-What’s going on, coach?
-The girls here want to try out for the team. You’re all excellent players. But girls aren’t as fast as boys. Or as strong. Or as athletic. This is not me talking. It’s a scientific fact.Girls can’t beat boys. It’s as simple as that.
-OK. Justin, you’re the team captain. What do you think about it?
-I think the coach said it all.
-Yesterday you told me that I was better than half the guys on your team.
-I never said that.
-What are you talking about? Why are you lying?!
-Viola! End of discussion.
-Fine. End of relationship.
As...as结构用法
基本意思为“与…一样”，其中的第一个as为副词，其后通常接形容词或副词(用原级)，第二个as可用作介词(后接名词或代词)或连词(后接从句)。使用时应注意以下几点。如：
(1) 在否定句中，第一个 as 也可换成 so。如：
He doesn’t study as [so] hard as his brother. 他学习不如他弟弟努力。
(2) 在该结构的两个as之间通常接形容词或副词的原级，但若涉及数量或程度，可用“as much+不可数名词+as”和“as many+复数名词+as”。如：
You’ve made as many mistakes as I have. 你犯的错误和我犯的一样多。
I haven’t got as much money as I thought. 我不像原来想像的有那么多钱。
其间接形容词时，有时该形容词还可修饰另一名词，但这个名词应带有不定冠词(注意词序)。如：
She is as good a teacher as her mother. 她和她妈妈一样是位好老师。
也可说。如：She is a teacher as good as her mother.
但不说。如：She is as a good teacher as her mother. / They are as good teachers as us.
(3) 第二个as后接从句时，该as通常为连词，但有时这个as还充当其后从句的主语或宾语，此时该as实为关系代词。如：
I gave him as much as he could eat. 他能吃多少，我就给了他多少。
We’ve got food for as many people as want it. 我们的食物，无论多少人吃都够了。
(4) 该结构根据情况可用使用以下修饰语。如：(not) nearly, almost, just, nothing like, exactly, not quite, half, one-ten, twice, three times, 30 per cent等，并且这些修饰语必须置于第一个as之前，而不能置于其后。如：
He doesn’t play half as well as his sister. 他演奏的水平不及他姐姐的一半。
This dress is twice as expensive as that. 这件连衣裙比那件贵一倍。
(5) 若第二个as引导一个表示将来意义的从句，则该从句可用现在时表示将来，也可直接使用将来时态。如：
We’ll get there as soon as you do [will]. 你一到，我们就到。
(6) 在非正式场合(尤其是美国英语中)，有时可以省略第一个as。如：
When over forty, he married a woman poor as himself. 他在40多岁时娶了一个像他本人一样穷的女人。
另外，若意思明确，有时可省略第二个as及其后的相关词语。如：
The radios in that shop will be cheaper, but not as good. 那家商店的收音机会便宜些，但质量没那么好。
-I have a surprise for you!
-And this is why I don’t bring friends over.
-Mom, not now. I had a really bad day, so...
-This is just the thing to just perk you up.
-All right. Surprise! Beautiful gowns for my darling debutante.
-Mom, have I not told you a thousand times? I have no interest in being a debutante. It’s totally archaic.
-How could I wind up with a daughter who only wants to kick a muddy ball around a field all day?
-Well, the world has been set right, Mom. They cut my team.
-Well, Justin gonna love you in this.
-Yet another reason not to wear it. I dumped him.
Up短语
表“完全，彻底”的短语有：
eat up（吃光）； burn up（烧尽）；finish up（做完）； use up（用完）； dry up（干涸）；drink up（喝完）；end up（结束，告终）；be up（完了，光了）
例如，we ate up all the food。
表“成碎片，分离”之意的短语有：
tear up（撕碎）； cut up（切碎）； divide up（分配）；separate up（分开）；break up（分解，破裂）
例如，she tore the paper up。
表“安全地，稳妥地”之意的短语有：
lock up（锁住）；fasten up（系好）；stick up（粘紧）； nail up（钉牢）；tie up（捆好）；wrap up（包好）； fix up（修理好）
例如，she always locked up her house when she was away on holiday。
表“有小变大”之意的短语有：
speak up （大声点说）；bring up（抚养大）；speed up（加快速度）；turn up）（开大声音）；grow up（长大成人）；warm up（加热）； build up（逐步建立）
例如，would you please surn up the radio？
表“靠近”之意的短语有：
drive up（驶近）；go up（走上去）；come up（走上来）；walk up（走近）；catch up（with。。。）（赶上）； keep up（with。。。）（跟上）； hurry up（赶快）
例如，a car drove up and stopped， then he got in。
表“（由下）往上”之意的短语有：
put up（举起，建起）；send up（发射）；pick up（拾起）；hold up（举起）；look up（抬头）；stand up（起立）；get up（起床）；come up（抬头，上来，上升）；go up（上升，上涨）；take up（拿起）；lift up（抬起）；jump up（跳起）
例如，we have successfully sent up another spaceship。
表“集合”之意的短语有：
add up（加起）；count up（加起）；collect up（收集）；gather up（收集，收拢）；round up（赶拢）；join up（联合起来）；number up（列举）
例如，she gathered up her scattered belongings and left。
与动词连用加强语气
light up（点燃）； write up（写成）；ring up（打电话）；tidy up（整理）；wake up（唤醒）；rise up（起义）；pile up（堆积）；fill up（填满）；mix up（混合）；line up（排队）；link up（连接）；blow up（爆炸）；block up（阻塞）；look up（查阅）；check up（核对，检验）；open up（开创，开辟）；clear up（天气放晴，整理，消除）
例如，he lit up a cigarette for his father。