1 .表示比较的状语从句：这类从句都由than 或as 引起：
She likes Danny better than she likes me .
她喜欢丹妮胜过喜欢我。
He can run faster than I do .
他跑得比我快。
It is not so difficult as you think .
它没有你想的那么困难。
She is not so energetic ass she used to be .
她不像过去那样充满活力了。
有时许多词省略，只剩下一个词：
She is four years younger than me .
她比我小四岁。
It made him queerer than ever .
这使他变得比过去更古怪。
She was as much interested in music as ever.
她还是和过去一样对音乐有兴趣。
She is as clever as ( she is )beautiful.
她聪明又美丽。
2 .方式状语从句：这类从句多由as , as if , as though , like 等引起：
He was allowed to do as he liked.
他们允许他爱怎么干就怎么干。
It swims on the sea floor just as its ancestors did.
在海底游动，就像的祖辈那样。
I like the freedom to plan my day exactly as I want.
我喜欢有自由完全按照我自己的意愿安排一天的活动。
She treats him as if he was her own son .
她把他像亲儿子一般对待。
He looked like he had seen a ghost .
他看起来就像见到鬼了似的。
You talk just like your father does .
你讲起话来就像你爸爸。
I was never allowed to sing the way I wanted to.
他们从来不容许我按我自己的想法演唱。
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练习及答案：
练习一：将下面的英语句子翻译成中文：
1. The dog was even cleverer than they had thought.
那条狗比他们想象的更聪明
2. It is only 5O percent larger than Our Moon ?
它只比我们的月亮大百分之五十。
3. That's easier said than done.
这说起来容易做起来难。
4. They arrived earlier than usual.
他们来得比平时更早。
5. It is even colder than yesterday.
今天比昨天还要冷。
6. You know as much about that as I do.
对此你知道得和我一样多。
8. I haven't done as much as I should have liked.
我没做得我意想的那么好。
练习二：在下面的状语从句下画线
1. Will you wait for me in Wuhan as we arranged ?
as we arranged ?
2. I have changed it as you suggest.
as you suggest.
3. Robbie didn't feel as she did.
as she did.
4. I am as you can imagine short of money.
as you can imagine
5. I remember the whole thing as if it happened yesterday.
as if it happened yesterday
6. He paused as though he found a difficulty.
as though he found a difficulty
9. She paused as if expecting Lanny to speak.
as if expecting Lanny to speak
