表示方式方法的状语从句，就称为“方式状语从句”。
方式状语从句就是描述动作进行方式的状语从句，常用“和......一样”、“像/仿佛......”以及“按照......的方法”等来表达。
常见的引导词有：as（可译为“像......一样；正如......”）；as if 或 as though（可译为“好像；宛如”）；the way（可译为“按照......的方法”）。
例如：
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，
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。
You must try to hold the tool as I do.
你必须像我这样拿工具｡
Leave the things as they are.
别动这些东西｡
We must do as the Party tells us (to do).
我们必须按照党的指示办事｡.
Just as John has changed, so has his wife
约翰变了，他的妻子也变了。
Just as large companies are having to cut back, so small businesses are being forced to close.
大公司不得不紧缩，小企业则被迫关闭。
Just as we sweep our rooms, so we should sweep backward ideas from our minds.
正如打扫房屋一样，我们也要扫除我们头脑中落后的东西。
You should wait in line as others do.
你应该和其他人一样排队等候。
●由as if 或 as though引导
as if 和as though 引导的从句中的时态取决于说话者对所谈内容的态度。若说话者认为其看法是真的或可能会成为事实，从句谓语就按常规变化。
例如：
He looks as if he is angry.
他看上去好像生气了。
It looked as if there would be an exciting race.
看来要有一场激动人心的比赛。
When the spaceship leaves the earth at tremendous speed，the astronauts feel as if they are being crushed against the spaceship floor.
当宇宙飞船以巨大的速度离开地球时，宇航员们觉得自己好像正在被压向宇宙飞船的底壁上去。
如果从句的内容是不真实的，是与事实相反的，从句的谓语时态要用虚拟语气。主句谓语用一般现在时态，对从句的谓语形式没有影响。
I remember the whole thing as if/as though it happened yesterday.
我记得整件事情，就仿佛是昨天发生的一样。（与事实相反，谓语用虚拟语气）
例句：It looks as if the weather may pick up very soon.
看来天气很快就会好起来。（实现的可能性较大，谓语用陈述语气）
两者的意义和用法相同，引出的状语从句谓语多用虚拟语气，表示与事实相反，有时也用陈述语气，表示所说情况是事实或实现的可能性较大。汉译常作"仿佛……似的"，"好像……似的"。这两个连词经常用在be，act，appear，behave，feel，look，seem，smell，sound，taste及其他描写行为举止的动词之后，引导一个方式从句 [2]。例如：
They completely ignore these facts as if (as though) they never existed.
他们完全忽略了这些事实，就仿佛它不存在似的。（与事实相反，谓语用虚拟语气。）
He looks as if (as though) he had been hit by lightning.
他那样子就像被雷击了似的。（与事实相反，谓语用虚拟语气。）
It looks as if the weather may pick up very soon.
看来天气很快就会好起来。（实现的可能性较大，谓语用陈述语气。）
说明：as if / as though也可以引导一个分词短语、不定式短语、形容词或介词短语，例如：
He stared at me as if seeing me for the first time.
他目不转睛地看着我，就像第一次看见我似的。
He cleared his throat as if to say something.
他清了清嗓子，像要说什么似的。
The waves dashed on the rocks as if in anger.
波涛冲击着岩石，好像很愤怒。
He acted just as if he were afraid.
他装得好像很害怕的样子。
He behaves as if he were a child.
他的举止就像个孩子。
Don't behave as though you are the only one struggling for survival.
不要表现得好像只有你一个人为生存而挣扎。
The boy talks as if he is an old man.
那个男孩说起话来就像个老人。
●in the way that
Please pronounce the word the way I do.请照我这样,读这个单词
They didn’t do it the way we do now.那时他们不像我们现在这样行事。
I can’t help seeing things the way they do.我禁不住也像他们那样看事物。
●like口语常用
He sits there smiling like it was his birthday.他面带微笑坐在那儿,像是过生日似的.
（这里用了虚拟语气，值得注意的是be动词用的was，而表示虚拟as if引导的be动词则只能是were。）
注意：
1、固定句型A is to B what C is to D.意为“A对B而言正如C对D一样”。 意为A之于B犹如C之于D
A nest is to a bird what a house is to a man .鸟巢对于鸟儿就像房子对于人类。
Air is to human what water is to fish.
空气之于人类犹如水之于鱼。
Water is to fish what air is to man. 水对鱼的关系，正如空气对人的关系。
A sail is to a boat what an engine is to a car. 桨与船就像机器与汽车。
A net is to a fisherman what a gun is to a hunter. 网和渔民正如枪和猎人。
Arms are to the body what branches are to a tree.
手臂和身体的关系就像树枝和树的关系一样。
Exercise is to the body what thinking is to the brain.
运动和身体的关系，如同思考和头脑的关系。
Three is to four what six is to eight. 三比四等于六比八。
Motherly love is to children what sunshine is to grass.
母爱对于孩子犹如阳光对于小草。
Reading is to the mind what food is to the body.
阅读对于思想的关系好比食物对于身体一样。
Poultry is for the cook what canvas is for the painter.
厨师离不了家禽正如画家离不了画布一样。
Leaves are to the plant what lungs are to the animal.
叶之于植物犹如肺之于动物。
A good teacher is to students what a bright light is to a voyage.
好教师对于学生而言正如明灯对于航海一样重要。
Bubble tea is to Taiwan what coffee or soda is to the US. 奶茶与台湾的关系就跟咖啡或苏打与美国的关系一样。
Food is to the body what reading is to the knowledge．
食物对于身体正如读书对于知识。
Oxygen is to the human beings what water is to the fish．
氧气对于人类就像水对于鱼。
Reading is to the mind what food is to the body.
读书之于心灵，犹如食物之于身体。
Reading is to the spirit as exercises are to the body．
读书相对于精神正如运动相对于身体。
The slave is to the master what the body is to the mind.
奴隶之于主人，犹如身体之于心灵。
Sometimes we teach our children the way our parents have taught us.
有时候，我们教育孩子就像我们的父母曾经教育我们那样。
I just did it the way you told me.
我就是按照你教我的办法做的。
2、as if, as though引导的从句若与事实相反，用虚拟语气；若与事实相符，不用虚拟语气。
The mountain stood as if it were a giant.
那座山屹立在那里，就像一个巨人一样。
The teacher explained the problem as if it were very easy.
老师讲解那道题，好像它非常简单似的。
He spoke as if he knew everything.
他说起话来好像他知道一切似的。
She acted as if she didn't care.
她那样子好像她根本不在乎。
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She ran as fast as she could.
她尽最大力量去跑了。
They worked as hard as they could.
他们工作拼尽全力。
The children played as if they were in a dream.
孩子们玩得像做梦一样。
She sang as if she were a bird.
她像一只鸟儿一样歌唱。
He laughed as if he had heard a good joke.
他笑了，就如同他听了一个很逗人的笑话一样。
The dog barked as if it were angry.
那只狗大叫着，好像它很生气。
John walked as if he had a limp.
约翰走路的样子，好像他腿瘸了。
The car moved as if it were gliding.
那辆车开得飞快，好像滑翔一样。
She smiled as if she were happy.
她微笑着，好像她很快乐似的。
He ate as if he were starving.
他吃着东西，好像他快饿死一样。
The baby cried as if it were in pain.
那个婴儿哭喊着，好像他很痛苦一样。
The sea looked as if it were calm.
大海看起来好像很平静似的。
She wrote as if she were a professional.
她写起东西来，就好像她是一个专家一样。
The bird flew as if it were dancing.
那只鸟飞着，就像在跳舞。
The sun shone as if it were smiling.
太阳照耀着，就像在微笑。
The wind blew as if it were angry.
风像怒了一般狂吹不止。
The rain fell as if it were pouring.
瓢泼大雨从天而降。
The cat purred as if it were contented.
那只猫发出咕噜咕噜的声音，好像它很心满意足一样。
She dressed as if she were going to a party.
她一身装扮，就像去参加一个聚会。
The movie played as if it were real.
那部电影演得就像真的一样。
The building shook as if it were an earthquake.
那座楼摇晃着，好像发生地震一样。
The river flowed as if it were alive.
那条河像有生命一样欢快流淌着。
The clock ticked as if it were counting down.
那个钟表滴答滴答地响着，就像在倒计时。
The computer beeped as if it were finished.
电脑哔哔地响着，好像已经完成了似的。
He spoke as if he were a king.
他说话的样子就像一个国王。
The car drove as if it were new.
那辆车开起来像新的一样。
She danced as if she were weightless.
她舞步轻盈，就像失重了一样。
The book read as if it were a mystery.
那本书读起来，就像一个难解的谜。
The tree swayed as if it were dancing.
那棵树就像在跳舞一样摇摆不停。
The boat sailed as if it were flying.
那艘小船飞一般快速前行。
The ice melted as if it were a dream.
冰融化了，就像梦幻般一样。
The moon shone as if it were a diamond.
月光温柔地洒下来，就像一个钻石一般。