大学英语四级考试写作常用功能的句式（2）

　7. asascanbe

　　It is as plain as plain can be.

　　8. It is inas in

　　It is in life as in a journey.

　　9. when引导状语从句有时并不好译，不能一看到when从句就考虑译为当的时候，它还有许多种译法。

　　Anything is better than not to write clearly. There is nothing to be said against lucidity, and against simplicity only the possibility of dryness. This is a risk that is well worth taking when you reflect how much better it is to be bold than to wear a curly wig.

　　10. notbecause，有时可否定前面，有时可否定because本身，往往出现歧义。应根据上下文面判定。

　　In 1600 the earth was not the center of the universe because the majority then supposed it was; nor, because she had more readers, was Ella wheeler Wilcox a better poet than Father Hopkins.

　　11.to makeof的译法

　　I will make a scientist of my son.

　　12. oo+不定式，nottoo+不定式，toonot+不定式

　　She is too angry to speak.