2020考研英语作文：比较状语的写作指导
英语写作当中经常会用到“……很重要”这一句式，一般考生会用something be important/essential的词汇表达。不过学了比较状语从句以后，大家可以试着用一种更高级的表达方式，一定会让阅卷老师眼前一亮，作文高分就不在话下啦。
箴言仿写：Cultivation is to the mind what food is to the body.
——M·T·Cicero
上述句子可以概括为A is to B what C is to D.替换ABCD四个名词就可以用来表达“重要性”这一概念。
【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20xx年，奢侈品的销售增长了3倍。
①The sale of luxuries doubled from the end of 1999 to 20xx.
②The sale of luxuries increased three times/three-fold from the end of 1999 to 20xx.
③A three-fold increase was seen in the sale of luxuries from the end of 1999 to 20xx.
④There was a three-fold increase in the sale of luxuries from the end of 1999 to 20xx.
【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.
长难句虽然是考研[微博]复习中让很多考生都头疼的一部分，但可以说是无处不在的，不仅仅是阅读理解和翻译题中，需要我们去读懂并理解，更重要的是在作文题中，准确精彩地写出几个长难句，往往会让你的作文增色不少，也是你作文制胜的重要砝码，所以考研英语要想拿高分，千万不能忽视长难句哦。