What a lovely girl she is!
这是一个感叹句。严格说,不是倒装,而是把表语前置。前置的原因是为了突出被感叹的内容。下面针对感叹句作一讲解:
感叹句的本质是什么?
众所周知,英语句子按照用途分为:陈述句、疑问句、祈使句、感叹句。
感叹句是一类表达感慨、惊叹、赞赏等感情色彩的句子。它的特征是:
1. 感叹句通常由 how 或 what 引出(还有其他类型的感叹句,不在讨论之列)。
(1)how 针对形容词、副词或动词,引出感叹句。
(2)what 针对名词(名词前可有形容词,冠词需要时要保留),引出感叹句。
2. 感叹句的语序为陈述语序,主谓不倒装,不用操作词,句末读为降调,标点用感叹号。这些特征都是用以区别一般问句。说明具备陈述句的特点。
3. 感叹句的内容和实质,就是一个陈述句,或者说,感叹句是陈述句的变式。由于陈述句是一个平铺直叙的句子,缺乏生动性,为了达到强调的目的,我们使用感叹句把陈述句的内容进行强化,掺入说话者的感情色彩,就像抒情的诗句那样,让读者引起共鸣。
4. 感叹句在实际应用中,经常省略成分。
以下为感叹句举例。为了让句子完整,我只举成分齐全的感叹句:
What 感叹句:
(1)What a good time thye had that day! 那天他们玩得多痛快啊!
(2)What fine weather we are having today! 今天的天气是多么晴朗啊!
(3)What lovely girls they are! 她们是多么可爱的女孩!
(4)What a mess you have made! 瞧你搞得这么一团糟。
(5)What a lonely world it would be with you away! 你要是不在,这世界不知将有多寂寞!
(6)What a fool I was to believe his words. 我竟然相信他的话,真是个傻瓜。
How 感叹句:
(7)How silly you are! 你多蠢啊!
(8)How fast Tom is running! 汤姆跑得多快啊。
(9)How wonderful a plan you've made!你制订的计划真好!
(10)How bravely they fought the enemy!他们打敌人多勇敢啊!
(11)How time flies!时间过得真快啊!
(12)How they hate the bosses!他们多么痛恨那些老板啊!
两种类型的感叹句各6个。我们把它们还原到陈述句:
(1)They had a good time that day.
(2)We are having fine weather today.
(3)They are lovely girls.
(4)You have made a mess.
(5)It would be a lonely world with you away.
(6)I was a fool to believe his words.
(7)You are silly.
(8)Tom is running fast.
(9)You've made a wonderful plan.
(10)They fought the enemy bravely.
(11)Time flies.
(12)They hate the bosses.
以上大量的例句和转换表明:感叹句的本质就是一个陈述句,或者说,感叹句是陈述句在语义的变式。