舌尖上的美國(64):強烈語氣(下)
使用祈使句和感嘆句
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!
顯而易見，祈使句和感嘆句都是強調句，它們的強調語氣都很強，但是過多地使用祈使句和感嘆句也會給人一種語言不自然的感覺，從而削弱表達效果。
適當地使用短句
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.
長短句結合使用會有特殊的表達效果，尤其是長句後的短句往往言簡意賅、一針見血，給人的印象非常深刻。
使用簡練的句子
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.
語言羅嗦的句子容易分散讀者的注意力，可有可無的詞語和必要的詞語混在一起影響讀者對句子的理解，不易於讀者抓住重點。1a和1b意思完全相同，但表達效果卻有差異，1b句子簡練，重點突出，而1a語言羅嗦，句子冗長，重點不突出。2a，2b和2c三句話意思沒有區別，但表達效果卻不相同。2a表達效果最差，句首的短語in my opinion削弱了句子的說服力。2b表達效果稍好，但句首的I think並不是重要的信息。2c最爲簡潔，表達效果最好。
使用表示強調的詞語
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.
表示強調的詞語還有whatever, by all means, particularly, especially, above all, most importantly, greatly, totally, completely, extremely, really, absolutely, quite, rather等等。
