调的效果。
有意识地重复关键词语
1 Usually we cheat to make people think we are better than we are; sometimes we cheat to avoid unpleasant consequences such as
paying taxes.
2 Wicked people love wickedly, violent people love violently, weak people love weakly, stupid people love stupidly, but the love of a free man is never safe.
3 No one reads anymore—blame television. Families are breaking up—blame television. High culture is being despoiled—blame television. What a splendid all-purpose explanation television has become.
有意识地重复关键词语能凸显重点意思，达到强调的效果。这种有意识的词语重复通常用在平行句中。当然，要慎重重复词语，经常性的过多重复词语会造成不必要的重复，会淡化强调作用，从而削弱表达效果。
偶尔使用倒装句
1 At the feet of the tallest and plushiest offices lie the crummiest slums.
2 Among the students were a few visiting scholars.
3 There might be some truth in his words.
不同于正常语序，倒装句把重要的信息放在动词后面，能够造成悬念，给读者留下深刻的印象，从而达到强调的效果。不过一定要慎用倒装句，如果过多地使用倒装句，则给人一种语言不自然的感觉。
使用平衡句，对比强调异同
1 To be French is to be like no one else; to be American is to be like everyone else.
2 Love is positive; tolerance is negative.
3 Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.
平衡句结构对称，意思相似或相异，对比强烈，会给读者留下很深的印象，强调语气浓厚。
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。