(A)As long as I live here, I do it my way.
(B) He doesn't speak the way I do. 如何分析句中的 my way, the way?
句(A)中 my way 和句(B)中的 the way 应分析为名词短语充当方式状语,亦可以理解为省略了介词 in:
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She cooks chicken in the way I like. 她以我喜欢的方法烹调鸡肉。
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They plant corn (in) the same way their ancestors used to 500 years ago. 他们种玉米的方法同他们的祖先 500 年前种玉米的方法是一样的。
但是,当 way 之前有形容词作定语时,或者后面有定语时则常常使用介词 in:
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He always writes in a careless way. 他总是写得不认真。
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He smiles in a superior way. 他高傲地笑着。
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She always greets me in a friendly way. 她总是友好地向我打招呼。
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They did it in very much the same way. (CGEL) 他们做那件事的方法颇为相似。
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They are just pretty patterns. We like them in the same way that we like pretty curtain material. (New Concept English, Book 2, L. 26) 它们只不过是漂亮的图案罢了。我们就像爱漂亮的窗帘布那样喜爱他们。
[附注]有些英语语法学家干脆把句(B)中的 the way 解释为连词,其意义和用法相当于引导方式从句的 as:
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Joyce looked at her the way a lot of girls did. Joyce 像许多女孩那样瞧了瞧她。
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I fixed things the way he wanted. 我按他的要求把事情搞好了。
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This steak is cooked just the way I like it. 这牛排是按我喜欢的那样做的。
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All I know is that no one understands me better and no one can make me laugh the way Billdoes. (Hillary Living History) 我所知道的,就是没有人比比尔更了解我,也没有人能像比尔那样让我开心地笑。
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We must provide for our nation the way a family provides for its children. (B. Clinton, My Life) 我们必须像家庭供养孩子那样供养我们的国家。(《我的生活》)
请做下面的英语试题:
You'd better look at the difficulty ____.
A. the other way B. by the other way
C. another way D. by another way(全国英语专业四级,95-57)