【例句】
　　★ 人生态度——乐观与悲观
　　A positive attitude is to life what the sun is to the earth.积极的态度对于生活，好比太阳对于地球一样。

　　★ 谈读书
　　Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.阅读对于思想，好比运动对于身体一样。

　　★ 赡养父母——家庭
　　Family is to the people what life is to the individual.家庭对于人类，好比生活对于个人一样。

　　★ 投诉信
　　Cleanness is to the canteen what reputation is to the people.清洁对于食堂来说，好比名誉对于人一样。

　　★ 谈诚信
　　Honesty is to the people what life is to the creature.诚信对于人来说，好比生命对于人一样。
　　比较状语(倍数表达法)：
　　A+ be+倍数+as many/much as+ B
　　A+ be+倍数+the amount+ B
　　A+ be+倍数+what it was+ B

　　【例句】
　　★ 从1999年到2009年，奢侈品的销售增长了3倍。
　　①The sale of luxuries doubled from the end of 1999 to 2009.
　　②The sale of luxuries increased three times/three-fold from the end of 1999 to 2009.
　　③A three-fold increase was seen in the sale of luxuries from the end of 1999 to 2009.
　　④There was a three-fold increase in the sale of luxuries from the end of 1999 to 2009.

　　【写作练习】
　　定语从句与状语从句的写作方法指南：合并简单句！

　　1.通过指代关系合并简单句为定语从句
　　【例句】
　　★ 故事发生于19世纪末期。那个时候，中国正遭受西方列强的蹂躏。
　　A: The story happened in the late 19th century.
　　B: At that time, China was suffering from the invasion of western powers.→合并为定语从句：The story happened in the late 19th century when China was suffering from the invasion of western powers.

　　2.通过逻辑关系合并简单句为状语从句
　　【例句】
　　★ 这个问题很复杂。我们花了近两周的时间才把它搞定。
　　A: The problem was very complicated.
　　B: It took us nearly two weeks to solve it.
　　→合并为结果状语从句The problem was so complicated that it took us nearly two weeks to solve it