学员疑问：The dollar lost strength the way many marriages break up slowly, and then all at once.  和 Many Europeans now apparently view the U.S. the way many Americans view Mexico as a cheap place to vacation, shop and party, all while ignoring the fact that the poorer locals can't afford to join the merrymaking. 老师，两句话中的the way....做什么成分呢？

老师解答：这两个个the way在主句The dollar lost strength the way和Many Europeans now apparently view the U.S. 中都是用作方式状语；此外， the way后面跟着（省略关系词that的）定语从句，即the way (that) many marriages break up slowly, and then all at和the way (that) many Americans view Mexico as a cheap place to vacation, shop and party，而the way在定语从句中也是做方式状语。

点评分析：这里需要注意两点。一、the way（包含this way / that way / my way）名词可以直接用作方式状语，前面并不要加介词in或者with。例如：I told you we should have done it my way !（我跟你说过我们原本应该用我的方法来做这事。）二、先行词the way后面的定语从句that习惯性可以省略，虽然the way在从句中是充当状语。例如：It's not what you say, it's the way that you say it.（问题不在于你说什么，而在于你怎么说）。