【正文】 oral tradition the myths that had grown up around the rites and admired them for their artistic qualities rather than their religious usefulness. a. A society’s rites were more likely to be retained in the oral tradition if its myths were admired for artistic qualities. b. The artistic quality of a myth was sometimes an essential reasonty to abandon it from the oral tradition. c. Some early societies stopped using myths in their religious practices when rites ceased to be seen as useful for social wellbeing. d. Myths sometimes survived in a society’s tradition because of their artistic qualities even after they were no longer deemed religiously beneficial. lillian 苑 d ? For example, some early societies ceased to consider certain rites essential to their wellbeing and abandoned them, nevertheless, they retained as parts of their oral tradition the myths that had grown up around the rites and admired them for their artistic qualities rather than their religious usefulness. a. A society’s rites were more likely to be retained in the oral tradition if its myths were admired for artistic b. The artistic quality of a myth was sometimes an essential reason to abandon it from the oral tradition. 丟棄是不對的 c. Some early societies stopped using myths in their religious practices when rites ceased to be seen as useful for social wellbeing. 沒有體現(xiàn)主干需要的保留：retain”主要意思 d. Myths sometimes survived in a society’s tradition because of their artistic qualities even after they were no longer deemed religiously beneficial. perfect 主干一定要成立， they retained as parts of their oral tradition…and admired them for their artistic qualities…邏輯關(guān)系也要成立 lillian 苑 c ? Wind velocity also increases with altitude and may cause serious stress for trees, as is made evident by the deformed shapes at high altitudes. ? A. becauce of their deformed shapes at high altitudes, trees are not likely to be seriously harmed by the strong winds typical of those altitudes. ? B. as altitudes increases, the velocity of winds increases, leading to a serious decrease in the number of trees found at high altitudes. ? C. the deformed shapes of trees at high altitudes show that wind velocity, which increase with altitude, can cause hardship for trees. ? D. increased wind velocity at high altitudes deforms the shapes of trees, and this may cause serious stress for trees. lillian 苑 As用法 ? 1. as單獨引導定語從句，先行詞可以是一個詞，也可以是一個句子或短語。例如： ? He came to China as a tourist five years ago. 。例如： ? They don”t have as many airplanes. ? 4. as作關(guān)系代詞的用法 ? 1. as引導定語從句與其他詞連用 ? ①用于 the same...as結(jié)構(gòu)中 This is the same book as I read last week. ? ②用于 such...as結(jié)構(gòu) I don”t like such books as he remends. ? ③用于 so +adj. + a/an + n. (單數(shù) ) + as 結(jié)構(gòu)中 ? I am not so strong a man as I was. ? ，相當于 when： You will grow wiser as you grow older lillian 苑