AdverbialClauses幻灯片.pptVIP

as, (just) as…so…引导的方式状语从句通常位于主句后，但在(just) as…so…结构中位于句首，这时as从句带有比喻的含义，意思是正如…，就像，多用于正式文体，例如：　 Always do to the others as you would be done by.　你希望人家怎样待你，你就要怎样待人。　 As water is to fish, so air is to man.　我们离不开空气，犹如鱼儿离不开水。 由 as if 或 as though 引导的从句通常用虚拟语气，但如果主句谓语是感官动词，并且所述情况实现可能性大，也可用陈述语气，如： He speaks French as if (as though) he were a Frenchman. I remember the whole thing as if / though it happened yesterday. (与事实相反，谓语用虚拟语气。） You look as if you are friends． 你们看起来像朋友似的。 （陈述） Clauses of Comparison 主要由 as ... as, not so (as) ... as, than 等连词引导，如： This table is as wide as that one.Mary can not run so (as) fast as Tom. The house is three times as big as ours. She finds it easier to read than to write． The youth of today are better off than we used to be. This book is more instructive than that one. no more than…及not more…than… 1）后面接数词时，no more than相当于only，是“仅仅，只不过”的意思； not more than相当于at most，是“至多，不超过”的意思。前者强调少，后者说明事实。试比较： There are no more than ten tickets left. 只剩下十张票了。（表示不多了） There are not more than ten tickets left. 剩票不超过十张。（说明事实） Its no more than a misunderstanding. 这只是个误会。 2）后面接比较状语从句时， no more than的意思是“和……同样不”， (含有消极,否定的意味,译为A与B都不……,不……也不等。) not more than的意思是“不比……更”，“不及” (含有积极,肯定的意味,表示程度上的差异。)试比较： Jack is no more diligent than John. （=Neither Jack nor John is diligent.） 杰克也和约翰一样不勤奋。 (两人都不勤奋) Jack is not more diligent than John （=Jack is not as diligent as John. )杰克不如约翰勤奋。 (意指两个人都勤奋,但你更勤奋) She is no more a teacher than a worker. 她既不是工人,也不是教师。 She is not more a teacher than a worker. 说她是个教师,倒不如说她是个工人。 no less .. than与 not less than 1）后面接数词时， no less .. than“多达…；足足有…之多”。等于“as many／much as ...”，强调多。 not less than “没有比…更少；至少与…一样”。等于“at least as ... as”. 如:The audience was no less than five thousand. 听众有五千人之多。 no less .. than不少于,不亚于 Sunlight is no less necessary than fresh air to a healthy body. 阳光和空气对健康的身体同样重要. 1) He is no less a person than a minister 他的身分不亚于部长。 not less than至少和…一样 1)She is not