Comparisons with Comparisons with as……..asas……..as

Comparisons with Comparisons with as……..asas……..as

Top Notch 2 P.100Top Notch 2 P.100

Similarity 相似之處• as…….as (Two things are the same.)

The F30 has as many new features as the LX.

The new monitor is just as good as the old one.

• almost ( Two things are very similar. )

The X20 is almost as good as the X15. But it’s a little slower.

Difference 不同之處• not as…..as ( Two things are different.)

My new air conditioner isn’t as noisy as the old one.

• quite ( small difference )The F30 doesn’t cost quite as much as the LX.

• nearly ( big difference )Our old monitor wasn’t nearly as big as the new one. The new one is much bigger.

Exercise B P.1011. The Spartica computer game is just as easy to use

as the Macro computer.2. The keyboard from Digitek is just as popular as th

e one from RCO.3. The C50 monitor is almost as large as the C30 mo

nitor.4. Jackson’s new laptop has just as many new feat

ures as Hampton’s new laptop.5. The PBS speakers are not nearly as powerful as th

e CCV speakers.6. The Panex digital camera doesn’t cost quite as

much as the RDP digital camera. The Panex digital camera is not quite as expensive as the RDP digital camera.