他不能游泳正如我不能飞翔一样。 4、 A whale is not a fish any more than a horse
is.
鲸不是鱼，正如马也不是鱼一样。 5、 Our village is no less beautiful than this
picture.
我们的乡村同这幅画一样美丽。
句型六主句（本体）+as if/as though+（从句）喻体； 1、 The first time I read an excellent book,it is to
me just as if I had gained a new friend.
起初我读到一本好书时候，我认为它是我的良师益友。
2、 This woman made him fetch and carry just
as if he was a geat Newfoundland dog.(W.Thackeray)
这个女人就和纽芬兰的大狗一般。
3、 I felt as though the ground were slipping
beneath my feet.(R.Stevenson)
我感觉大地似乎在脚下移动。 4、 He speaks English as if he were an
Englishman.
他说起英语来，好似一个英国人。 5、 With the development of these new tools,it is
as if man has suddenly become a millionaire of the mind.(K.Croft)
随着这些新工具的发展，好像一个人突然成为知识上的百万富翁。
句型七 主语+may/might+as well+动词原形+喻体；as+动词原形+本体 1、 You may as well call a cat a little tiger as call
a tiger a big cat.
正如可以说老虎是大猫一样，猫也可以说是小老虎。
2、 You might as well advise me to give up my
fortune as my argument.(Goldsmith)
你劝我停止辩论，倒不如劝我抛弃一切财产。
3、 Alas ,poor lady,she said she might as well
love a dream as fall in love with me.(Ch.Lamb)
啊，可怜的贵妇人。她说着，她与其爱上我不如爱一场梦。
4、 You might as well expect a river to flow
backward as hope to move me.
你不能动摇我的心，正如不能使河水倒流一样。
5、 One might as well expect the leopard to
change his spots as expect the wolf to change his nature.
正如不能指望豹子换掉它身上的斑点一样，谁也不能指望豺狼改变它的本性。