“the way+从句”结构的意义及用法首先让我们来看下面这个句子：Read the following passage and talk about it with your classmates。 Try to tell what you think of Tom and of the way the children treated him.在这个句子中,the way 是先行词，后面是省略了关系副词 that 或 in which 的定语从句。 下面我们将叙述“the way+从句”结构的用法. 1．the way 之后,引导定语从句的关系词是 that 而不是 how,因此，<<现代英语惯用法词典〉〉中所给出的下面两个句子是错误的:This is the way how it happened. This is the way how he always treats me。 2. 在正式语体中，that 可被 in which 所代替;在非正式语体中，that 则往往省略。由此我们得到 the way 后接定语从句时的三种模式:1) the way +that-从句 2) the way +in which—从句 3） the way +从句 例如：The way(in which ，that) these comrades look at problems is wrong.这些同志看问题的方法不对. The way(that ，in which）you're doing it is completely crazy。你这么个干法，简直发疯。 We admired him for the way in which he faces difficulties. Wallace and Darwin greed on the way in which different forms of life had begun。华莱士和达尔文对不同类型的生物是如何起源的持相同的观点。 This is the way （that） he did it. I liked the way （that） she organized the meeting. 3. the way(that）有时可以与 how(作“如何”解)通用.例如： That’s the way (that） she spoke。 = That's how she spoke。 I should like to know the way/how you learned to master the fundamental technique within so short a time。 4．the way 的其它用法：以上我们讲的都是用作先行词的 the way，下面我们将叙述它的一些用法. 1)用作 as 或 according as,引导状语从句，常见于美国英语。如： I like it the way it is.Even today， political maps reflect the world the way we want it to look。 时至今日，政治地图不是按我们想要看到的那样来反映世界。 Kings played maps the way we play board games。君主们玩地图就象我们玩棋子一样...
