原級 - Positive
倍数表現
数倍または何分の何とは、よく使う表現です。しっかりおさえましょう。
〜倍は、times を使って number + times + as + adjective + as の形で表します。どこに何をどう置くか、迷わないように、何度も音読練習しましょう。
John used to have five times as much money as Charles.
Bob lived in New York for three times as long as I did.
×（かける）は、英語で TIMES といいます。５ times で５倍、３ times で３倍というわけです。
HALF(1/2), QUOTER (1/2), TWICE (2倍) は TIMES を使わずに表現します。
Her house is twice as big as mine.
The small box is half as large as the original one.
分数は、数字-序数 ONE-TENTH(1/10), ONE-FIFTH(1/5) etc. で表します。 分数の言い方では TIMES は省略される事が多いです。
The poorest 20 per cent earn only one fifth (times) as much as the richest 20 per cent.
The richest 20 percent earn five times as much as the poorest 20 percent.
Japanese population is almost one-tenth times as large as Chinese one.
The population of China is almost ten times as large as that of Japan.
× The population of China is almost ten times as large as Japan.
比較対象が何と何なのか、キチンと整理するようにしましょう。最後の文は、人口の比較なので、"Japan"（国)では間違いです。
AS…AS 以外の同等比較
AS…AS構文だけでなく、equal(ly) to や the same as … を使って、「〜と同じ」という表現ができます。
equal(ly) や similar(ly) は、前置詞【TO】をとり後ろには目的格が来ます。
She is equally old to me.
= Her age is the same as mine.
= She is as old as I am.
A pounnd is almost equal to 454 grams.
= A pound is almost the same as 454 grams.
A pound is almost as heavy as 454 grams.
