method 可数名词，其后接＂of+动名词＂，不接不定式；特指有系统的方法、方式。 manner 通常用单数形式，其后可以接＂of+动名词＂。主要表示个人喜欢采用的方式，而且manner不用于表示传统或习俗所形成的方式、方法。 way 可数名词，最通用，可以用来代替前面的任何一个词，其后可以接to do...，也可以接＂of+动名词＂。 means 单复数形式相同，当该词前加a，this，that，every等时，为单数；当其前加such，these，those，all等时，为复数。means多指抽象的或概括性的方法。 【特别提醒】

这几个词均表示＂方式，方法＂。表示＂用这种方法＂可以用以下短语：in this way，with this method，by this means，in this manner。

☛I don't object to what she says, but I strongly disapprove of her manner of saying it. 我不反对她说的话，但我很反感她说这话的方式。

☛He always has his own way. 他总是随心所欲。

1. 根据括号中所给的汉语意思完成句子

　①They settled the quarrel between them in a friendly ______________(以友好的方式).

　②It is bad ______________ (不礼貌) to talk with your parents like that.

2. 选用method, manner, way或means的适当形式填空

　①They have learned to use modern ______________ of teaching.

　②I'm not happy with this ______________ of working.

　③The quickest ______________ of travel is by plane.

　④He was walking in a rather unnatural ______________.

　⑤My parents always let me have my own ______________ of life.

　⑥It is bad ______________ to talk loudly in public in western countries.

【答案】

1. ①manner ②manners

2. ①methods ②way ③means

　④manner ⑤way ⑥manners

3. as for