It is not everyday you get a new job.是强调句吗？

■本站特约作者  刘永科

在Let’s go out and celebrate. After all, it’s not every day you get a new job.这句话中，it’s not every day you get a new job.是强调句吗？是不是省略了that？请老师释疑，明确一下这是不是强调句。

After all, it's not every day you get a new job. 就是强调句，被强调部分是every day，在it's not every day之后省略了that，等于After all, it's not every day that you get a new job.还原后为：After all, you don’t get a new job every day. not仍然否定every day。

意思是：“你不是每天都可以得到一份新的工作。”

It's not every day (that)...句式，在口语中很常见，已经由强调句转化为一个常用习语。意为“并不是每天都会怎样......”又如：

It's not every day you get the opportunity to study and live in a foreign country.到国外去学习和生活的机会不是每天都有的。

It's not every day you learn about other people around the world!毕竟不是每天都能知道世界上别人的事情。

It's not every day that one of your classmates wins an Olympic gold medal.你有同学赢得奥运金牌，那可不是天天发生的事。

注意强调句的否定式。

请比较以下两组，强调的角度不同：　　

A. It wasn’t I that made fun of him.不是我（而是别人）取笑他。

B. It was I that didn’t make fun of him. 就是我没有取笑他。

A. It wasn’t Mary that looked down upon you. 不是玛丽（而是别人）瞧不起你。

B. It was Mary that didn’t look down upon you. 就是玛丽没有瞧不起你。

有些否定句在变成强调句时，要把否定转移到被强调的词语之前。例如部分否定句，在变为强调句时，要把not提到It is (was)之后。此外，“not… until…”句式的强调也要特别注意，应将not置于被强调部分里面。例如：

注意以下句子如何变成强调句：　　

All of the boys in our class don’t like football.

→It isn’t all of the boys in our class that (who) like football.

Both sisters are not interested in physics.

→It isn’t both sisters that (who) are interested in physics.

Everybody doesn’t know the answer.

→It isn’t everybody that knows the answer.

All that glitters is not gold.

→It isn’t all that glitters that is gold.

Money can’t buy everything.

→It is not everything that money can buy.

He didn’t realize his mistake until the teacher had told him.

→It wasn’t until the teacher had told him that he realized his mistake.

You don’t get a new job every day.

→It's not every day (that) you get a new job. (www.yygrammar.com)